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Well what a trip,

Great flying, food, coffee and people. I have learnt more in the four race days of the pre worlds than I did in the ten at Forbes, learning plateau's you gotta love em! Flying with 150 pilots from all walks of life around the globe was the best and I cannot wait to do lots more. Competition flying is quite simply a well organised week of cross country comparison's, in this case from Manfred all the way to the wooden spooner. So many great stories of woe and glee, all the while just loving the technical aspect in striving to become faster and more efficient. Thank you Jamie and Karl for my retrieve I owe you both. Thanks Vicki and Greg for the home cooking and accomadation. And a big thanks to my employer Qantas Airlines for getting my glider there and back in one piece . In the meantime ogle some more of my pics.

Pre Worlds Monte Cucco 2010 ends.

We arrive at launch with clouds well below the hill but as the day warmed it actually became a nice taskable day! Jeff OB certainly liked it beating Manfred by a matter of seconds to first.

















"Now Jonny, Manfred's just over there, pull the bar this time" Heather Mull gives Jnr some last minute task instructions, Kinda!

Diesel Monto Cucco stlye!

Yes we had to wear these silly caps, keeps something out of the water?? Nitts maybe..

last day Pre worlds

We drive up Monte Cucco in the cloud but it is quickly lifting and we will get one more task in I would say. I am on the hill with a mobile internet card which has been so slow, when I get some high speed internet I will post some pics of the comp.

Task 1

Wow, what a place just like Canungra at home except 100 times bigger. Flew a 103 km task today with 150 other hangie's, so you can imagine the gaggles. There was probably about 80plus pilots in goal today, so not a day not to make goal. We flew from nth Monte Cucco cris crossing valleys and mountains via 6 waypoints landing back at Sigillo. How good is Italy? Chow.