Flight

Flight details
Title: Caburn flop to Laughton
Site:Mount Caburn
Pilot:Mark Rubinstein
Date of flight:1st May 2016
Wing type:Paraglider
Flight details:
A busy morning at Caburn but I wasn't getting much height even after dumping my leaky ballast bottle.  

I was about to give up when I connected to a climb with about eight other gliders that drifted until I was committed. 

With cirrus clouds overhead it was hard to find proper climbs (although I did turn to see the Catherine, Gary and David gaggle in a good second climb).  My flight was more of a drift which occasional bits of lift followed by a glide to the grounds of a police dog training park. Fantastically I landed to find that Marianne was there waiting to retrieve me - what an amazing service!

A lovely May Day morning.
Cross-country league entry
Flight type:Flight with 3 turnpoints
Takeoff:50.863217,0.042217
To:50.85775,0.0484
To:50.863733,0.054733
To:50.859217,0.040867
Finish at:50.893883,0.146733
Landing place:
Witness:Turnpoints taken from KML file
Distance11.04 km
Score11.04 km
GPS evidence from:Glynde House Mayday.jpg
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