Saturday 30.4.2011 – Hyvää vappua!
My last day here. Launches were supposed to start at 11:00, but after all those started 12:45. I got some nice photos of Cumulonimbus which developed close to the airfield. Clouds changed really quickly, and it was a surprise that task wasn’t cancelled. Task was originally 2,5 h AAT, but it was changed in to 2 hour AAT. We all thought that if this would have been normal day, we would have done something else but went flying. But as this is competition, you have to do what organization says.
We waited more than three hours, and after all GN landed out, DD used engine, 777 just managed to land back but luckily GF came through the task. Several planes landed out.
Despite of all things this competition was a success, as Antti and Mia won their class and Ilkka and Ipe were on fourth place. Harri and Kari were 13th and Wille with “learners” Kari S. and Ilpo were after all on 14th place, managing to get up 2 places on the last day.
In the evening it was again the hardest part of the trip, saying good bye, so it was time for several hugs and kisses and time to leave.
Thank you Team Finland and Pribina Cup, again trip to Nitra was great.
Saturday – Sunday 1.5.2011 – The End
We left with Mia and Antti from Nitra with the trailer on Saturday evening right after the prize giving ceremony, about half past nine, some 1200 km to drive. First break was after 1 at night, and I had a nap with Mia on the back of the car while Antti was driving. We arrived safely to Travemünde on Sunday afternoon at 15:00, parked the car and trailer and went to Lübeck for lunch with Mia. Antti continued to Hamburg and to Finland. We got on the ship at midnight (finally!) and went straight to sauna. While sitting in jacuzzi, we had a feeling that it had been one long day, which had started on Saturday morning and ended on Sunday evening.
Half of the team flew back home from Vienna on Sunday and the other three gliders followed us on Wednesday from Travemünde, with the rest of the team.
My feelings are now: why this ended and can we go back?
