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Turnpoint Flight on a Paraglider
Club
Thames Valley
Glider
Triple Seven Rook 3
Date
18th April 2022
Start
13:10
Finish
13:50
Duration
40mins
Takeoff
Milk hill White Horse
Landing
nr Durley
Coords
Takeoff
51.37332, -1.85852
Start
51.37332, -1.85852
TP1
51.37312, -1.86433
TP2
51.40608, -1.73538
TP3
51.38172, -1.64830
Finish
51.38002, -1.65330
Landing
51.38002, -1.65330
Distances and Score
Leg 1
0.41k
Leg 2
9.70k
Leg 3
6.64k
Leg 4
0.40k
Total
17.15k
Score
17.2
Open Distance
Total
15.1k
Tracklog
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Yes
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Height   -   GPS data
Maximum Height
[13:34:13]		 3917 ft
Lowest Save
[13:25:25]		 2270 ft
Takeoff Height
[13:10:24]		 840 ft
Landing Height
[13:50:44]		 486 ft
Total Ascent 5036 ft
Height Gain
Above Takeoff 3077 ft
Maximum 3104 ft
Low Point
[13:10:42]		 814 ft
High Point
as Maximum Height		 3917 ft
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Climb   -   Pressure data
Maximum Climb
[13:33:24]		 3.3 m/s
Minimum Climb
[13:23:12]		 -3.5 m/s
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Speed
Maximum Speed
[13:36:24]		 55.8 km/h
Average Speed
around course		 25.6 km/h
Average Speed
over track length		 38.7 km/h
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Tracklog
Flight Duration 40mins
Track Points 2421
Recording Interval 1 secs
Statistics Interval 4 secs
Track Length 26.0 km
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Flight instrument
Type Motorola Moto E(6) Plus 9
Model Not Set
Firmware 0.9.7.4-beta
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All was going perfectly until…

… I decided to leave the peachy-looking line of clouds pointing rather nicely towards my goal (Reading) and join my chums a tad further south. It was pretty much a straight line to the ground as soon as I made that call. Why?

Compared with Alex Kennedy, who flew pretty much the same line initially and only 15 minutes after us, our whole gaggle of 6+ pilots decked it within 20k while he went on to fly nearly 60k to his goal (have a look at his tracklog on xcontest - no links allowed here). Now granted he has far superior skills to me, but we flew at the same speed, got to the same altitude, had the same climb and descent rates, but he found the next climbs whereas we did not. I have a theory!

Sea breeze. Something we don't generally suffer from so far inland and therefore know little about. I'm certainly no expert, but the messy looking edges to the clouds might have had some sea air about them. There were certainly no climbs to be had by any of us, whereas Alex stuck to his line and joined the dots.

It's a fascinating game and we (can) learn from every flight. Next time I'm following Alex!

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