Plane ride

It is so nice not having to travel with a glider. Nothing to carry, just my harness and we are on our way.

Rob, Scott, Ross, AJ and Emma picked me up at around 9am this morning. The airport was pretty uneventful as it seems that the way has been paved for taking hang gliders on planes from Calgary. We met up with Mark in the terminal as he was connecting from Vancouver. Customs and security seemed to be a breeze and the gliders showed up on the tarmac unscathed.



At the check-in counter, we were asked where we wanted to sit. Together seemed fine, but I asked for a window. Once we got on the plane, we found out we were all in row 8. Scott in the aisle, Rob in the middle and me with the window.

Excuse me miss, I asked for a window!

It worked out quite well. There were a bunch of empty rows and so each of us moved and had a row to ourselves. I laid across 3 seats and had an nap for about 1.5 hours. It was nice.

I was planning on reading the articles for the paper, but sleep and TV were more important. Ah well, we will see tomorrow. Nothing like doing things at the last minute.

My glider is here which is a relief. Ran into Jonny and he said that all the French team gliders have a right turn. So either mine does too, or I might be the lucky one who got a straight one.

Well I think it is time for bed.

Later.