WGC2014 – Rayskala, Finland
24 June (Third
scheduled competition day)by John Good
Rules for today’s report preclude any adverse comments
relating to Finland weather. So I can
mention that we gridded all gliders today and made a valiant attempt to fly,
but that no actual motorless aviation resulted.
The reason for this is left to the imagination of the reader...
I believe these rules do not enjoin me from taking up such
subjects as the relative effectiveness of cloth towels vs. plastic squeegees in
removing moisture from smooth composite aerodynamic surfaces. As it happens, we collected considerable data
on this today, and (based on today’s and previous experiments) I’m definitely
in the squeegee camp. Note that quality
squeegees are more common than is generally supposed: nearly all motor vehicles
have two, in the form of windshield wipers.
I can mention that we had about the warmest weather yet seen
at Räyskälä – high temperature was around 60F.
And we are told that this trend may continue.
It’s been noted that I’m behind on reports of bird
sightings. Räyskälä hasn’t yet produced
much notable news on this front, though we regularly see a pair of Eurasian
Cranes in a field near our eastern lake.
Other common sightings are Wagtails, Hooded Crows, and Cuckoos. An Osprey was seen flying over the gridded
gliders today.
At 10pm, another significant dose of the Precipitation that
Must Not be Mentioned is falling, so I’ll end this short report in hopes of
being able to report something better tomorrow.
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