28 July - Crew report

Well, I'm in Uvalde.  Here's what the day of crew is like in Uvalde.

Wake early, when it's cool.  Look at weather:
84F at 9 am, 65% relative humidity.
91F at 1000.
98F at noon.
100F at two pm.
97F at six pm.  Humid, too.  "Abundant sunshine."  Yesterday, we had cloud until noon - blue and a million this morning.

First rig at 0715, water the gliders, tow to the grid spots, then off to breakfast (varies by glider, some eat earlier).  Set up Team Canada sunshade area - chairs, etc.

Pilots' meeting at 1000 in the gym; there will also be a team Captains' meeting.  Grid is about 1230 (to be confirmed) with a launch 1 hour later - yesterday's launch took about an hour (12 towplanes, some open class are self-launching).

We're having some coverage issues with cell phones - fixes in progress.  Today we set up the base station antenna at the hotel - once the Team's on task, we'll retire to the air conditioned comfort of the motel.

We're sorting out details on submitting start times and igc files on the internet and expect we'll have that solved today.

There will be 15 satellite trackers distributed randomly through the field of just under 100 gliders.  You can go to the WGC 2012 website to hit the tracker:  http://www.wgc2012uvalde.com  (tracking, follow the race link).  As the contest continues, the trackers will be allocated to the higher ranking gliders.

I met Dick Butler yesterday at dinner, the Concordia is now in Uvalde - can't wait to see it.

We'll have some pictures up later today, priority is to get the gliders into the air.

Dan Daly
crew