Omarama Day One Begins

Well the sky is full of gliders!
Most who entered turned up. Its so much better to have people enterrred and not turn up than try and enter late. A late entry(yesterday) got lost in the email....#$%^&*(.

With a South Westerly flow of 20-25knts the fleet has headed south first to Pisah for the Open guys and Naseby for the shorter wings.

Then they head west to Tarras then Two Thumbs.
For the long wings a task of 344/458kms.
Standard class lads have a task distance of 304/424kms

The Clubbies go from Naseby to Forks Stream for a task of 198/305kms.

The day has not been without drama. First a tow pilot who didnt want to sign a waiver, then a tow plane who wanted its rear tyre changed. All in all a messy start to the first launch with a delay of 45 minutes from the forecast 12:30pm launch. Roger Harris sprang into action and repaired the puncture allowing the Pawnee to join in the launch after about 14 gliders had launched. It certainly helped having 4 motor gliders self launch in the first few minutes.

Airways have been very supportive in giving us all that we have asked for in airspace terms as we expect a lot of high flying fibreglass.

So, its back to sun bathing and relaxation. Yea right....its listening to the radio and monitoring "ops normals" and preparing for the dreaded LO...Not lo and behold but land out. Not expecting any but we have heard a club machine needing a retrieve from across the valley.

More later......