On Feb 10, 9:03*pm, Andreas Maurer wrote:
Last weekend (Feb 5th and Feb 6th 2011) we had the strongest mountain
wave ever experienced in the Rhine valley.

Altitudes reached were FL240 - not too shabby for mountains that are
only 1.500 ft high in average, isn't it?

http://www.onlinecontest.org/olc-2.0...?st=olcp&rt=ol....

Climb rates were up to 12 kts (usually we are glad to exceed 2 kts).
Unfortunately we seldom exceed 7.000 ft in this part of Germany, so
only a couple of lucky guys were equipped with Transponders and Oxygen
that allowed them to climb past FL100.

Publicity-wise this day was hugely successful, too:
We got a couple of huge articles in nationwide newspapers, some of
them one third of a page!

For the German-speaking readers:http://www.bilderhoster.net/safeforbilder/mt69yv2k.jpg

We got literally hundres of high-quality photos and videos (many of
the air-to-air from close range) - you can find some of the pictures
hehttp://www.schwerewelle.de/http://ww...elzer-wald-haa...

Regards
Andreas

Wave?
On a weekend?
At Landau?
Really?

I sure hope some celebratory beers were enjoyed at the end of the
day!!!!

Well done!

Ray Lovinggood
Carrboro, North Carolina, USA