http://ozreport.com/15.024#2

Erick Angles <<atout.vents>>
sends:

Day 1 :

Nice weather forecast with a nice blue sky with lots of cums. Lot’s of inertia
to get started though; lack of sleep for some and 2 gliders that just arrived by
plane in parts which needed to be put back together.

Besides some strong dust devils early afternoon, the first 3 pilots were able to
do some try outs air-towed take offs later in the afternoon for a local flight:

Aodrenn who took off first had to come back to the camp due to a radio emitting
problem. He was already on his way towards the Atlas when he turned around

Then it’s the Schoeb Familly turn, first Pascal, the father, who was actually
the only one to take a Moroccan lift on the first take off allowing him to have
a very nice local flight.

A bit later, Guillaume, will hit ceiling almost straight away at 3600m! Too bad
it was almost sunset and he had to come back and land for security, it gets
pitch back quickly in the desert.

Picassa Web Day 1:
https://picasaweb.google.com/105386951176123199820/110412FM2011Day1#

Day 2 :
https://picasaweb.google.com/105386951176123199820/110413FM2011Day2#

Hard to say what was the ceiling today but it was well above 4000m by the
reliefs!

Aodrenn takes off first around 2 PM but will have to stay put around 4100m,
already higher than the Mt Mgnoun because of the fact that we still were not
equipped with the 02 tanks.

South wind on the ground with a strong South West in the air which prevented him
to come back to base. His GPS was not switched on so we don’t know how many
miles he ate but well, he still got to do a very nice free distance flight. He
landed nearby a little village in which the pollution was in awe to swatch him
land. Someone even offered him to marry his daughter. It was apparently a very
smooth flight with a maximum of +5M/s lifts and no turbulences whatsoever. In
summary, a very pleasant and unforgettable flight altogether.

The other pilots didn’t get a chance to fly due to stronger wind later in the
afternoon and serious dust devils. It seems that it’s important to take off
early and be in the air when it’s not good on the ground anymore, like in St
Andre, only stronger.