"Alistair Wright" wrote in message
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That's nuthin'. Some time back in the 60s I had a 'payout' launch in an
Olympia 463 to 2800ft in a 40kt wind. I did a vertical circuit afterwards as
turning down wind didn't seem a good idea.

I guess nobody else wants to sound dumb, so I guess I will have to ask;
what the hell is a vertical circuit? I guess you mean no circuit at all?

When you touched down, was your groundspeed more or less than zero?

Vaughn