Condor Racing
The task selected for today was a rerun of Day 1 of the Samedan Cup with 284kms across Italy and Switzerland with virtually no thermals and a southerly wind.
Stewart described the technique as tiptoeing to get maximum height at the right moments, (having looked at the winner's flight compared to his own low level version).
8 regulars lined up for the airborne start with a couple of spectators joining in. The first half of the first leg was crucial for gaining height to achieve the turnpoint at Como and the next downwind leg. At turnpoint 2 Locarno, fortunately, a thermal kicked off the brown rocks giving a good climb to enable crossing a col and a valley back onto a working ridge.
