1-26 1000km attempt

Is there any way to live track the distance easily?

On Wednesday, April 23, 2014 12:56:12 PM UTC-4, Tony wrote:
On Wednesday, April 23, 2014 11:52:55 AM UTC-5, Soartech wrote:

On Wednesday, April 23, 2014 12:49:17 PM UTC-4, Tony wrote:



On Wednesday, April 23, 2014 10:13:44 AM UTC-5, Tony wrote:







Ron Schwartz was up early this morning, taking off from Blairstown on a 1000km 3 turnpoint attempt. Follow along at http://glideport.aero/map?p=GlidePort:356 or SSA Sailplane Tracker!















stuck trying to make the jump at Hawk Mountain







What is the meaning of the 2R and 428 lines? Also what are the green and blue lines?



2R is the track of another pilot who was flying earlier. 428 is Ron's track. I think the color difference just depends on which pilot you have selected

On Wednesday, April 23, 2014 2:21:24 PM UTC-5, Kevin Christner wrote:
Is there any way to live track the distance easily?



On Wednesday, April 23, 2014 12:56:12 PM UTC-4, Tony wrote:

On Wednesday, April 23, 2014 11:52:55 AM UTC-5, Soartech wrote:



On Wednesday, April 23, 2014 12:49:17 PM UTC-4, Tony wrote:







On Wednesday, April 23, 2014 10:13:44 AM UTC-5, Tony wrote:















Ron Schwartz was up early this morning, taking off from Blairstown on a 1000km 3 turnpoint attempt. Follow along at http://glideport.aero/map?p=GlidePort:356 or SSA Sailplane Tracker!































stuck trying to make the jump at Hawk Mountain















What is the meaning of the 2R and 428 lines? Also what are the green and blue lines?







2R is the track of another pilot who was flying earlier. 428 is Ron's track. I think the color difference just depends on which pilot you have selected

not really except for the distance shown on the tracking page, which is a bit inflated.

Looks like he couldn't make the jump at Hawk Mountain and is headed back towards Blairstown

At Pocono Mountains airport, about 5-10 miles upwind of the ridge, the wind is NW at 18 gusting to 30! Plenty of ridge lift I would guess.
Temp is 44 and it is overcast.

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

Temp is 44 and it is overcast.

The limiting factor in most long distance flights from Blairstown is the Hawk Mountain transition. One has to go from Hawk Mountain upwind to Sharp/Second mountains. Neither of these is an especially good ridge, and the landing option are either a) the unused part of a cemetery (fitting) or b) a couple of reclaimed open-pit coalmines (you might survive, the ship probably 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 order.

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

P3

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
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nd is NW at 18 gusting to 30! Plenty of ridge lift I would guess.=20
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Temp is 44 and it is overcast.

The limiting factor in most long distance flights from Blairstown is the
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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
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winds were pretty close to ideal. =20

P3

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

=

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

I thought it was just Ron wishing he'd flown the ASW20.
Jim

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?

I wondered the same thing so I Googled it and found the answer.

=20 is code for a normal space and =A0 is code for a space between words where the line can't break (a non-breaking space). For an example of the use of the latter, if I was to type something like "read this help article: https://productforums.google.com/d/topic/gmail/WCklpQTrJMk/discussion", the Forum editor puts a non-breaking space in place of the normal space after the ":". You can check the effect by changing the width of the window where you are reading this to try and make the word "article:" sit at the end of a line - it will instead wrap on to the next line along with the URL.

Thanks to all who contributed with the explanation of =20
Tried to send this message earlier today, but for some reason it did not
appear
Vernon




At 16:43 25 April 2014, Soartech wrote:
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
"=3D20"
=20
Can some please explain the meaning?
=20
I wondered the same thing so I Googled it and found the answer.

=3D20 is code for a normal space and =3DA0 is code for a space between
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s where the line can't break (a non-breaking space). For an example of
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e use of the latter, if I was to type something like "read this help
articl=
e:
https://productforums.google.com/d/topic/gmail/WCklpQTrJMk/discussion",
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the Forum editor puts a non-breaking space in place of the normal space
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er the ":". You can check the effect by changing the width of the window
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here you are reading this to try and make the word "article:" sit at the
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d of a line - it will instead wrap on to the next line along with the
URL.