You want us to go...where?

A little bit of history was made today. For 20 years or so it has been an absolute no no for gliders to cross over the border from Hungary to Serbia. Given that the border is only 10km or so south of here this has been a bit inhibiting for the local pilots. Last year when David Jansen and I were here it was almost always the case that the weather looked better south of the border but we couldn't go there.

Anyway, this year it is allowed, as long as the task is set that way, so off we all went on a tour of Serbia today.

In the end it was a funny old day. Conditions were quite OK initially, but as soon as we got into Serbia they became appalling; stable blue with weak climbs to about 2500 feet. So much for Serbia. Then when we got back into Hungary we were confronted by a wall of storms which was impossible to penetrate and I don't think any gliders in any class were able to complete the task.

In any case for me it didn't matter as I had to return early to Szeged for technical inspection of my glider; with so many here it is done at allocated times.

The glider passed with flying colours; the only difference now is that due to there being another MP already registered, I am now MPI.

Last day of relaxed friendly flying tomorrow...

Graham.