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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