Sean took of a few minutes after the green flag went up. It was pretty quick flight, with both markers being dropped within 20 minutes of each other. It is too early to say how we went overall, but the second drop of about 8 metres should get some good points.
As much as I prefer events with Observers, the plus side of the GPS events is that you don’t need to go and hunt for and measure markers. So after we packed up the balloon, we headed back to our favorite café to fill out the flight report sheet and drink coffee.
We are now sitting in an almighty refueling queue. Unfortunately we have to take tanks out of the basket to fill, so it slows everything down. Considering today most people would have only flown for about 40 minutes and not used much fuel, it is pretty slow. I dread the day when we fly for a couple of hours.
You might notice I did not post anything yesterday. We did not end up doing much, other than playing Yatzee and hanging out. I did manage to sweet talk my way out of the parking ticket, so that was the highlight of the day.
Weather is looking good for the next couple of days, so we should get a few more flights in. So no more complaining from us :-)
4 comments:
Interesting spread with the results! Go guys, leading the rest of the Aussies - only one way from here - up! Been looking at the weather over there, 3 more flight slots before the rain returns? Looking forward to seeing some sub 1m results. All the best guys. Pete.
8m and it only gets you 678 points..... welcome to the WC!
good to see some flying at least, lets hope they squeeze in a few 5 task flights, although this is quite tricky with GPS based tasks.
Sounded like it was a blast once the weather cleared up and despite the refuelling issues. Well done! www.goballooning.co.uk
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