While some pilots were crossing the Alps and some others were racing in the Worlds in Italy, Marcin Szczesny and his Buzz Z5 went for a new personal record in Poland. Here is the note we received from Marcin a few days ago:
“After many days of bad weather, forecasts promised that on Thursday July 6th, we could go far. I decided to take a day off and together with two colleagues went to Pila (sport airport). We were first that day. No one was getting ready to take off, so I decided to fly first. I spread my Buzz Z5 and I got in the air. I released the tow at 600m, and immediately I found a thermal column. First at 1200m above the ground, later at 1500 meters. The clouds started to form nicely . Then I just thought it might be the day to do the first 100km. The beginning was good, after about an hour and a half the crisis got me. At the bottom I saw a village and thought it might be a chance to go up. 170 meters above the ground I caught the thermal with +2m/s. I was quickly under cloud base. Under …read more
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