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Flight details
Title: Observing wind shear from inside
Site:Spain
Pilot:Ex Member 3236
Date of flight:20th April 2013
Wing type:Paraglider
Flight details:
It was another good day at Algodonales, however with a bit different weather around. It was colder and thermals become stronger, but most noticeable change was to feel of air - instead of yesterday's smooth and nice and became a bumpy and rough. 

Launch from easterly, move away from mountain and play in the valley, landing in main landing field. Nothing special, nothing spectacular apart from this: 
- climb from 900m to 1250m was in direction of SW  15:17-15:25
- move ESE 400m and...
- next climb from 1200m to 1470m was in N direction! 15:28-15:34
Something is going on at 1200m for sure :)

Don't like bumpiness of air and thus go to land despite this tempting radio call "you are hight enough, lets go over starting mountain and further with us...". 

here is flight in "lenardo way"
http://www.paraglidingforum.com/leonardo/flight/741905


Question to ask - what could be use of knowledge where wind shear is? (apart from avoid it)

PS - some locals did 120k this day. I don't care :)


Cross-country league entry
Flight type:Open Distance XC
Takeoff:36.898333,-5.3933
Finish at:36.8956,-5.34885
Landing place:
Witness:GPS file
Distance3.97 km
Score3.97 km
GPS evidence from:XC.011882.igc
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