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Author:	Andrew Maddocks	Created:	Wednesday, June 11, 2008 5:10 PM
I am 20 years old and currently have 600 hours gliding time. I will try and keep this up to date for each day at the comp as to a breif description of the weather, the task and my performance on the day. I will also try and fill you in on interesting things i have noticed about the scenery and the flying style required to fly well on each given day. I hope you all enjoy the updates.

The run down

By Andrew Maddocks on Wednesday, July 02, 2008 9:54 PM

Good morning race fans.

Well as you will read later there was alot if um and arr going on from all parties. The breifing kept getting pushed back as the weather was looking like improving. All credit myst go to the organisers as they did everything they could to try and get a comp day out of it. In the end i launched at 2:20 and struggled to get a decent climb to start with. As i slowly got away Johno landed back for a relight. I got to cloud base with about 15min to the start gate opening. I headed over to the start line and noticed that the high crap had made its way to just north of the line (the line ran north-south with the first leg slightly north of west) so I topped up 6km north of the end of the line (which was 5 km radius) to cloud base. I originaly had a plan to wait and let the good weather arrive properly before I started. When I was topping up I noticed that the good weather was dieing again. So the decision was made to start as soon as possible.(Johno and I had deci ... Read More »

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what a struggle

By Andrew Maddocks on Wednesday, July 02, 2008 7:57 PM

Well today was crapp. It was 1 of those days we wouldnt have launched in australia. The first turn point was 80 km to the west. I was the only one who started in the junoir class and got away from the airfeild and didnt land back. In all it took me 3 days( 2hours 22) at 34.3km/h to get to the first turn and the run home took 1hour 4 at 67km/h. There are some photos and more discription above. WE are off to the sauna.

later

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Finish Photos

By Andrew Maddocks on Wednesday, July 02, 2008 1:53 PM

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Johno pops his cherry

By Andrew Maddocks on Saturday, June 28, 2008 7:20 PM

Well done johno. First of all he had to go to an international competition to get his first day win, secondly it was his first thermal flight in this country and in the LS4. Johno was converted into the LS4 yesterday and he did 2 circuits with no lift at all. So it was a very good acheivement overall. I was 0.8 km/h slower due to handicap, comming 4th behind the 2 Swedish pilots.

The flight.

The task was a 2 hour AAT with 2 areas and a control point. It was a very interesting day today with storms to the East and the North-East of Raskala A/F as we started. We decided to start at the western end of the line and head almost due north up the first leg. We ended up turning in line with the turnpoint because of a blue hole. The 2nd leg was different to what I am used to. There was decent scattered cu on track with the rain slightly to the right. I initialy wanted to try the fluffy cu where there was sun shining on the gr ... Read More »

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Finaly

By Andrew Maddocks on Friday, June 27, 2008 1:57 PM

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Another day sitting around

By Andrew Maddocks on Thursday, June 26, 2008 1:27 PM

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Henry 7/27/2008 1:07:28 PM
Hey guys! Can you send me a message what's going on in next joeyglide. Where is it and stuff. Cheers, Henry. Submitted By: Henry

Rob Moore 7/6/2008 12:35:46 AM
Well done team, great practise for next year. Well done Nathan and I look forward to hearing stories when I next see you all. You Pilots certainly did well in you first international competition and in such a difficult climate. Submitted By: Rob Moore

Nan & Jeff 7/5/2008 5:54:03 PM
Well done boys, you did us proud. Submitted By: Nan & Jeff

Grant J 7/5/2008 4:31:09 PM
Congratulations Nathan - 3rd overall! Congrats also to the organisers and especially the web site organiser(s) - the web site was very informative and kept very up-to-date - almost felt like we were there watching the action live. Good job to Andrew, Mike and Julie too. Submitted By: Grant J

Grant J 7/5/2008 9:01:19 AM
This is exciting stuff - edge of the seat & dangerous after a bottle of red with good friends! We're watching the times come in with no more than 10 minutres delay. Good stuiff from the comp organisers. Doing some back of the hand calcs and it's looking OK for Nathan at this stage! Go Andrew / Nathan !!!! Submitted By: Grant J

James Dutschke 7/3/2008 9:54:15 PM
Nice work lads. Hope the weather improves a bit and you show em how to fly. Best of luck, james Submitted By: James Dutschke

Rob Moore 7/3/2008 7:50:34 PM
Well I hope you will have a contest on the 4th and you both do well lads. A great flight on the 3rd Andy, Julie (deputy Team Captain) I hope we hear more from you. Submitted By: Rob Moore

Team Australia 7/3/2008 10:40:44 AM
Hey guys, we're watching your progress with interest over here. Hope your weather improves soon. I hope that you have lots of good luck and no bad luck. Team Australia Submitted By: Team Australia

Allan Barnes 7/3/2008 1:04:22 AM
Hey guys, great effort over there - keep it up no matter what the weather brings. It's inspiring for us, too, at Rieti, to see you doing well. We've got 3 days left of practice before our comp starts, so keep giving us inspiration! Submitted By: Allan Barnes

John Welsh 7/2/2008 11:26:15 PM
Nathan and Andrew - Looks like a lot of superscratch weather there, you are really doing great in trying conditions. Hope you get a boomer to show everyone what Aussies can really do! I'm enjoying the pictures and the blogs. Keep looking and keep it safe. Submitted By: John Welsh