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Steven Mackintosh  All flights
National League 2021
Flight type image
Turnpoint Flight on a Paraglider
Club
SE Wales
Glider
Advance Omega X-Alps 3
Date
27th May 2021
Start
13:45
Finish
17:06
Duration
3hrs 21mins
Takeoff
Magic
Landing
Nr Tretower
Coords
Takeoff
51.88875, -3.12975
Start
51.88870, -3.12948
TP1
52.04143, -3.09508
TP2
52.05010, -3.26372
TP3
52.05395, -3.23250
Finish
51.89812, -3.17972
Landing
51.89813, -3.17970
Distances and Score
Leg 1
17.16k
Leg 2
11.61k
Leg 3
2.18k
Leg 4
17.71k
Total
48.66k
Score
48.7
Open Distance
Total
20.7k
Filename
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Validated
Yes
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Height   -   GPS data
Maximum Height
[16:38:12]
6148 ft
Lowest Save
[13:55:03]
2001 ft
Takeoff Height
[13:45:36]
1969 ft
Landing Height
[17:06:59]
1165 ft
Total Ascent 27254 ft
Height Gain
Above Takeoff 4180 ft
Maximum 4199 ft
Low Point
[13:45:45]
1949 ft
High Point
as Maximum Height
6148 ft
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Climb   -   Pressure data
Maximum Climb
[14:11:28]
4.8 m/s
Minimum Climb
[16:27:04]
-4.0 m/s
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Speed
Maximum Speed
[14:26:28]
56.7 km/h
Average Speed
around course
14.5 km/h
Average Speed
over track length
29.0 km/h
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Tracklog
Flight Duration 3hrs 21mins
Track Points 12077
Recording Interval 1 secs
Statistics Interval 4 secs
Track Length 97.5 km
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Flight instrument
Type Flyskyhy
Model 7.1.1
Firmware 7.1.1
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Average Speed around course is measured from Start to Finish points.

Track Length is the cumulative distance between track points from Takeoff to Landing.

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Although I am not 'entering' the XCLeague this year, just recording my 100k+ flights, I thought this one was quite an interesting attempt of a triangle.

I was suppose to be working, but managed to reorganise things last minute and got to the hill too late for a decent XC distance I thought (in hindsight a 100k was possible! ). No sooner had I clipped in I was able to take off and join a climb with Joe and one other glider. I lost the climb briefly as a Niviuk joined and I was stuck behind, he went wide and I was able to outclimb him. It was eventually just Joe and I using the last lift, by which time we were behind the hill. I went on a stinky glide to a convergence cloud in the valley. 3 rough climbs later I was over Hay on Wye. From here I started to track West, but the climbs kept sending me North. Near Bronlys I was facing a total blue hole towards Brecon so started to push South again. The problem I was having was that the glides and climbs put me back in the same location. In one of the climbs I was joined by two Kites near Llyswen, which would be the third time in this spot I have these birds fly close by.

Eventually I managed to connect with a decent street running back to Llangorse, this seemed to be a strong convergence line with drift in climbs from SW. From Llangorse I though I could easily connect with ridge of Magic but a strong headwind coming from Crickhowell killed the glide and I ended up landing short of closing the triangle. From here I had a 1.5hr hike of shame back to the car. But with the satisfaction of 3hrs more air time than I thought I was going to get today.

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