Jaca.

Day 1

Due to the position of the jet stream and a lingering cold front on the north side of the mountains our first day on the airfield turned out to be overcast and un soarable. Tuesday’s briefing was also pretty pessimistic, and top meteo didn’t really show any thermal activity in our area.

Despite the forecast we got the gliders out and then retired to the restaurant for coffee and watching the mass migration of Storks heading north. It was clear that things were starting to improve around 1pm and it might be worth taking a launch.

The DG 1000 with Graham Mckiddie and myself were first to launch, but we were probably about 20 mins to early, and the only lift that we found was around the start of the down-wind leg. After that the valley breeze started and everyone got away on their first launch.

There were a number of good flights with Hugh and Paul exploring the south side of the valley for around 100km and Graham on his second flight getting into the high mountains, but unfortunately not being able to see the very tops as they were still in cloud.

Wednesday looks like a wave day so hopefully some pictures.

Colin