Saturday, July 19, 2014

Last Day Before it gets Serious!


Today was a day to practice and rest up for the start of competition.  We all attended a rather unorganized morning briefing which basically provided weather but no task.  Tasks were left up to what each team decided they wanted to do.  Team USA decided to do a rather long flight that for moated ended at the field.  Not all US pilots did the same thing, but most flew to points in the sky, the new time to a line, and then dropped a physical marker at the field before landing.



After a beautiful morning, it was off to propane as usual.  Propane is located at the local soccer stadium and is rather interesting, but very efficient.  
Propane even come with security present!

After a snack and lunch it was off to the master briefing (where I currently sit while writing this).  
Briefing consited of lots of introductions, weather, a logger tutorial, and a practice task sheet.  That's when the questions rally began!  Practice task sheet is below:

Last thing for the day is that I wanted you all to notice the breifing times.  See below.  For you back home, we will have both flights done for the day before most of you finish lunch!


Competition starts in the morning, GO USA!

2 comments:

  1. Thanks, Matt, for keeping us all informed of the activities in Brazil. Good luck to all the pilots and crews fromTeam USA!

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