Euro 2002 Gliding Expedition
Sunday 7th July 2002: Flying in the Weiner Neustadt local area
The military airfield at Weiner Neustadt is vast; a 2 km circular area with grass runways.
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A number of air sports share the airfield, including the parachute club who use this splendidly decorated twin turbo-prop.
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Overcast
and a 180 degree wind shift to the north. Four members of the team decided
to have a cultural day in Vienna and the rest hoped that passage of the front
would at least lead to some local soaring. Both 2 seaters again took winch
launches to allow local flying with both gliders contacting low level wave
to 8500’. In the evening we were the guests of some of the local pilots,
led by Hermann Trimmel and his wife, who had arranged for us to attend a local
“Heuriger”, this is traditional Austrian evening at a local vineyard,
with much food to celebrate and taste the new wine.