Sun, (27.10.) Last time I have flown here more than 20 years ago (together with Andrea Rö in Sept'04); glider at that time XIX Form3. As this has been the first decent day after a long period of wet weather, there was still too much humidity in the air, so cloudbase has been just at take-off level (Klammeben). But some weak thernmals permitted extending the flight to almost 40'; more would have been possible, but as I have been travelling with Ruth I just flew, as long as she was riding the cable car back to Serfaus,
The webcam on the Weisshorn in Arosa has recently been upgraded and is now taken also night pictures in excellent quality: here of the rare polar lights on 10.10.24.
A short trip to Alp Scheidegg - between Föhn and warm front...
Here I mentioned, that I had returned the 2-liner Leeloo to Michael. Meanwhile he has further modified the wing and that by now he is rather satisfied with the glider. He also made a modification to the risers, so that it should be easier for me to hold a collapse or make big ears. The 'deal' now is that I will keep the glider over the winter and fly it in 'calm' conditions, hoping that with some more flights I'll get used to the performance of this wing. In March'25 I'll be seeing Michael in Levico (iCamp) and then I'll decide if I'm keeping the wing. I know I've said this already twice before ;-)
modified risers ('blue ball' on outer baby-A)
As I was only ground handling today, I have not been able to try this modification, but it looks like a good improvement.
At first no wind at all, then finally the west wind set in and for a while ground handling has been possible. I had just finished packing up when it started to rain...
