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Andrew Craig  All flights
National League 2023
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Turnpoint Flight on a Paraglider
Club
Thames Valley
Glider
Gin Calypso
Date
7th April 2023
Start
14:12
Finish
16:16
Duration
2hrs 4mins
Takeoff
Combe Gibbet
Landing
Downton FC
Coords
Takeoff
51.35853, -1.48017
Start
51.35950, -1.48032
TP1
51.11137, -1.50382
TP2
50.99255, -1.76545
TP3
50.99338, -1.75358
Finish
50.99118, -1.76432
Landing
50.99245, -1.76308
Distances and Score
Leg 1
27.65k
Leg 2
22.61k
Leg 3
0.84k
Leg 4
0.79k
Total
51.89k
Score
51.9
Open Distance
Total
45.6k
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Yes
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Height   -   GPS data
Maximum Height
[15:51:07]
5269 ft
Lowest Save
[14:32:27]
1670 ft
Takeoff Height
[14:10:31]
892 ft
Landing Height
[16:17:27]
118 ft
Total Ascent 18681 ft
Height Gain
Above Takeoff 4377 ft
Maximum 4413 ft
Low Point
[14:10:53]
856 ft
High Point
as Maximum Height
5269 ft
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Maximum Climb
[14:37:35]
5.0 m/s
Minimum Climb
[14:28:35]
-4.5 m/s
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Maximum Speed
[14:31:11]
57.6 km/h
Average Speed
around course
25.1 km/h
Average Speed
over track length
37.9 km/h
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Tracklog
Flight Duration 2hrs 6mins
Track Points 7333
Recording Interval 1 secs
Statistics Interval 4 secs
Track Length 80.2 km
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Flight instrument
Type Syride
Model Sys'Nav Xl
Firmware 1.18
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I gave Jim a lift to the hill with his wing and his weekend luggage - he planned to fly to the Isle of Wight. My ambitions were more modest, but looked like being unfulfilled as Hugh, Malcolm, Craig, Jim himself and a few others climbed out early, while most of us were becalmed for most of the time.

But as a few more gaggles got high and away - often after a long struggle - the crowds thinned out a bit. When I saw eight or nine gliders launch and get a couple of hundred feet above, I decided I could give it a go without getting into too crazy a bunfight. I managed to stay up, then to climb up into a gaggle of about seven. We took it to over 4,000, as I got colder and colder, with all my zips open and my mitten flaps off after an earlier walk up from a slope landing. At the top, everyone except me pushed forward, and I wondered if this was the day to try a triangle on my low B, but I decided that downwind would be easier.

My first glide was through horrible sink, and I thought I might not even make the league's 10k minimum, but the second climb gained it all back and more in quick time. Staying high was easy as I passed Andover and caught up with Aaron Hall on his Artik R, but then I needed another lowish save at Stockbridge. I saw a Volt 4 and an orange Ozone (with open-leg harness) ahead of me and caught them up, then forged ahead on my own as the Artik and Volt teamed up.

My final climb was straight-lining under a juicy cloud, but I hit big sink again as I approached Downton. If it had been 1430 rather than 1600 I might have tried harder to push on into Dorset, but I was getting cold and tired, and I knew there'd be a bus north from Downton. And I could see the ground of Downton FC below me with a bouncy castle and a barbecue. I showed off by landing there, to be greeted with astonished children and friendly adults - one bought me a pint of cider, and the chairman of the club was very welcoming.

At Salisbury I just missed the Andover train, so I had a toastie and a coffee before the next one, while encouraging more pilots to gather at Andover to share a taxi. Jonty had landed a few miles outside Salisbury, but to my astonishment made it to the station to join me with a minute to spare. Malcolm had by now offered to come and get us; after he'd dropped us at Combe, I felt I should go back to Andover to collect the waifs and strays that I'd inveigled there - but by that time only Marcus Collings was left.

Sadly Jim was decked by the sea breeze before he could cross the Solent, but it was nevertheless a very good day. Four XC in a week for me!

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