Mountain waves in Germany on Feb 5th

Last weekend (Feb 5th and Feb 6th 2011) we had the strongest mountain
wave ever experienced in the Rhine valley.

Altitudes reached were FL240 - not too shabby for mountains that are
only 1.500 ft high in average, isn't it?

http://www.onlinecontest.org/olc-2.0...=2011&c=DE&sc=

Climb rates were up to 12 kts (usually we are glad to exceed 2 kts).
Unfortunately we seldom exceed 7.000 ft in this part of Germany, so
only a couple of lucky guys were equipped with Transponders and Oxygen
that allowed them to climb past FL100.


Publicity-wise this day was hugely successful, too:
We got a couple of huge articles in nationwide newspapers, some of
them one third of a page!

For the German-speaking readers:
http://www.bilderhoster.net/safeforbilder/mt69yv2k.jpg


We got literally hundres of high-quality photos and videos (many of
the air-to-air from close range) - you can find some of the pictures
he
http://www.schwerewelle.de/
http://www.schwerewelle.de/berichte/...rms-ca.-5.500m
http://www.schwerewelle.de/berichte/...er-seitentitel
http://www.schwerewelle.de/berichte/...penheim-7.041m




Regards
Andreas

Dang, and I had to do family things last Saturday!

http://www.schwerewelle.de/

Clearly, soaring is just as hard on the hair in Germany as the US :-).

Great day, thanks for sharing.

-Evan Ludeman / T8

On Feb 10, 9:03*pm, Andreas Maurer wrote:
Last weekend (Feb 5th and Feb 6th 2011) we had the strongest mountain
wave ever experienced in the Rhine valley.

Altitudes reached were FL240 - not too shabby for mountains that are
only 1.500 ft high in average, isn't it?

http://www.onlinecontest.org/olc-2.0...?st=olcp&rt=ol....

Climb rates were up to 12 kts (usually we are glad to exceed 2 kts).
Unfortunately we seldom exceed 7.000 ft in this part of Germany, so
only a couple of lucky guys were equipped with Transponders and Oxygen
that allowed them to climb past FL100.

Publicity-wise this day was hugely successful, too:
We got a couple of huge articles in nationwide newspapers, some of
them one third of a page!

For the German-speaking readers:http://www.bilderhoster.net/safeforbilder/mt69yv2k.jpg

We got literally hundres of high-quality photos and videos (many of
the air-to-air from close range) - you can find some of the pictures
hehttp://www.schwerewelle.de/http://ww...elzer-wald-haa...

Regards
Andreas

Wave?
On a weekend?
At Landau?
Really?

I sure hope some celebratory beers were enjoyed at the end of the
day!!!!

Well done!

Ray Lovinggood
Carrboro, North Carolina, USA