Xc Title
User:Guest
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Simon Blake  All flights
National League 2016
Flight type image
Flight to Goal on a Paraglider
Club
Pennine
Glider
Ozone Delta 2
Date
23rd April 2016
Start
10:52
Finish
12:27
Duration
1hr 35mins
Takeoff
Longridge
Landing
Westhoughton
Coords
Takeoff
53.85943, -2.54395
Start
53.85985, -2.54208
Finish
53.55220, -2.50135
Landing
53.55242, -2.49923
Distance and Score
Distance
34.35k
Deductions
0.80k  (cylinders)
Total
33.55k
Multiplier
x 1.30
Score
43.6
Open Distance
Total
35.3k
Filename
Use full pilot name
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Validated
Yes
Flight map
Notes

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Duration 0:00   Takeoff Distance 0
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Height: metres
Climb: m/sec
Speed: km/h
Distance: km
chart
Notes

Climb and Speed averaged over 6 second intervals.

These values may be lower than those shown by a flight instrument, which has access to continuous raw data.

Metric units are used for all chart data, except for Height which is shown in feet.

Height   -   GPS data
Maximum Height
[11:40:18]
4295 ft
Lowest Save
[11:17:09]
1401 ft
Takeoff Height
[10:50:07]
997 ft
Landing Height
[12:33:33]
433 ft
Total Ascent 9747 ft
Height Gain
Above Takeoff 3297 ft
Units
Climb   -   Pressure data
Maximum Climb
[11:39:42]
4.2 m/s
Minimum Climb
[11:15:30]
-3.5 m/s
Units
Speed
Maximum Speed
[11:49:30]
71.4 km/h
Average Speed
around course
21.1 km/h
Average Speed
over track length
31.7 km/h
Units
Tracklog
Flight Duration 1hr 43mins
Track Points 2056
Recording Interval 3 secs
Statistics Interval 6 secs
Track Length 54.7 km
Units
Flight instrument
Type Brauniger
Model Iq-basic Gps
Firmware 1.3.07 Eng
Notes

Climb and Speed averaged over 6 second intervals.

These values may be lower than those shown by a flight instrument, which has access to continuous raw data.

Average Speed around course is measured from Start to Finish points.

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

You can change the default units displayed - see the Options page.

The first ever successful flight to goal from Longridge, and only the second ever successful flight to goal from a Pennine site. I need to do one from Parlick to complete the set now, after two failures due to admin rather than failure to make the flight.

Goal at the edge of 2000' airspace and the promise of a retrieve if I made it. Got a nice shout out on the radio from Paul Hester as I crossed Blackburn - morale boost!

Thought I was down for sure short of Winter Hill, but flying towards sunlit bits paid off.

Thought I was down again the far side of Winter Hill, after getting drilled over the falling ground, but had enough left to turn in a final thermal that put me within comfortable glide of goal. Landing was hairy, requiring full bar to stay over the field and still going up from time to time, eventually arriving vertically and having to run after the wing on touchdown. Forecast was spot on, and right now I'm happy I didn't go where the wind was forecast to be even stronger. Time will tell - I suspect today there will be much bigger flights, ones which at the time of writing are probably still going on.

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Units settings

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