Yesterday only Brad and Bruce flew - a tough day! 5000 feet and getting lower as th eflight went on. Brad scrambled away from about 700 feet at the furthest possible point from Uvalde, in about 4 knots. Seems both Bruce and Brad kept all their water on, so operating about 57Kg/m2, they say that the glider just climbs well at these heavy wing loadings. Michael Sommer (EB29) and Tasilo Bode (Quintus) beat our two guys which we thought may happen in weaker conditions, but when you look at the traces the only difference was that the two German guys got one climb (where Brad was low) which was 6.6 knots to 9000 feet, otherwise the speeds were the same.

Opening ceremony went well this morning, including a parade through town with about 40 'floats'. They closed the main troads, there were people sitting on the side of the road waving, just like in the movies. Our float, complements of our hosts from Roadrunner energy, was Thomas the Tank Engine. Stole this photo from Markus Edwards.