At 05:00 this morning there was an almighty crack of thunder that rumbled on and on…this was the start of some spectacular storms and heavy rain.
Briefing was held at 10:00 and I had a mention for third place in the Club Class. As the rain continued, the Director scrubbed the possibility of a task for the day.
Here is the link to the Arboga official web page:- http://wwgc2011.se/site/
Having written about the Swedish terrain during yesterday’s flight, I wanted to show you a picture of a typical clearing that we came across whilst driving through the forest. From the air, these clearings look like large brown flat areas and you can be fooled into thinking that you could land in them. However, upon closer inspection, you can see trees that have been left standing, there’s scrub, undulating ground and huge piles of cut trees. If you landed in one of these areas, you’d be doing some serious damage to the glider, and probably yourself too.
The picture on the left is a forest clearing.The picture on the right shows the rocks that are often in the forests, but also dotted around in the only landable fields.
Below I've uploaded a short video of when I flew on one of the practise days with Brian Spreckley. It clearly shows the Swedish terrain and you can see the brown forest clearances in the middle of the forests.
The difference between this practise flight with Brain and the competition flight I had yesterday, is that the practise flight was conducted at a height in excess of 2000m (6000ft) which makes you feel an awful lot more comfortable when flying over this type of terrain.
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