Well the weather has been beautiful over the 2 days. We're flying twice a day with lightish winds giving good practice time.
We're equipped with pieballs, windreaders, 'scary ' nav systems, as well as static and moving maps. All being put through their paces.
Lin, our 'social secretary' missed another party last night but we forgave her as Ed Michell had arranged for us all to have dinner with the Worlds Event Director and comp chief designer. Some very interesting knowledge was being exchanged, as well as old war stories.
This Worlds is shaping up to be very different - no observers, all targets on the official map have been designated obsolete, and new targets being mapped right now. There is still the message circulating that no target computer file will be issued to competitors.
Pauls flying continues to improve and he's consistently getting within a few metres of every mark. We made this mornings practice a bit more difficult by giving him 2 flouro jacketed people to aim at and then arranged a few cars to drive along the road at drop time causing the targets to move out the way at the critical time.
He had 'map man' Anthony from Team TongueKiss worried in any case.
A few teams are struggling with the beaucracy we see. With the Austrian secret radio police playing oom-pah-pah music over any unauthorised frequency they discover, some team's comms are going pear-shaped at the moment. Luckily we are not one disaffected by this.
We're expecting another hare and hounds chase this arvo through some more gorgeous rural Austrian countryside in 25C clear skies.
Bring it on!
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Sounds like you are having a wonderful time - keep up the good work Paul - you must have them a little worried with all that excellent flying!
Sounds like you are having a good one. Just make sure Paul doesn't tire himself - and you - out before the 'real thing' starts!
Wish I were there...
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