Flying weather has been totally awful this summer, just a week ago I had only 4½ hours of flying this year when at the same time last year I had already flown almost 30 hours. But this week I finally got two really good flights, first one just under 3 hours and the second one 5 hours 18 minutes. The 5 hour flight is required before doing any cross-country flights so I am happy I finally got it done.
Track of that flight is here, weather was mostly pretty good though big rain showers were in every direction and sometime after the 4 hour mark it got truly challenging to stay in the air. One last weak thermal (the shallow bump at the end of the track) saved it though!
