Well today I became famous as the pilot who caused the airspace around here to be closed to paragliding because of my near-miss with a couple of Turkish fighters yesterday.... I think the real issue was that they had scheduled the opening ceremonies in the city of Denizli and they wanted all of the pilots to participate... this meant no flying so I think airspace issues with the military were 'conveniently arranged by the competition personnel so that we would all be available to load in the buses and head into Denizli this afternoon. The official training day as been scheduled for tomorrow and the weather looks to be holding up very nicely. If my XC skies weather forecasting software tool is accurate, then Sunday, the first day of the competition is shaping up to be outstanding.... we will see!
Most of the 140 competitors have arrived and everyone is anxious to get in the air tomorrow. There have been gliders and harnesses laid out all over the hotel as pilots fine tune their equipment and make other adjustments.
Today I worked on learning how to edit some of the video I took in Austria so that I can eventually get a video posted so that others can view it.... It's a work in progress! This afternoon we all loaded up in the buses and drove about a half hour into the city of Denizli and took part in the opening ceremony for the competition. There were dancers adorned in local attire and lots of kids assigned a sign for each of the 38 countries which are in attendance. There was a marching band, and speeches by variouis dignitaries, etc... The closed a busy downtown street and we all marched in a precession for several blocks and then we were free to roam around the city for awhile before heading back to Pamukkale and dinner at the hotel....
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