Johno

Day 3 Cancelled

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 12:20:00 GMT

Today was cancelled about 10min before the start gate was due to open. We were set an AST which basically went south of Rayskala towards the coast, then west for about 60km and back to the north for a turn 20km west of Rayskala. Total distnce was 248km. The task basically took us between two areas of controlled airspace. There were showers and storms around Helsinki (east of track) with the risk of thunderstorms developing in task area. The launch time got pushed later and later and eventually we launched at 1245. Showers developed in the task area and the day was cancelled once we were all airborne. Andrew and I stayed airbourne for about an hr playing under some heavy cu and almost outlanded about 25km away!

I made it back, just!

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:22:00 GMT

Well as you can probably tell today was a bad day, to say the least. We were part of a big group that headed for the first turn to the west, which wasn't a bad run. We decided to turn early in the first sector which had a 20km radius. The high cloud associated with the front was already overhead, and as we headed off for the second turn, it started to die. Andrew (koala 1) ended up landed at an airstrip at Forssa, whilst I scratched away for about 30min or so! I went a long way south of track as new cu was starting to develop there again, which ended up in hindsight not being the best idea. Conditions became pretty good again when I was within about 50km of the second turn, which was about 60km NE of Rayskala. At this stage I'd almost been on task for nearly 2 hrs and the task was 2hr AAT. I decided to go further into the second leg to see that if I could increase my avg speed as conditions were fairly good at that stage. I turned about 15km or so in the second sector and started to head for the control point which was about 10km from Rayskala. Conditions were good till I was 45km from the control point. The was a hole which was caused by the high cloud thickening again. Once again I found myself low and taking anything to stay airborne. Conditions improved when I was within 20km of Rayskala. My H'speed was a whopping 49km/h! Oh well have to do better next time!

Johno's Photos Day 1

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 12:00:00 GMT

Day 1 Results

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 16:19:00 GMT

I've been forced by the team captain to write a blog. Andrew came 4th and I came 1st. There was only about 50 points between us and we were about 200 above the guys that come 5th onwards! Top 4 were also the Sweedes, good work guys!

Day 1 DONE

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 14:17:00 GMT

Well we made it back. We had to dodge a few storms to get home. Had bit of a go at pair flying so that ws good fun. We went well on the first 2 legs, but on the 3rd we had to dodge the storms. Good learning day. All I want to know why it always rains on me.

Finland

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 10:35:00 GMT

Yes made it here on Friday arvo last week, watched the nice looking sky for 2 days on the weekend, had a check flight, and then spent the last few days watching the rain. I have worked out basically the days TV shows on channell 4 for week days. It is as follows: 8:00 Chris Rock, 8:30 Desperate Housewives, 9:05 Something in Finnish, 9:25 Info Commercials, 1300 More Info Commecials, 1440 Zorro (in French, well at least I think it's in French), 1535 The Nanny, 1605 Days of our lives, 1710 Dr Phil, 1800 Home Improvement, 1830 News, 2100 Cashmere Marfia, 2200 Me and my Penis (it was a pommy doco and it was turned off after it started to get a bit graphic, it would have been a pearler for you Gus!) So thats whats happening, weather is good now but its blowing a gale and about 16 degrees.

Hi

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 06:57:00 GMT

Hi, my name is Johno. I'm 20, a sagittarius, and I enjoy long walks on the beach at sunset. I enjoy fine cuisine, eating prawns with my arms interlocked with another person.