Big triangle in Laragne
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It's 21h05 and I've flown 291 km FAI triangle in 8h40mn : this is
also the biggest FAI triangle flown by a hang glider in France beating also
Gil's record of 286 km. For the last 3 years since I've had my ATOS, I've been motivated to beat the
Laragne site record set by Gil Souviron of 275 km FAI in 2007. I've got as near
as 266 km and Gil told me : "Just fly a little further north and a little
further south and you'll get it !" (but some days it's just not that easy !) I'm on holiday this week and it's a good flying week. The 15th I made 226 km in
8h05 in quite difficult conditions and low cloud base in the south of my
circuit. The next day is a rest day to be ready for thursday the 17th, the
forecast is looking very good with cumulus clouds, light winds at 3000 m and
high cloud base. I take off at 12.20, as the first pilot off, a swiss ATOS pilot, shows us it's
not very good yet. My first turnpoint is to the west, but it's not working so
well this early so I only go 23 km instead of 30 km as I had hoped, before
heading NNE. I soon get under the nearest clouds and make good progress. West of
the Pic de Bure I meet up with Mart, we climb in strong lift to 3400m. http://delta.ffvl.fr/cfd/liste/2013/vol/20150436
Thanks to Serge.
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