Apparently it hasn't rained much here in seven months, since last May.
It is raining here now (Monday evening). There have been thick clouds in the
area for the last few days and this afternoon you could see the rain east of
town while we were out at the airport taking test flights. I set up but didn't
fly as the wind came up from the cell to the east.


It's been raining all evening steadily and sometimes hard here in Forbes. It
should be no problem at the airport for towing (although it did get pretty
muddy), and the farmers sure are happy
to see that there is another hang gliding meet in Forbes. The last one was in
2001.


The billabong/lake in the middle of town is empty, a broken pump that the town
can't afford to fix. There is water in the river released from the dam that is
only 11% of capacity.


Sixteen of the top twenty WPRS ranked pilots are here in Forbes to get ready for the Worlds
in Texas next August. This is their last chance at a flatlands meet before the
Texas meet. Too bad dealing with CIVL has been so frustrating otherwise we might
have had a pre-Worlds meet in Hearne, Texas before the Worlds to help pilots get
ready for it.


Balazs and Attila flew from Forbes to Deniliquin (365 km) stopping there as they
didn't know if there was a drover following or not. This was on Monday, the day
before the official practice day. Jonny Durand Senior says that they missed the
best day of the year at Beechmont on Sunday as they drove to Manilla, and they
should have flown from Manilla to Forbes and past on Monday as it was a 600-700
km days with cloud street all the way. They got up too late.


Robert Reisinger is flying a Moyes Litespeed and not a Icaro 08.