Flight

Flight details
Title: X.C from Mt Caburn to Bewl Water
Site:Mount Caburn
Pilot:John Young
Date of flight:10th July 2011
Wing type:Paraglider
Flight details:
I wanted to get away from Mt Caburn before the strong wind set in. I continued back with a dual glider of which I couldn`t identify,until he looked across with a great big Mark Watts smile and a nod.I was on a long glide and going down,there`s a big factory roof at Whitesmith on the A22,so I turned cross wind and went for it,(see snail trail),when I got there I could see the nuts and bolts that held the roof on, all I got was 0-1 up for about 20 mins. Most of the time we were around 2,000ft.Mark went on a glide, and I went back up wind to the last cloud I was in,and got to 3,000ft by which time the blue hole had fill in, so I could continue on my way.On landing a family ran out and offered me tea something to eat, and a lift to the station.     
Cross-country league entry
Flight type:Flight with 3 turnpoints
Takeoff:50.860583,0.045117
To:50.86445,0.055483
To:50.860417,0.04905
To:51.0059,0.365867
Finish at:51.05765,0.407717
Landing place:Three Leg Cross, Wadhurst
Witness:GPS file
Distance35.48 km
Score35.48 km
GPS evidence from:2011-07-10_10-20.kml
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