XC League Flight

Helen Gant All flights

National League 2011

Results

Pilot flight 5/36

Turnpoint Flight on a Paraglider

Club

Derbyshire

Glider

Niviuk Peak 2

Date

13th May 2011

Start

11:27

Finish

14:19

Duration

2hrs 52mins

Takeoff

Milk Hill

Landing

East Claydon

Coords

Takeoff

Start

TP1

TP2

TP3

152

Finish

549

Landing

552

Distances and Score

Leg 1

0.86k

Leg 2

0.72k

Leg 3

16.37k

Leg 4

71.66k

Total

89.61k

Score

89.6

Open Distance

Total

87.4k

Tracklog

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Yes

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Height - GPS data
Maximum Height [12:00:20]	4429 ft
Lowest Save [14:01:40]	2293 ft
Takeoff Height [11:17:00]	906 ft
Landing Height [14:20:40]	394 ft
Total Ascent	14012 ft
Height Gain
Above Takeoff	3524 ft
Maximum	3530 ft
Low Point [11:22:20]	899 ft
High Point as Maximum Height	4429 ft
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Climb - GPS data
Maximum Climb [11:59:00]	3.7 m/s
Minimum Climb [13:23:00]	-2.4 m/s
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Maximum Speed [13:35:20]	59.4 km/h
Average Speed around course	31.2 km/h
Average Speed over track length	32.0 km/h
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Tracklog
Flight Duration	3hrs 3mins
Track Points	552
Recording Interval	20 secs
Statistics Interval	20 secs
Track Length	98.1 km
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GPSMap76CSX Software Version 4.00

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Story 1

Takeoff		11:17:00
Height:	905 ft	Position:	51.379180, -1.856460

Shiiiiit it's a comp... Some of the biggest names in UK paragliding are here... What am I doing here... Barney Mark and Phil have already had a play in the air before I get here... I'm dreading this! Let's get the flipping briefing out of the way and I can just get in the air! Thanks Kirsty for the friendly site briefing: -).

Story 2

Track point		11:32:20
Height:	2050 ft	Duration:	0:15 hrs
Speed:	20.9 km/h	Distance:	0.4 km
Climb:	-1.1 m/sec	Position:	51.380980, -1.852290

Struggling here, everyone else who's taken off seems to be doing ok, I'm not at the bottom yet but I'm not climbing out very comptetently either.

Story 3

Track point		11:49:20
Height:	4150 ft	Duration:	0:32 hrs
Speed:	52.7 km/h	Distance:	5.1 km
Climb:	-1.2 m/sec	Position:	51.406750, -1.798540

Phew high enough to run away.

Story 4

Track point		11:55:20
Height:	2398 ft	Duration:	0:38 hrs
Speed:	57.2 km/h	Distance:	8.8 km
Climb:	-1.5 m/sec	Position:	51.421150, -1.749870

Bugger, Kirsty said stick with anything you've got over Marlborough... I've got nowt here. Colbert's got a climb a bit east of me though... Might head over there then.

Story 5

Track point		11:58:40
Height:	3530 ft	Duration:	0:41 hrs
Speed:	9.9 km/h	Distance:	10.0 km
Climb:	3.4 m/sec	Position:	51.426630, -1.734640

Hahaaaaaa a proper climb... And polite and sociable too. "Hello is that Helen? " "Yes, who's that? " "It's Hugh, and that's Richard"... Pleased to meet you both, up we go.

Story 6

Turnpoint 3		12:07:20
Height:	4156 ft	Duration:	0:50 hrs
Speed:	54.4 km/h	Distance:	16.2 km
Climb:	-0.9 m/sec	Position:	51.444730, -1.648850

I'm going to stay over here on the edge of my cloud above where there's some sunshiine on the ground... Don't care that my gaggle has gone north. But Colbert's somewhere here I can't see him, is he in a cloud? THIS cloud?

Story 7

Track point		12:28:00
Height:	3139 ft	Duration:	1:11 hrs
Speed:	57.4 km/h	Distance:	26.0 km
Climb:	-1.6 m/sec	Position:	51.506860, -1.543750

Ahhh they're all over there, looks like it's working even though there's hardly any sun on the ground! And there's Colbert, I think... So he wasn't anywhere near my cloud after all.

Story 8

Track point		12:57:00
Height:	2506 ft	Duration:	1:40 hrs
Speed:	52.4 km/h	Distance:	38.8 km
Climb:	-0.5 m/sec	Position:	51.595510, -1.418470

Get stuck here in zeroes for ages, while better pilots fly past proving that they're not zeroes and it's possible to get up in them. Seems to take me forever to find a useable bit of lift.

Story 9

Track point		13:15:00
Height:	3585 ft	Duration:	1:58 hrs
Speed:	59.2 km/h	Distance:	47.4 km
Climb:	-1.5 m/sec	Position:	51.649160, -1.328650

"Hi is that Helen? " "yes who's that? " "Pete".. "Hi Pete"... Turns out this person who has been making cracking decisions and thermalling brilliantly is Pete Logan who goes on to complete his first ton, thoroughly deserved well done Pete excellent flying!

Story 10

Track point		13:21:00
Height:	3917 ft	Duration:	2:04 hrs
Speed:	26.8 km/h	Distance:	51.5 km
Climb:	2.0 m/sec	Position:	51.673330, -1.284300

Pete Logan finds us a lovely solid climb out of here.

Story 11

Max Speed		13:35:20
Height:	3950 ft	Duration:	2:18 hrs
Speed:	59.4 km/h	Distance:	59.8 km
Climb:	-1.1 m/sec	Position:	51.740610, -1.217690

Other people say afterwards how nice it was to be flying over Oxford looking at the views. I'm so busy trying not to bomb out that I fail to notice Oxford altogether. Pete Logan climbs up from way below me showing how to core properly! This is about the 4th time he's done this today!

Story 12

Track point		13:52:00
Height:	3408 ft	Duration:	2:35 hrs
Speed:	22.9 km/h	Distance:	70.3 km
Climb:	0.1 m/sec	Position:	51.815310, -1.122370

Got a bit slow here... Was trying to work out what the sky was doing, pretty grey everywhere with cus underneath it. Stick with everything I've got while I try to work out what might work next. Gradually lose sight of everyone... Can just see one glider heading east over Bicester, pretty low. OK, decision time. Doesn't look like there's much lift off Bicester, I'm going further east towards where the clouds seem to be disintegrating more slowly.

Story 13

Track point		14:02:00
Height:	2319 ft	Duration:	2:45 hrs
Speed:	40.9 km/h	Distance:	76.9 km
Climb:	0.4 m/sec	Position:	51.849430, -1.042920

Kirsty and Alex chatting on the radio about landing in adjacent fields... I don't want to land yet! Come on, concentrate... As soon as I stop listening to their conversation and focus on my vario I lose the climb.

Story 14

Track point		14:17:40
Height:	708 ft	Duration:	3:00 hrs
Speed:	18.5 km/h	Distance:	86.4 km
Climb:	0.1 m/sec	Position:	51.908060, -0.942270

There's something here but it's pretty weak... Landable field just downwind with a windsock in it... BUZZARD upwind, quick, turn back upwind! But he glides off...

Story 15

Landing		14:20:40
Height:	393 ft	Duration:	3:03 hrs
Speed:	1.4 km/h	Distance:	87.0 km
Climb:	0.0 m/sec	Position:	51.911960, -0.935840

Bugger maybe I should have tried harder with those zeroes, bet Barney and Mark are half way to Cromer by now on their Ice Peaks, should have stuck with my gaggle, it's not even 2. 30 I should have gone back upwind. Check GPS to see where I am, oops I've wiped all the useful road/village data, dig out my map and find I'm not far from my sister's house and text her to see what my chances of a cuppa are... And she's heading back to Somerset in an hour! HA, retrieve sorted! Then the "well done" texts start coming in and I realise I haven't screwed up after all: -).

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Status:	Published
Stories:	15
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