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Old January 20th 18, 12:04 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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And check the details in soaring spot.
Norm Bloch in a JS3 maxed out the area task and came in about 14Mins early, raw speed 179kph!
Higher wingloading on huge days is an advantage. (Not possible at GP with common wingloading).
I flew past North of the task area in a jet yesterday and the sky looked great, even better up in the direction of Alice Springs and around Newman in WA.
Both these sites were used by HW Grosse for records many years ago and have the potential for Namibia like flights on the right day, just no infrastructure and not many landing options.
Tom
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