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XC League |
Detailed
Flight Log - dates, times etc |
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Allott |
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08 Apr 09
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Take
Off Co-ordinate: Widgery
Landing Co-ordinate: Sourton
Distance Claimed: 5.1
Type of XC: Open XC
Flight Report:
Caught a very punchy thermal from widgery, rode it as
far as i could, then went on to find 4 or so more each
of which slapped me around quite a lot while giving me
no more than 200 ft, finally landed at sourton, which
was not at all bad considering how late in the day it
was! None of your namby pamby coastal ridge run guff.
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5.1 Km
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May 09 |
Take
Off Co-ordinate: Widgery
Landing Co-ordinate: Warren house inn
Distance Claimed: 16.1
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Report: Climbed to base with Innes at around 4500' set
off over the moors, topped up with height under a few
clouds, caught another rough thermal just infront of
fernworthy reservoir, then glided down to the warren
house inn landed at around 2 o'clock and proceeded to
get very drunk! |
16.1 |
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June 09 |
Take
Off Co-ordinate: Sourton
Landing Co-ordinate: Broadhempston
Distance Claimed: 36.5
Type of XC: open xc
Flight Report:
Took off with Dougie from sourton very early, Headed
over the moors, got to Staverton, where Dougie called
me, and guided me in to land near Broadhempston,
whereupon we met up at 'The Monks Retreat' for a well
deserved pint of Jail Ale! |
36.5 |
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July 09 |
Take
Off Co-ordinate: Sourton
Landing Co-ordinate: Near Marldon
Distance Claimed: 42.2
Type of XC: open xc
Flight Report:
Arrived at Sourton with Mark 'the dude' Canvin thinking
it was going to be too strong, but actually it was quite
nice. Launched straight into a thermal, worked for a few
hundred feet, left that one to wait for Mark, caught
another one five minutes later and took it straight to
base (around 5K). Another thermal from Fir tor took me
back to base. Heavy sink nearly ended the flight near
belliver tor, but another thermal saw me climb back half
way to base, and i struggled to get any higher after
this despite numerous thermals. Eventually landed just
short of Marldon. Huge thanks to Robin and Mark for the
retrieve.
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42.2 |
| 30
July 09 |
Take
Off Co-ordinate: cox tor west
Landing Co-ordinate: long plantation beardown
Distance Claimed: 6.8
Type of XC: open xc
Flight Report:
Left Cox tor at 5.45 pm, never reached base but managed
to remain in lifty air for a long time till i had to
land a bit before beardown at 6pm. A quick retrieve by
the dude allowed me to get back to look after the kids
while the missus went out. Thanks mate!!
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6.8 |
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Oct 09 |
Take
Off Co-ordinate: king tor
Landing Co-ordinate: Bear down Lodge
Distance Claimed: 12.9
Type of XC: open xc
Flight Report:
Dougie, Miles and Alan were climbing out as i took off,
tried a number of different climbs away from the hill,
slowly worked my way up. After about 8km, i finally
found a decent climb to take me to base. By this point
the sky was very overcast so turned towards beardown
which was in the sun but unfortunately no thermals. Met
Dougie, Alan and Miles at two bridges for a well earned
pint! track log here http://www.paraglidingforum.com/leonardo/flight/279643
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12.9 |
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