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Turnpoint Flight on a Paraglider
Club
LLSC
Glider
Ozone Alpina 3
Date
7th April 2023
Start
13:05
Finish
17:11
Duration
4hrs 6mins
Takeoff
Spittal of Glenshee
Landing
Cannich
Coords
Takeoff
56.82627, -3.46617
Start
56.82538, -3.46962
TP1
56.81513, -3.45548
TP2
57.35483, -4.75262
TP3
57.38510, -4.70997
Finish
57.33080, -4.79888
Landing
57.33597, -4.78102
Distances and Score
Leg 1
1.43k
Leg 2
98.98k
Leg 3
4.24k
Leg 4
8.08k
Total
112.73k
Score
112.7
Open Distance
Total
99.7k
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Height   -   Pressure data
Maximum Height
[15:48:13]		 7320 ft
Lowest Save
[12:57:30]		 1801 ft
Takeoff Height
[12:53:54]		 2425 ft
Landing Height
[17:17:39]		 164 ft
Total Ascent 34124 ft
Height Gain
Above Takeoff 4895 ft
Maximum 5518 ft
Low Point
as Lowest Save		 1801 ft
High Point
as Maximum Height		 7320 ft
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Maximum Climb
[13:11:39]		 5.0 m/s
Minimum Climb
[13:18:18]		 -4.0 m/s
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Maximum Speed
[15:31:34]		 74.7 km/h
Average Speed
around course		 27.5 km/h
Average Speed
over track length		 37.5 km/h
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Tracklog
Flight Duration 4hrs 23mins
Track Points 15657
Recording Interval 1 secs
Statistics Interval 4 secs
Track Length 165.0 km
Invalid Positions
[< 1%]		 21
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Flight instrument
Type Flyskyhy
Model 7.3.2
Firmware 7.3.2
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Once Upon A Time.

Five star day over the Cairngorms. What a cracker! Southeasterly forecast, Spittal of Glenshee start. Met up with Ben W. And climbed up the wrong hill. Most everyone else was on Mount Blair. Whoops! Luckily it worked pretty much wherever you launched yesterday, with folks having a cracking day and with a few personal bests recorded.

The bold pilots at the southeast corner of the Cairngorms, opted for the daunting task of overflying the Cairngorm plateau. Lots of walk out potential. Essential to have a good gaggle assembled before you embark. Ok, two pilots, so a Scottish gaggle possible. Ben and I made a plan. Straight downwind to Ullapool, on the west coast.

Spectacular fail. Not ten minutes into the flight, I'm alone, scratching 2k downwind, despite a near perfect climbout to base in front of launch. No sign of Ben, but lots of pilots streaming past in a Mount Blair gaggle. Although, it too was beginning to thin out quickly.

My second climbout was a slow affair and the potential for a very long walkout crossed my mind briefly. Beautiful day to get lost in the mountains.

I trundled on, climbing in every scrap of lift. Ten kilometres in and a bit of luck. I was about to meet up with a very able member of the Mount Blair team. Could hardly believe my luck. We topped up in a very slow climb and slithered onto the plateau, proper. I pushed on to find a climb and found myself virtually kicking the heather at 3000ft. No notable ground features, barely a slope. As I turned into wind I could see the remainder of our gaggle heading straight for me. Noooo! I shouted. He must have heard me. Anyway too late. I have no idea how I ended up back at base. Alone again. Ffs. Apologies to my teammate for a crap leadout.

Anyway, that was the crux of the flight. The remainder was joyful and unbelievably straight forward.

Journal entry for the day reads: -

Climbed a hill, assembled my aircraft, flew over the Cairngorms, including the region that has polar bears and tigers. Rendezvoused briefly at Cloudbase with like attired mates. Flew over the Great Glen and Loch Ness. After 100k, landed at Cannich with Warwick and Connor.

Cannich is in Warwick's home Glen. He and Connor having completed a cracking goal flight.

What a way to notch up your first 100k UK flight. Well done sir.

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