At 8:40 I am waiting for the last glider to arrive home.(JJ) This man has tenacity in spades....for 4 hours we have been getting regular "operations normal" radio calls all giving leg 2!!! Leg 2 is 87kms long...He thinks he will mak ethe last turnpoint via Simons but might be a "bit late" End of civil twilight(ie end of the racing day) is at 2159 hours.
The launch and start went well with a number of pilots finding the turnpoint and area around Cromwell challenging. ZN reposrts being about 600agl with his wheel down in the circuit to land before getting a blue thermal and climbing away. A number of pilots decided to flag the task and fly home.
Landouts included ZP who decided to visit the Lord of the Rings set at Twin strips. Pukaki airstrip "attracted" NB,ZA and GP.
Jenny Wilkinson reports that she "gave away" her task today which would have taken her 3rd World record in the maximum distance around 3 turnpoints....combination of cloud at turnpoints and some setups not quite in the right place...For those who want to keep an eye out on Jenny's progress she flys with SPOT identification QT.
LEX
My right hand and Scorer
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