25th July - Camping Monteglin - Laragne

Team Japan

Meet Masahiro Kitano, Hiroshi Suzuki, Kazuyuki Hirabayashi, Norihisa Wada and Koji Daimon (Team Japan) who are all flying well and busy putting a different slant on the Worlds! Good luck lads (googleTranslate to Japanese)

Team Guatemala
Jose Herrarte (Loco) of Team Guatemala wheezed his way, puffing and panting under the weight of his glider all the way to the far end of the high south take-off at the Charbe today. When he stopped beside me for a breather and to sweat quietly, he discovered that he had been carrying someone else's wing and not his own! - No photo of this, as Loco crawled off into the bushes to cry!

Enough said?

Group Therapy
The Worlds organisers de-stress!

Fly by Night!

Consummate sportsman Amir Shalom (Israel) seems fond of consummating all sorts of friendships, and in the best traditions of sport, collects trophies to commemorate his conquests. We're not sure if those are leggings he is wearing or someone else's wife's tights on his legs! As to who's underwear he has on his head, well, that's anyone's guess!! Personally I think putting a simple notch on your bedpost is an altogether more discrete means of keeping count. By the way, Amir, we love the newly reconstructed dental work - no one would ever know you'd had your teeth kicked in! Got any photos for us?? :-) ...oh boy, I'm going to burn in hell for that one!

Amir Shalom - Hungry for more!

But back to the business of the comp...

Dangerous Flying

Air Marshal von Trueman (whose job in the Worlds is to police the air by flying the course and making sure Gordon doesn't fly into any clouds 'accidentally!') was nearly hauled before the Comp Furer for dangerous flying when he narrowly avoided having a head-on with the Irish team's newest acquisition, Skuffy O'Neill during the first task... On the ground, views were exchanged; beers were consumed and von Trueman was taught the rules of the air!

Air Marshal von Trueman...astonished at just how fast and Irishman can pinch his pint!

Nesting Season!

Julia Getyurlegova (hot Russia babe) came into season whilst flying Task #1 and suddenly had the overpowering urge to land in a tree in a narrow gorge known as 'The Valley of Death' and build a nest, when she started to ovulate in mid-air!

Meanwhile Kiwi pilot Warren Simonsen (a.k.a. the Millard) found himself in the very same gully after following his nose to the erogenous source of the most delicious scent... Julia! Unfortunately Warren was too preoccupied with sniffing the air to pay too much attention to his degenerate and degenerating position, and piled into a small, tight and hairy (but neatly trimmed) bush. Sadly, it appears that he may have damaged his equipment during the fast bang-in!

In an unrelated, but not dissimilar incident, it has emerged that Aussie pilot Curt Warren's wife, Louise is expecting a baby! Congratulations to Team Oz on a splendid team effort!!

And at the end of the evening...

Le Brasser O'Neill conducting a little market research!

Things are getting a little hectic at Langer Report HQ, and keeping up to date with all the gossip AND trying to get my two pilots up the hill is proving to be a full time job! Be patient, readers - all will be revealed in good time!!