Tuesday, December 3, 2024
 • Uvalde Time – 7:25 pm • 
GMT-0500

WGC 2024 Uvalde – Early Report – Day 4

This morning was a slow news day.  The weather that we had yesterday has moved on and today is expected to be good.  Climbs should be upwards of 4 m/s (7-8kts) and the top of lift later in the day could reach 3,000m (9,500ft).  Funniest thing today was the LX Navigation guy (Nick Salej) did a presentation of their new navigation system and vario.  The Facebook post showed a big crowd around him.  One thing you did not see was the 4 boxes of donuts that he brought for the pilots.  However, it was a very interesting presentation, and we hope the systems he showed us work out for their company.  

Today the day was going to be a slow start, so Mark went ahead and delayed grid time for the first class until 1330.  The launch actually did not occur until after 1400 with the 18 Meter gate opening at 1454.  The 20 Meter gate opened at 1515 with the Open Class gate opening at 1539.  

The aircraft are all on task and I am going to try again and get the original web designer for the WGC 2024 Uvalde website to let us have access to the site.  Until then, have a great day.

Cheers,

Rich