Rest Day

We woke up to a cloudy and cooler day. That's quite o.k. since we had planned to make this a rest day anyway. It is supposed to improve a bit in the afternoon, so they set a 2 hr AAT.

I attended a team managers' meeting after pilots' briefing. The main topic discussed was the requirement to put a Lufthansa sticker (major sponsor) on every glider on the left side of the cockpit just below the canopy frame. The rules say the organizers can require all competitors to put one sticker on. The British team agreed with the sticker but objected to the location, arguing that the fuselage dolly will make the edges of the stickers roll up. We will see how that gets sorted out.

My request to provide the altimeter setting also in inches mercury drew quite a laugh. Actually, it's not a laughing matter because Dave is flying with an altimeter in feet and the setting is crucial for the height limited start. We may have to do the conversion ourselves. The next team managers' meet will be on Friday.

Jerzy's crew, Maria has arrived at 11am. Virginia is scheduled to arrive tomorrow, then the team will be complete.

So far we are very happy with our accommodations at the Landhotel Dahnsdorf. It is clean, the owner and staff are very friendly and try to accommodate us in every way. They have a great restaurant with beer-garden and the prices are reasonable for Europe. We are staying there with the French Team and two Worlds Stewards. It is about 10k from the airport, so shuttling back and forth is no problem.


Posting Schedule: Our daily routine is a little different from what I originally envisioned. It usually takes till between 2p and 3p local until the pilots are launched, vehicles have been removed from the grid and start times have been reported. So expect the morning post around 9 am eastern time. The afternoon post with a synopsis of the day from the pilots' perspective and preliminary scores should be online around 3p eastern time.

That's it for today, there won't be an afternoon post because there is no flying.