| Comments | :: | A switch in airmass to warm southerly air meant a drive over the mountains to the Czech side of the range to a ski resort at Czarna Gora, easy cable car ride to the top then a short 15 min walk along to take off. A smallish mountain (about same size as the Blorenge) but very nice views, a completely blue day very hot and stable with the normal inversion making it very rough and hard work to climb much above 300meters above take off. Even gritting my teeth and staying with a nasty climb to nearly 600 above wasn't though the inversion and so still unpleasant, I was beginning to think I was been a whimp but on top landing for some lunch found a lot of others found it rough as well, two pilots down in the trees on reserves sort of confirmed it too. The forecast increasing wind was starting to happen so decided to fly down but had a long wait for the rescue helicopter collecting the downed pilots, I don't believe either pilot was hurt! Some more wing over practice on the way down but had to give up when I got lower as the bottom landing has to be the most thermik one I have ever know, I am sure it was putting off better more consistent lift than the actual mountain! A big thank you to all the very helpful Polish pilots I met while here, weather doesn't look flyable again before we return to the UK so that's probably it for me. |
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