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Old September 15th 05, 06:42 PM posted to uk.sci.weather
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Default spectacular mountain waves

On my soaring page:
http://www.itadvice.co.uk/weatherjack/STARS.htm
are a couple of pictures at the very top.

The instrument panel will mean something to many of you. John Williams
was flying his glider over the Highlands and this shows him climbing in
the wave at 500 feet per minute while flying forward at 120 knots.

The montage of screen grabs from the Aboyne webcam shows the mountain
waves in all their glory.

John flew a total distance over 500 kilometres on a quadrilateral route
returning to his starting point for an overall average speed of just
over 150 km/hr, ie more than 93 mph average. This is probably the
fastest glider flight ever made in the UK and illustrates the sheer
power of weather. John has a very good glider, but there are higher
performance ones. 200 km/hr is not impossible on the right day in the
right glider.

Jack


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