On Tuesday, 19th of June

Hello!This is the second posting today. I had a moan at lunch time, do read it, it is below this posting.

I will tell you now about the time after lunch. I was ready for the launch after 2pm. The launch started, but it went wrong. I got a power failure and it was a very low one. So I started lowering the nose and then released. I did not need to use the brakes, I only pushed the stick slightly down wards, only after floating on a ground effect I opened the brakes just tiny bit and got the baby down.

On a launch point the field manager told me that I coped well with the situation.

So, then I had the 4th attempt to get away. That was a good launch and I got about 1450ft. And guess what, I stayed up! In the end I came to land at 6.18pm. The flying log is already in the office which is locked, so I could not have a look at my take off time. I think I flew about 3 hrs. I was the last club glider to land and landed quite near the hanger. The highest was 5700ft, mostly I stayed at 5500ft. 1000ft is about 300m. It was a good flight and towards end of the flight, I started turning steep enough!!!

I was wearing sandals, so I got bit cold. Also I could not get my favorite weight, somebody else got there first. So I had the bit lumpy one and it started bothering me a bit, also the strap buckle was bit too high and the parachute buckle under it too high, and my bra wires in the middle were pressing to hard to my ribs, And the pretty flower bra decoration, did not help, as it was just under all those buckles! I felt that if I did a hard landing I could break several ribs in my chest.

I was watching Didcot for for 3 hrs! I could see it so clearly. And it is the real Didcot.

Tomorrow I will start flying the Astir. This morning there were 3 of us wanting to fly the K8. So in the end the they flew K13. The guy who flew the K8 this morning flew on of the K13.

I had a good day!!!