Rob and Chris finally succumbed to the camera. Somehow Foggy's still not posed for his mugshot, I think it's the pressure of being team leader that's added 15 years to his boyish good looks and he doesn't want a record of the new wrinkles on his brow. Rob's fiancée Louise has arrived, so Chris is worried Rob's concentration might stray. Rumour is there's nothing to worry about, certain relaxation methods are subject to a competition embargo, or so they say, I could not possibly comment.
Rob Grimwood is CFI at Plaistows and current World Champion.
Chris Saysell is Rob's P2, he is also current World Champion.
They posed for a hero shot. It was a bad time for Rob Keene to decide to nick their funnel, we've got the evidence, Rob, don't deny it!
Single seaters had 7kg (about 10 litres) of fuel, 2 seaters had 10kg. The conditions are a bit funny, almost everyone had taken off within 15 minutes of the 13:45 start time, there was a fair bit of wind, some fluffy clouds, a bit of menacing black stuff downwind and then a thin layer of high cloud creeping across (which would kill off any thermals). This much fuel is enough for at least 2 hours in a Chaser, though with a bit of luck in the rising air, we might be waiting several hours more before the last ones get to the beer tent. The flying window closes at 19:30.
The event director is over the worst of his fever, so his military style of team leader briefings will resume tonight, no doubt. He struts across the front of the room with a small flag in his hand, it reminds me of the SS character in 'Allo 'Allo. He will only say it once.
Fuelling was reasonably efficient, it still took about 3 hours though. It's now a question of waiting for our brave flying heroes to return. Oh, and Hadders, who was tossing up whether or not to do a quick circuit and then get some kip. He doesn't like this task.
Lukas Hynek (Czech team) with a very nice single seater, an even nicer HKS installation.
about time someone did get a picture of Paul D. His son waves at the computer everytime I show him a picture of his Dad on it.
ReplyDeleteKeep up all the good work especially Tim
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