Today we have 3.25 AAT for all classes and it is a real South Australian blue day, not an Uvalde blue day with 2/8th Cu. The temperatures are increasing and today’s max forecast is 39.5C which is close to a day record.The air mass is heating and we nee…

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Today everyone has a racing task between 550km to 590km. The launch was again delayed until 13.35 so the gates did not open until after 2pm. They are managing the launching very well although they use 2 grids which causes a few logistical problems for …

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Late launch today so 4.15 hr AAT with gate open at 1426 was challenging. I started a little low at 1433, had a slow run for about half the first leg but then got up and running OK. Was on course for 153kph until the day started to die. I turned very ea…

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I have just arrived in Uvalde and I must say what an honor and a privilege to be so warmly welcomed into the team.  The hot weather looks like being with us for a few more days and we expect to see some very high average speeds, around the 150kph …

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All but David are flying again today. The forecast is for climbs to 9500′ under Cus. They have set a 4 and a quarter task for the 15m and 18m class and a 4 and three quarter hour task for the big wings. Launch was delayed half an hour so we are not exp…

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Today is the first official practice day. They set a racing task of 579km for 15m, a 4 hour AAT for 18m and a four and a half hour AAT for Open. The forecast was for 36C with climbs to 6000′ above ground early and 8000′ later.All of our pilots are book…

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Things are starting to wind up into high gear around here. Today they even issued an un-officail task for the un-officail practice day. Tomorrow (Thursday) is the last un-official day and then the airfield is closed on the 27th before all the official …

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Every team member in the air today with a 3hr AAT. Brad and Bruce made the best of it at over 150kph. The sea breeze arrived around 1900.

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