Archive for September 11th, 2015

 

PB for Gunnar 175.4km.

September 11th, 2015 - Posted by Steve Ham

A big day from Lastra today with Gunnar making his PB of 175km.  Curiously, his last PB was in 1995 in the PWC race task I set to Acrones from La Lastra.  That 170km goal was something of a revelation in the PG world when around 50 pilots made it.  Even now nearly 20 years […]

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Classic SW convergence day for open distance.

September 11th, 2015 - Posted by Steve Ham

From the Hirlam surface winds we can see a typical convergence setting up running for about 200km in the afternoon.  Winds are SW and on the stronger side.  It is unlikely to be any good for decent evening soaring so this is the day for sure to go big if you can.  Thermal tops altitude […]

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