Competition time, so everyone disappeared out to the south of Innes Common to catch the prevailing southerly wind. A park out Glenview way provided our launch site, flying newbies this time were my nephew Brett who had been helping out and had done a good job on the retreive from farmland the day before, my cousin-in-law Chris from Auckland, and a woman who was supposed to fly with us last night, but for obvious reasons didn't (see previous posting). Lissie and I followed on the ground. It became clear from takeoff that there was more left shift than previously thought and Denis promptly disappeared into the industrial wasteland of Kaihikatea Drive. A quick touchdown after a short flight and the decision was made to relaunch slightly further east to get the right angle back towards the lake. After a couple of false starts for launch sites we set up on a green patch and reinflated. During this time the dreaded wind came back up again and once again the decision was made to rip out. I guess it was disappointing for the first time fliers only getting twenty minutes in the air, but they had one good landing against the possibility of a very rugged one later on. After two set-ups and one and a half packdowns, how did I feel?
Exhausted, originally uploaded by madballoonz.
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