Today Jerzy and I flew the task that was assigned by the Polish team captain. The Polish team has lots of experience in this contest area, so we took advantage of their knowledge and tagged along. We both flew about 550 km today, with Jerzy flying 125 km/hr and I was slower at 105 km/hr. There are numerous airspace restrictions in the flying area and some are open and closed on a daily basis and unfortunately I was not aware that some of the restricted airspace showing on my GPS was actually open today, so I deviated around it on two legs.
At the end of the day, I was slowed down getting home as I had to take a bunch of 2 kt thermals down from the previous 4-6 kt averages earlier in the day. This cost me a good 30 minutes. But today was a good chance to wring out the 27 and make sure that everything was working.
Looks like tommorrow will be another nice flying day.
Dave 
2 comments:
Hey Dave:
Keep up the commentary and good flying! It certainly helps keep people interested.
All the best,
Ulli
hey Dave - looks and sounds like the adventure of a lifetime! Enjoy it! Bet the beer is good. I like the picture taken through the window of the plane. Nice composition.
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