After the large high pressure that had limited our flights during the first part of the expedition passed the team were excited about the challenge we faced. We were getting better and better skys and again the team were in the air chasing kms
BUT.....
After 35kms Cat was again forced down due to over development with Niel landing at 27km, he was then picked up and taken back to our accomadation by the local police! very friendly. Both pilots had seen the potential for the day but were happy to have landed without incident, unfortunatly the same could not be said for John and Tom who were flying the tandem. After Cat and Neil got away the wind increased and after an "interesting" time on take off the pair ended up trying to run off the high groud speed they had which for a moment it looked like they might do but as the wind gusted they ended up on the road with bumps and grazes!
John worked extremly hard the next day in what was always going to be difficult conditions, in very technical conditions John and Tom managed to creep down wind adding more distance to the team total. John´s efforts during this flight were acknolaged by the entire team.
The weather again did not want to play as front after front passed though causing a mix of humid cloudy mornings with LARGE thunder storms in the afternoon. Tom flew today but was grounded after a short time due to several storm cells building near by.
As we near the end of our time here the entire team feel lucky to have had the chance to play a part in this expedition, the area has hinted at the potential it holds for cross country flying but it hasn´t come together for us yet. The people have been amazing, always stopping to chat and asking questions about our strange equipment.
