More Cloud Flight

Today's award recipient for the luckiest person on earth:

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Kemp

Kemp wrote:
Today's award recipient for the luckiest person on earth:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17185299/?GT1=9033

Kemp


I wonder if she set a new world altitude record in the process.

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Kemp


Something to remember if you are foolish enough to get sucked into a CB and
lose your pretty white wings as a result. If you bail out successfully, it
might be a good idea to wait a while before pulling the rip cord lest you
continue to go up.

I think a couple of German pilots succumbed that way early on in soaring's
history.

bumper

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Kemp


Something to remember if you are foolish enough to get sucked into a CB and
lose your pretty white wings as a result. If you bail out successfully, it
might be a good idea to wait a while before pulling the rip cord lest you
continue to go up.

Do paragliders (is that what you call the participants?) typically have
an emergency chute?


Shawn

http://www.manilla2007.com/

I just spoke to them on the phone they are compiling the IGC file to a video
file.

Asked if she was asking for her diamond height they laughed and said they
had not thought of that.

Mal

www.mals.net

I encourage everyone to read the following blog entry
http://karicastle.com/blog/index.php?showtopic=111

Kari is one of the top hang glider and paraglider pilots in the world.

You will read how the pilot got got caught, etc.

ALL hang glider and and paraglider pilot do fly with reserve chutes
that are integrated within their harnesses. All competition pilots
fly with FAI certified data loggers, the dataloggers are heads and
tails above what we have available to us sail plane guys in terms bang
for the buck *but* they are not certified by IGC for use within
sailplane competitions or record declaration.

One should keep in mind that paragliders are capable of airspeeds up
to ~35MPH and hang gliders can achieve 80+MPH, these speeds limit the
ability to get away from storms and other weather conditions safely.

Ron Gleason

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bumper wrote:
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Today's award recipient for the luckiest person on earth:

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Kemp


Something to remember if you are foolish enough to get sucked into a CB
and
lose your pretty white wings as a result. If you bail out successfully,
it
might be a good idea to wait a while before pulling the rip cord lest
you
continue to go up.

Do paragliders (is that what you call the participants?) typically have
an emergency chute?


Shawn

Yes. It's practically the alternate means of landing with some of the less
risk-averse pilots.

Tim Ward

On Feb 16, 2:16 pm, Shawn wrote:
bumper wrote:
"Kemp" wrote in message
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Today's award recipient for the luckiest person on earth:

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Kemp

Something to remember if you are foolish enough to get sucked into a CB and
lose your pretty white wings as a result. If you bail out successfully, it
might be a good idea to wait a while before pulling the rip cord lest you
continue to go up.

Do paragliders (is that what you call the participants?) typically have
an emergency chute?

Shawn

I'm curious. I've heard of planes being "sucked up" into clouds, but
is that really a threat? My glider will DESCEND consistantly at 90
knots AS with the nose down 45 degrees (steeper and slightly slower
with full flaps). That should yeild a vertical speed of around 45
knots. I'm still looking for a thermal stronger than the 10-12 knot
boomers we get here!

Uncle Fuzzy

On Feb 28, 5:11 pm, wrote:
On Feb 16, 2:16 pm, Shawn wrote:



bumper wrote:
"Kemp" wrote in message
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Today's award recipient for the luckiest person on earth:

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Kemp

Something to remember if you are foolish enough to get sucked into a CB and
lose your pretty white wings as a result. If you bail out successfully, it
might be a good idea to wait a while before pulling the rip cord lest you
continue to go up.

Do paragliders (is that what you call the participants?) typically have
an emergency chute?

Shawn

I'm curious. I've heard of planes being "sucked up" into clouds, but
is that really a threat? My glider will DESCEND consistantly at 90
knots AS with the nose down 45 degrees (steeper and slightly slower
with full flaps). That should yeild a vertical speed of around 45
knots. I'm still looking for a thermal stronger than the 10-12 knot
boomers we get here!

Uncle Fuzzy

For you, its not really a threat. You pretty much have to be in the
cloud, from what I hear, to experience that kind of climb rate. I
think kemptons flight trace showed 54 or 56 knots up at one point
during his cloud ride. For me in my old wood glider with weak
airbrakes and low Vne its something I need to worry about. For
someone in a paraglider with no airbrakes and an even lower Vne then
its a serious concern.

wrote:

I'm curious. I've heard of planes being "sucked up" into clouds, but
is that really a threat? My glider will DESCEND consistantly at 90
knots AS with the nose down 45 degrees (steeper and slightly slower
with full flaps). That should yeild a vertical speed of around 45
knots. I'm still looking for a thermal stronger than the 10-12 knot
boomers we get here!

Go to the Cb that sucked up the paraglider at Manilla. Her logger
showed over 30kts up and it may not have been the core.

But take a cat to help you stay right way up.

GC




Uncle Fuzzy