DSMJ2010, Musbach, Germany

Thursday 19.8.2010

Finally, after four days of raining, we could set a task and send the pilots to fly. So we got back to our routines, organization breakfast, briefing with a slideshow (problems with the sound), Bernd re-booting his computer while the slideshow was running, then grid, taking photos in the grid and then finishes. Also I got some photos from Lothar and Anne-Marie, so I was occupied with photos almost all day.

Actually something funny happened, as Christof came to me and asked me to show one of the photos which I had taken in the grid today. Someone had seen my zoomed photo of an engine, and Christof had received a message that there might be something wrong with the engine, as it looked like if there would be a small crack. We looked the high resolution photo with Christof and he thought that it would be better to see the engine “in real life”. Of course I couldn’t remember which plane that was, but of course I remembered who had been close to the plane (making jokes as I was photographing that engine…). Problem was solved, no crack or other fault in the engine, flying continues as usual.

I heard that the flying day wasn’t that easy, and several outlandings confirmed that. Our pilots here are somewhat quiet types like Finnish F-1 drivers, saying only “it was bad” or “it was good”, so this is why I can’t tell you any details of the flight.