The Eagle has Landed

Life at Omarama begins. I arrive at 7:30pm after a leisurly drive down from the Ferry.
One competition pilot advises that, from derigging his glider in the rain at Tauranga, he was soaring Mount Cook 27 hours later. For the safety conscious, he also reports sleeps on the Ferry 3 hours and the back of his station wagon at Seddon (5 hours).

Can you imagine a South Island based Pilot so keen to get to a North Island based competition?
Lets see if any take up the challenge to fly the 2010 Nationals at the new site of Taupo.

The campgrounds at Omarama are looking very good. Lots of greenery and the trees are now "significantly" high and large. A lot of gliding families are enjoying the facilities. Its good to see quite a team of Youth Soaring members in residence as well as the "littluns" running around amongst a large gliding family.

With 4 days to go before the first competition day all seems to be in order and more relaxed than I have seen in previous years.