Flight

Flight details
Title: Caburn Flop
Site:Mount Caburn
Pilot:John Porter
Date of flight:13th May 2012
Wing type:Paraglider
Flight details:
After three climbing attempts resulting in three slope landings and walk-ups I relaunched and caught a thermal with other pilots up to around 900 feet. Pushing forwards through some feeding swifts I met up with six circling seagulls who helped me to around 1600 feet and I'm afraid I couldn't resist the temptation to go over the back whilst at the same time losing the thermal. Found a small thermal just past Glyndebourne. Hurrah!... I only stayed in it for a couple of hundred feet. Boo and Hiss! Landed by the road between Ringmer and Laughton. It seemed really strong by the time I arrived back at Caburn so I went home.
Cross-country league entry
Flight type:Flight with 3 turnpoints
Takeoff:50.862,0.051917
To:50.856417,0.044167
To:50.86325,0.044833
To:50.85825,0.04725
Finish at:50.894583,0.09725
Landing place:Just past Ringmer
Witness:GPS Start and finish taken from IGC
Distance7.53 km
Score7.53 km
GPS evidence from:XC.010608.igc
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