Long since forgotten from my days of having to actually know ASCII vs. EBCDIC vs. Hex vs. .... but different character sets handle certain special characters differently. So, something you see as a space or Carriage Return with Line Feed (CRLF) in one set may look different in another. I'm guessing (too lazy to look right now) that =20 is a CRLF.

P3

On Thursday, April 24, 2014 3:42:48 PM UTC-4, Vernon Brown wrote:
On these discussion groups and R.A.S in particular I keep seeing "=20"

Can some please explain the meaning?





At 17:02 24 April 2014, Papa3 wrote:

On Wednesday, April 23, 2014 3:47:58 PM UTC-4, Soartech wrote:

At Pocono Mountains airport, about 5-10 miles upwind of the ridge, the

wi=

nd is NW at 18 gusting to 30! Plenty of ridge lift I would guess.=20

=20

Temp is 44 and it is overcast.



The limiting factor in most long distance flights from Blairstown is the

Ha=

wk Mountain transition. One has to go from Hawk Mountain upwind to

Sharp/=

Second mountains. Neither of these is an especially good ridge, and the

la=

nding option are either a) the unused part of a cemetery (fitting) or b)

a

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couple of reclaimed open-pit coalmines (you might survive, the ship

probabl=

y wouldn't). While it's certainly doable with low bases and 30kt

headwinds=

in a 40:1 uber-segler, it's no picnic. In a 1-26, it's an even taller

or=

der. =20



Yesterday was just another example of how many factors have to come

togethe=

r for truly long ridge flights. The northeast quadrant of the

Appalachians=

was plagued by overcast conditions until late in the day, even though

the

=

winds were pretty close to ideal. =20



P3