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Old 8th Jun 2009, 20:44
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snapper1
 
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Ridge soaring
And now there is Edensoaring, the new gliding club near Penrith, Cumbria. Their ridge is 50 kms long. If you get 'bored' with that you can hop over to the Lake District for a scenic tour, or get into the wave and go up to FL195 for an even better view - check out the igc logger traces on the BGA ladder. Here's one 2009-05-07 957XE0M1.igc]

Or come to Camphill this month for 'Vintage Week'. Very old gliders flown mainly by very old glider pilots. We once had 31 of them flying together on the ridge in a rather sporting westerly. I dont think any of them complained of being 'bored' with that!
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