First valid task

27.2.2007 von photoklaudia.

Today we had first valid task - 47 km. Task committee decided elapsed time, what means each pilot got individual time, and not as usual with one start time. We should take of from Mount Bora, then fly 30something km behind Manilla and come back to Manilla for goal. It wasn’t easy to take off. On north take off wind was blowing from side, so we decided to change for west one.
Conditions there were great. We got to the cloudbase without any problem. As usual in this situations everybody was waiting above the take off and nobody wanted to risk and go in front. I knew if we wait too long we don’t come to goal so I decided to go anlone. There was nice cloud line so I didn’t saw to much risk in that. I hoped if some one see me in front decide to follow me and I will have company. After some kilometers I saw one Boomerang 5 in front. When I got to him I realised it’s Gin Team head Charles Casau. We flew together our own line. Unfortunately when we got above Manilla there was blue sky and no thermals.
I flew so low that I thought I will land on the goal without the 1st turnpoint. Luckily for me there was a thermal and I managed to get out of 300 meters. I managed to catch up Charles and we continued flight together. After a while came some of the pilots of the group which had flown another way. It wasnt easy to get to that turn point. After long fighting we managed it and started last part of the flight. I got the goal with good reserve of altitude. On the ground waited already Pawel and Krzysztof. I’m so happy! We wait now for the results so we still don’t know how good we have been.

After first Task:
Open

1. Robert Bernat (GER) 1.42
2. Jean-marc Caron (FRA) 1.43
3. David Ohlidal (CZE) 1.45

Places of Polish Team Members:

16. Klaudia Bulgakow
21. Krzysztof Ziolkowski
40. Pawel Faron
106. Walter Wojciechowski
122. Rafal Luckos

Female

1. Petra Slivova (Krausova) (CZE) 1.55
2. Klaudia Bulgakow (POL) 1.58
3. Renata Kuhnova (CZE) 2.02

In team skoring Poland took 6. place.