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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 |
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Mountain waves in Germany on Feb 5th
Dang, and I had to do family things last Saturday!
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Mountain waves in Germany on Feb 5th
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 |
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Mountain waves in Germany on Feb 5th
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 |
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