Hey All,
Challenger is stepping her way higher up along the VIG ladder as she has now flown over 3,000 km in contribution to the Challenger Mission. On the scale of the whole plan, 3,000 may not seem like much, but every obstacle we encounter is a valuable learning experience that we will be able to look back on
Another feat that Challenger is on the verge of accomplishing is crossing the Prime Meridian, being the first of our Global Class Gliders to do so.
Looking at Dave’s velocity plot, we have continued to see a decline in our speed in recent days, however the slope of the line is decreasing, signifying that we will level off and possibly spike back up again soon.
To the North, Silbo has been issued a new way point after suggestion from Antonio:
After the slow progress Silbo has been suffering over the past weeks, we have decided to move the way point to the North, hopefully allowing us to take advantage of the northern component of the currents flow similar to what we have done with Challenger previously. We hope that this will now speed us up a bit so we can make better progress towards the Caribbean.
Force Wind Sea & Honor