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Diamond Altitude via thermal in the US?



 
 
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Old July 20th 05, 11:01 PM
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It has been done in thew Eastern US by a number of pilots, including
myself, from the airport at Marion, NC, using thermals off the
foothills of the Smokies to link up with the wave from Mt. Mitchell.
There were numerous wave camps there during the 1970s and 1980s.

ClydeBH

 




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