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Turnpoint Flight on a Paraglider
Club
Avon
Glider
Ozone Zeno
Date
7th May 2022
Start
11:12
Finish
18:27
Duration
7hrs 14mins
Takeoff
Llangollen
Landing
Nr Blaenhonddan
Coords
Takeoff
52.95593, -3.13682
Start
52.96272, -3.13312
TP1
52.37602, -3.49612
TP2
52.09655, -3.40450
TP3
51.68477, -3.83872
Finish
51.66402, -3.81583
Landing
51.66450, -3.81757
Distances and Score
Leg 1
69.75k
Leg 2
31.72k
Leg 3
54.71k
Leg 4
2.80k
Total
158.98k
Score
159.0
Open Distance
Total
151.8k
Tracklog
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Height   -   GPS data
Maximum Height
[16:31:12]		 5896 ft
Lowest Save
[14:43:25]		 1916 ft
Takeoff Height
[11:00:20]		 1283 ft
Landing Height
[18:27:40]		 52 ft
Total Ascent 53517 ft
Height Gain
Above Takeoff 4613 ft
Maximum 4616 ft
Low Point
[11:00:26]		 1280 ft
High Point
as Maximum Height		 5896 ft
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Climb   -   Pressure data
Maximum Climb
[14:25:27]		 4.8 m/s
Minimum Climb
[12:20:31]		 -4.3 m/s
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Speed
Maximum Speed
[18:04:42]		 66.6 km/h
Average Speed
around course		 22.0 km/h
Average Speed
over track length		 39.4 km/h
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Tracklog
Flight Duration 7hrs 27mins
Track Points 26691
Recording Interval 1 secs
Statistics Interval 4 secs
Track Length 293.5 km
Invalid Positions
[< 1%]		 19
Units
Flight instrument
Type Flyskyhy
Model 7.3
Firmware 7.3
Notes

Climb and Speed averaged over 4 second intervals.

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

Red values indicate suspect data, because the tracklog contains invalid points.

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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Another epic weekend flying with the team!

We launched from Llangollen in north Wales at 11am under an incredible sky with a big gaggle of xc pilots from all over the UK. Even tho the sky looked amazing, the climbs were weak and progress was slow. After 5 hours of flying our gaggle had shrunk to just 4 of us, me, Tom Cole, Wesley Murch and Butty, we then realised we haven't even flown 100km and the prospect of reaching the coast seemed out of reach. But we pushed on and made a good decision to go east round Sennybridge, getting a great climb right on the edge of the airspace and then an even better line flying along the side of a cloud street that was sat right inside the danger area.

Approaching the Brecon Beacons at 5pm seemed a bit daunting with the prospect of a long walk and a night under the wing if we didn't make it work, but the sky still looked good and Wez came on the radio saying there was at least another hour left in the day.

Diving into the mountains Wez's optimism was immediately rewarded with 2 buzzards marking a nice climb that got us safely over the big stuff. Then it was just about patience and drifting in any little pocket of floaty air that could help us stay up. Wez then led out low and made a nobel sacrifice as we found a tiny climb behind him that he was unable to turn back to. That climb then drifted across a valley and triggered off a big quarry, which turned into the roughest one of the day!

At this point the coast was tantalisingly close, so me Tom and Butty worked every last bit of lift we could find, all of which was getting shredded by the sea beeeze. Neath was now within striking distance, but unfortunately I had set my goal to the next town over to the west, and didn't quite have enough height to glide against the sea breeze with Tom to get over the last bit of high ground and into goal, so I settled for my 151km open distance and went for the safe landing option with Butty in his goal field near Neath train station at 6:28pm, after almost 7 and a half hours in the air!

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