Oh, well. Can't have it all all the time... Strong winds (up to 90 km/h) on Babadag today stopped essentially all the flying outside of a few stragglers. Did take one ride to the lower launch with Mendo, Maria and a few other pilots but to no avail. Winds switched soon after out take off and Mike Kung radioed to us from the landing that winds are way too strong to maintain safe flight and landing. We packed up after a bit of a wait and on the way back started to have real fun. One of the Romanian pilots found a pomegranate tree and we robbed it silly. Then we spent the ride down getting sprayed by the brilliantly red juice and making the truck a sticky mess. Just as we got to the beach another announcement over the PA requested the acro pilots to go back up... SO, the hardest decision in flying is when NOT to fly. This was definitely one of those times.
I decided to stay back when about a half of the acro show contingent headed up. After an hour long wait at the beach while sipping out beer and taking pictures they finally announced that the conditions on top were not safe and no one was able to launch... Just one more day left but the forecast may not prove friendly enough. No worries, this has been quite an adventure already. Flying tomorrow would be a bonus.
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