Flight

Flight details
Title: First time outside Southern - and I nearly double my airtime..
Site:Other
Pilot:James Hope-Lang
Date of flight:9th August 2012
Wing type:Paraglider
Flight details:
90 minutes of blissful soaring at Swinside in Cumbria in the company of an incredibly patient Ed. Plenty of lift, a couple of saves from halfway down the slope, accompanied by large raptors (Ed should have some stunning video of one of them) - and no other pilots around until we landed. 

Landing patch (can't really call a handkerchief sized piece of grass at a 30 deg angle surrounded by fern a field...) was a struggle to touch down in and whilst I got my feet into it the wing landed on some ferns which meant for 15 minutes of untangling. 

That aside a wonderful morning to add to my 2 hours prior flying time... 
Cross-country league entry
Flight type:Flight with 3 turnpoints
Takeoff:54.608017,-3.28135
To:54.601417,-3.27665
To:54.606617,-3.286833
To:54.600833,-3.27925
Finish at:54.6086,-3.285833
Landing place:
Witness:GPS file
Distance3.44 km
Score3.44 km
In novice league?YES
GPS evidence from:XC.010941.igc
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