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2012 Barberton Paragliding Open Day 7 Task 6

Posted : 11 months 2 days ago

Task is set for today. Final day with Chris (Fester) van Noord in a good lead. Miog(y) Bear need to keep Duncan out of the podium. We are not crossing Duncan's Donga today and there is no margin forNevelling each outher, leadout point might be the deciding factor for fourth place.

2012 Barberton Paragliding Open Day 6

Posted : 11 months 3 days ago

Today the cloud cover is the same as Day 5 but the prediction if for a Northerly wind.

2012 Barberton Paragliding Open Day 4 Results

Posted : 11 months 4 days ago

Task 4 was won by Nevil Hulett followed by Duncan Kotze and Andrew Smith. Super Final entry Francois Miog just landed short of goal, moving him into third position Overall. Duncan needs to up his game to make it onto the podium. Barberton used to have the veterans on the podium but 2012 seems to have a few young guns taking the lead.

2012 Barberton Paragliding Open Day 4 Weather

Posted : 11 months 5 days ago

Rock music energizes the pilots as they sit around on Lone Tree Hill take off,silently keeping an eye on the stubborn westerly wind that just wont swing around.
The lack of clouds allow the sun to do what it does best - create lekker thermals,stonkers, beepers,call it what you will, as long as it goes up and promises to take you along. If only this wind can get it's act together. The windsock constantly betrays it's intent.

2012 Barberton Paragliding Open Day 3

Posted : 11 months 6 days ago

Day 3 is upon us.
The wind was howling last night from the South (Lone Tree Hill does not accommodate South Take-off). Yet, this morning everything is fresh and quiet. The predictions are for 40-50% low clouds, thermal strength 1.5m/s up to 2700m (5000ft) ASL. The Barberton valley is at 820m (2700ft) ASL and we should have a nice day of flying.
The organising team is still learning all the capabilities of the PWC website. Thank you to Ulric and Julien for all the assistance.

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