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9th Dec 2021, 14:16

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longer ron

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As promised - some pics from my Gold Height flight a couple of years ago,I did not have a share in a glider at the time so I had to 'slum it' in a Club Junior LOL.
A nice day popped up and with a good forcast I made sure I was at the club early and bagged a single seater

,there were signs of 'Wave' lift about (indicated by lenticular clouds).So I thought I might have a go at Gold Height (10,000 feet/3,000 metre above the low point).I got a winch launch to 1300feet and once I was sure that the ridge was working I turned back towards the airfield and did an 80kt run back with a little airbrake to 'notch' the low point at approx 700feet and then turned back along the ridge to regain height and try to contact some wave lift.
I was lucky as 10 minutes later the ridge stopped working (quite a few radio calls from gliders returning low),I assume that the local 'Wave' had moved a little and was suppressing the hill lift.
The pics came out not too bad for a wee pocket camera

River Tay looking east from about 7,000'

Looking across Loch Leven towards Crail

Similar view slightly different

Looking South towards Forth Bridges

Bingo

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