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Liga Centro Santa Pola. Pedro Bernardo, 24 and March 25, 2007

I keep looking at the Hard disk of my PC and I think interesting things are coming. On 24 and 25 March last year I attended the Central League competition held in Pedro Bernardo. In two days off the W was elected and then came the two videos that I present to you now.

On 24 I was enjoying the Briefing and takeoffs of competitors. By the time they finished off all, had become so strong it was impossible to leave at this time, so I had to wait until the return of late to flying. This video

displayed twenty-offs and a few landings. Although some of you may seem hard to see so many take-offs, I think you can always learn something watching others do it. I have personally seen many times videos of takeoffs of other competitions and I have not bored at all. In any case, I guess those who were there you might be interested.

On 25 I decided to take off before the competition pilots they did. This will not bother them and I get off on a more loose than they do. Not in vain hope that the conditions are put enough heat to ensure, or at least try, to reach goal. While on the other hand, take off too soon as I did, is to run the risk of sinking for not finding enough thermal activity on which to rely. Luckily, I managed to stay there during the time that elapsed between my departure and the pilot of the competition. This allowed me to see everything from the air. Furthermore, although he knew the route to follow, I followed them for a while, so you can say I completed part test. It was pretty fun for me.

video camera placed me in the leg. Sometimes let go of the controls and the other taking pictures or video camera. In reality few times because I was very moved and felt like no-drop controls. This video I think it can be more entertaining to watch than the last.

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La Muela strong wind

Once, while waiting in a take-off to go down the wind, some pilots were wondering about what would be the best technique to quickly lower the sail when we landed strong wind and no play us a arrastrón, of course.

emerged there all kinds of techniques, some I would say that to pilgrims. Some claimed that it was best to use bands "B", other than "C". It was also suggested that once on the ground could cause a frontal collapse by pulling the center lines of "A". Another technique was targeted, only to pull a brake on top, turn quickly to the wing hit the ground and flipped. To accelerate this shift in slow candles, made sure it was best, not even cause a collapse, pull the band "A" plane used hand brake. But what everyone was using the technique descartábamos usual, turning and put both brakes.

As I had time and we did not reach any conclusions, we decided to ask one of the experienced pilots who were at launch. If I remember correctly, he said, the best technique was to put bands "B". And he argued that putting the "C" would generate a lot of lift and drag us to rise or fall before sailing. And if they chose to generate a folded pulling the "A" could be reopened at once and drag as well. That conversation

completely forgotten until a few days ago, reviewing the videos stored on the PC hard drive, I found that I present on this occasion. Are a number of landings wind between 35 and 40 km / h. and used different techniques. From the traditional, turn around and run like mad toward the candle until it falls. To generate a "helicopter" to a meter above the ground so that the pilot and given the candle fall over.

sure we can make a great game to decide the best technique for landing in strong winds.

As usual here are the coordinates (40 50 42, -3 June 1938) to see the area on Google Earth.

Causes Of Warts On My Skull

As I read in "Paragliding Forum" this weekend XC competition held Villar 2008 and I remembered that in July of 2006 I traveled to Valencia to visit a friend and by the way, of course, took the opportunity to meet other flight area.
For those not familiar with this area, I tell you my impressions of it.
is located in the town of Villar del Arzobispo, Valencia, Spain, and scenically but not very graceful, like people, ugly can also be interesting. Its orientation is SE, not more than about 150 m. of slope and slope length of the fly is 2.5 km. approx. The takeoff is broad, flat, free of obstacles, and as we approached the edge, the gap decreases rapidly but without being dangerous. Abort a takeoff at the last moment the most that would produce a few scratches to the vegetation.
On landing, the first thing I suggest is to paraphrase the title of a movie, "Airplane." On my first flight when the bubble burst I tried to turn, the only place flat and free of obstacles I found was a quarry next to the village, at the start of the climb to take off. The downside of this decision is that the plan did not allow me to reach the top and had to "aporrizar" on the ramp of the extraction hole. The next day I saw that the local pilots landed in another abandoned quarry at the feet of the takeoff. The rest of the possible landing I think they are almond crops rather low height, which means that if you are thin, you can land on a road or a street between the trees. And if you are very thin and want to play to hit the target, there are some gaps between the tree crops no more than 10x10 m. Do you dare? I do not. From my first experience, I decided that I would land just above.
I looked in my book flights and when I flew there, had only 70 flights. And I remember that my colleague Paco was the fifteenth flight and landing above the first time, hence his enthusiasm when he got it.
Because of our lack of experience I can not say it very difficult to get a good heat, but to me, at that time, it seemed impossible. The only 150 m. between levels do not offer many opportunities. Moreover, the fact that it is about 50 km. straight out of the sea, makes it is affected by sea breezes, typical of coastal areas. This breeze is reinforced by the valley, as the slope that we fly is one of the foothills of mountains much higher lying on his back. This makes it very difficult to choose the right time to take off, because if you take off very soon, to keep the breezes have begun to work, you find that the heat arising bubbles are just impossible to exploit. And if you expect to be well formed, the sum of the two breezes mentioned, as it will be impossible to tilt and rotate the take-off will become so strong that we will make it very difficult to leave. Candles at least slow. Pity
unable to attend the competition! Learn a lot watching the experts, how to circumvent the difficulties of this area.
But what for thermal flying is hell on the flight dynamics is a paradise. In the evenings when the area is Villar becomes friendly with us and gives us a laminar and steady wind, laden with moisture, which makes you float around until the start of sun located behind your back. I dedicated myself to perfecting the mechanics of takeoff and landing and despite how difficult it is sick of me to fly, literally, I got tired of taking off and landing above.
But nothing is perfect and Villar is also known by the hunter. In the evenings, we bet on the same slope that we fly, waiting for I know no bird. So you can fly here only at the period of closure, because the rest of the year, they do own the place, not in vain have the weapons.

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Torrecaballeros Villar (La Granja)

This time I present a flight area in my opinion poorly understood. Is slightly saturated, as is the case with Abantos. Both are good areas of operation, and if rarely visited due to insurance to be reached on foot. The area in question is called Torrecaballeros, although it is closer to the popular resort of San Ildefonso "The Farm." The takeoff is located at 1,600 m and is about 400m of vertical.

Like Bunkers or Somosierra, its orientation is NW, HOWEVER here the winds are generally weaker than in previous locations, which means that when they are strong, here you can fly. I guess this is because the small saw it fly, no more than about 1600 m. tall and is located just in front of the line of the Central System, which at this point has an average altitude of about 2000 meters. This means that we fly ever in the area of \u200b\u200bmaximum compression and therefore stronger winds, as given in the tops of chests or Somosierra, because in these places, takeoffs are at higher altitudes. It is the same, that when we took off along the hillside at any take-off permits, to ensure that the wind is weaker, only this time a few km. away from the highest peak.

Access is from the road leading from La Granja to Torrecaballeros. After a 3 km long, to the right of the road, leaving few clues that bring us closer to a base station antennas. Before coming to them, leave the car and walk up. Below you can clearly see the tracks to which I refer. In fact, some seem to come even to the summit. Know if you can reach by car up, I suppose not, but next time you try to find out. I put off the coordinates of a luxury, fairly broad and prairie grass. But if you will not walk so much, you can take off at the feet of the antennas (40.938599, -4.006631). Is about 150 m. below the summit and if the wind is strong, it may yield enough to climb up above.

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Whenever I've flown here was in dynamic conditions, but they tell me the flyers in the area, in days of light wind and good thermal conditions, may be screwed up a good heat to turn up high and then pulled back to the rope and following it fly Peñalara Regional Park. But I guess this is reserved for good flying.

I also have the usual flying here, there are other departures oriented N and NE, but I have not flown them so I can give no account, only I know they exist.