Today was "under bridge" training day and calibration flights. The calibration flights involve flying each aircraft over head the airfield to test and calibrate the on board cameras and flight data telemetry downlinks. The rookie pilots also conducted training flights involving flying under a rope suspended between two race pylons at the same height as the bottom of the Chain bridge to the river below. Veteran retired RBAR pilot Klaus Schrot coached the pilots on under bridge flying. The pylons were on Tokol airport and will later be used (without the rope!) for media promotion flights in the RB Extra300L.
After the flights were completed, Yoshi and Rob headed for the Compound area where we, together with most of the new people, were given a tour of all the operations areas controlling the races on the race track. Of course the race tower is the most conspicuous of the structures that make up the compound however there are a lot more things going on in the surrounding temporary buildings erected there for the event.
Some photos attached.
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