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I was at a comp hang gliding on sunday and we found some wave lift up to over 7000ft. The best height was 8500, I made 7700. we were over Hawes, N. yorks and from there we could see both east and west coasts.
It was supposed to be a race of about 50 miles to beyond sutton bank, but we sat up there for hours and found 5 more wave climbs of diminishing height going down wind and then near the A1 we found thermals and quite a few of us made goal. Due to spending so long looking at the view I was well off the pace in the race (7th of 14 finishers).
...just one of those flights to keep me interested after 25 years of hang gliding!
It was supposed to be a race of about 50 miles to beyond sutton bank, but we sat up there for hours and found 5 more wave climbs of diminishing height going down wind and then near the A1 we found thermals and quite a few of us made goal. Due to spending so long looking at the view I was well off the pace in the race (7th of 14 finishers).
...just one of those flights to keep me interested after 25 years of hang gliding!
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