It's a little after 5pm here in Rieti and our pilots are beginning to return. Pat and Francois have finished their tasks as they were the first class out, and the other classes will be following within the next hour or so.
Yesterdays Francois finished 2nd and Pat finished 15th in the World Class. Pat unfortunately had to make an outlanding after the last turnpoint. Jonathan finished 12th and Manfred 22nd in the Club Class and Chip tied for 7th and Mark 10th in the Standard Class.
After the last few days of frenzy, today seems quite calm. The launch was delayed till 2pm and went off quite uneventfully. The Standard Class gate opened at 1610 and I would expect them back shortly after 1800.
I've not written about the opening ceremonies yet, but I believe Mark's writeup may have covered a good bit about them. It has been mentioned by a few of the members of our team that we had a good deal of security around our team. I had noticed the same, but I thought it was just because we were on the end line of teams. But..... who knows. One of the welcoming speeches was notable in the way it was translated--"We welcome all the countries who have come to participate in this World Competition, and in particular we welcome the team from the USA". That was quite gratifying.
And the assistance we continue to get here on the field is also quite gratifying. Manfred had a problem with his data cable to his IPAQ and when I got on the grid there was a representative from DX taking care of the problem. Another heartfelt thanks!
Richard
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