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Old August 31st 19, 05:30 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Eric Greenwell[_4_]
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Default Perlan 2 is flying

Watch the flight via the Virtual Cockpit:

http://www.perlanproject.cloud/VirtualCockpit.html

Skysight users can look at the forecast using the "Perlan" selection in Settings
(upper right corner). Note that the Wave forecast levels have been extended beyond
the original 9km/300mb to (feet are approximate):

200mb = 39000'
100mb = 53000'
50mb = 70000'
30mb = 77000'
20mb = 87000'
10mb = 102000'

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- "A Guide to Self-Launching Sailplane Operation"
https://sites.google.com/site/motorg...ad-the-guide-1
- "Transponders in Sailplanes - Dec 2014a" also ADS-B, PCAS, Flarm

http://soaringsafety.org/prevention/...anes-2014A.pdf