Saturday 5 July 2014

5 July, from the crew dude, part 2

I reckon Eric's got it made.  Now steaming in on final glide.

Meantime, here are some pics of the gliders returning yesterday.



And of Eric just after touch-down!


Update 1850 - Eric's long since returned, and all the results are in.  I reckon he must've put the wind up everyone else, and they went up a gear or two, just to keep up with him. But in any case he's done fantastically well, for a WORLD competition, and it's been a pleasure crewing for him.  We've managed to share resources ("resource management", I think the pundits call it :-) ) so that the same amount of work has been accomplished in half the time.

Eric'll tell you all about the flight, and his thoughts on the comp. as a whole.

But I'll just observe that Eric got just under 900 points, yet came 28th out of 38 or whatever, indicating that the competition was incredibly fierce! Or, he came 28th out of 38 or whatever, yet still got 900 points! And they all count for Team Oz...

We're now at the end-of-comp party, where the organisers have put on magnificent salmon, and exquisitely-roasted pig, absolutely fantastic!

The closing ceremony is tomorrow, followed by a massive pack-up job. Fortunately we managed to restore the glider to its former state right after Eric got back. That's that job out of the way.

Cheers!

1 comment:

  1. Great job "crew dude" , enjoyed your blog, looking forward to hear some of the stories. Have a safe trip home

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