Second short race that uses only native (built-in) MSFS2020 thermals for gliding.
This time with proper start, finish gates and waypoints so you can actually complete it and have your track recorded as competition results in Albatross.
For this race I made weather just a tiny little bit more difficult – cloudbase is quite low, I added some light wind (4kts) from SW and made weather less obvious – as in real life less developed clouds won’t provide lift – for the best lift try the most towering clouds – they won’t always be straight on the nav line.
I suggest you empty water ballast and do a winch start with AS 33 ME – for easier start it will shoot you directly into the first thermal, so you can start circling right after rope release.
Start gate height is from 2130feet (650m) to only 4428feet (1349m).
All other points including finish have minimal height 984feet (300m) to only 4428feet (1349m) so watch out your final glide!
Such low maximum height is intentional to mimic not-so perfect weather and compenstate amazing AS 33 ME glide performance,
but just in case – don’t worry this region is outlanding paradise (trust me, I know what I am talking about 😉 )!
Happy thermal-gliding!

Trivia: EPPR is the home of my glide club – Aeroklub Gdański, where I learned to fly and made some cross country flights – although it is not the easiest place – as nearby international airport EPGD surrounds it with its airspaces – we commonly have a “roof” of 900m and “walls” from 3 sides so we can only fly to the south where steadly the “roof” is getting higher, also nearby Gdańsk Bay often provides breeze that can quickly kill thermals.
So now you know why I made this task a little more difficult 🙂
Glider model: AS AS-33me
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1. |
brm352
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00:27:44
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168.7km/h |
1000
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November 16 2021 20:03 |
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START|4428/2130x1000 00:00:00.000 WP1|4428/984x1000 00:08:21.673 WP2|4428/984x1000 00:14:24.178 FINISH|4428/984x1000 00:27:44.910 |
4,415 ft 3,666 ft 2,359 ft 998 ft |
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2. |
Shogunn
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00:28:19
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165.2km/h |
979
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November 13 2021 17:35 |
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START|4428/2130x1000 00:00:00.000 WP1|4428/984x1000 00:07:58.728 WP2|4428/984x1000 00:13:40.566 FINISH|4428/984x1000 00:28:19.855 |
4,320 ft 3,395 ft 2,087 ft 994 ft |
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3. |
Clayton Kranz
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00:30:50
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151.7km/h |
899
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November 11 2021 23:10 |
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START|4428/2130x1000 00:00:00.000 WP1|4428/984x1000 00:10:10.952 WP2|4428/984x1000 00:14:55.900 FINISH|4428/984x1000 00:30:50.468 |
4,296 ft 4,086 ft 2,714 ft 978 ft |
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4. |
Reggaesmurf
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00:31:25
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148.9km/h |
882
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November 9 2021 18:26 |
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START|4428/2130x1000 00:00:00.000 WP1|4428/984x1000 00:08:07.673 WP2|4428/984x1000 00:13:58.733 FINISH|4428/984x1000 00:31:25.690 |
4,214 ft 2,910 ft 1,913 ft 1,129 ft |
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5. |
Antoine
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00:31:32
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148.3km/h |
879
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April 6 2022 21:40 |
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START|4428/2130x1000 00:00:00.000 WP1|4428/984x1000 00:10:18.169 WP2|4428/984x1000 00:18:27.240 FINISH|4428/984x1000 00:31:32.974 |
4,311 ft 3,359 ft 3,021 ft 976 ft |
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6. |
gofaster
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00:32:43
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143.0km/h |
848
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November 7 2021 02:22 |
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START|4428/2130x1000 00:00:00.000 WP1|4428/984x1000 00:09:30.174 WP2|4428/984x1000 00:17:03.013 FINISH|4428/984x1000 00:32:43.191 |
4,410 ft 3,087 ft 2,069 ft 1,118 ft |
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7. |
GU7 (SoaringGuy)
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00:37:17
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125.5km/h |
744
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January 2 2022 15:32 |
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START|4428/2130x1000 00:00:00.000 WP1|4428/984x1000 00:11:09.731 WP2|4428/984x1000 00:18:58.459 FINISH|4428/984x1000 00:37:17.695 |
4,311 ft 3,596 ft 2,349 ft 1,047 ft |
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8. |
lenidcamper
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00:38:05
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122.9km/h |
728
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November 7 2021 19:46 |
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START|4428/2130x1000 00:00:00.000 WP1|4428/984x1000 00:14:04.955 WP2|4428/984x1000 00:20:45.738 FINISH|4428/984x1000 00:38:05.584 |
4,092 ft 3,447 ft 2,402 ft 1,062 ft |
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9. |
Paddy
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00:38:40
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121.0km/h |
717
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November 8 2021 08:10 |
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START|4428/2130x1000 00:00:00.000 WP1|4428/984x1000 00:16:57.013 WP2|4428/984x1000 00:23:55.685 FINISH|4428/984x1000 00:38:40.807 |
4,250 ft 4,431 ft 3,024 ft 1,103 ft |
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10. |
Aseru
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00:40:50
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114.6km/h |
679
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November 9 2021 11:37 |
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START|4428/2130x1000 00:00:00.000 WP1|4428/984x1000 00:10:41.619 WP2|4428/984x1000 00:17:41.569 FINISH|4428/984x1000 00:40:50.364 |
4,224 ft 3,656 ft 2,371 ft 981 ft |
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11. |
ADCKillerman
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00:42:07
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111.1km/h |
658
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November 8 2021 18:13 |
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START|4428/2130x1000 00:00:00.000 WP1|4428/984x1000 00:16:41.513 WP2|4428/984x1000 00:25:44.242 FINISH|4428/984x1000 00:42:07.532 |
4,141 ft 3,821 ft 3,162 ft 1,062 ft |
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12. |
mariscal72
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00:44:05
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106.1km/h |
629
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November 28 2021 02:05 |
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START|4428/2130x1000 00:00:00.000 WP1|4428/984x1000 00:15:14.956 WP2|4428/984x1000 00:25:58.631 FINISH|4428/984x1000 00:44:05.811 |
4,043 ft 2,841 ft 2,135 ft 986 ft |
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13. |
Jarosław Wosik
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00:44:51
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104.3km/h |
618
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November 4 2021 00:50 |
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START|4428/2130x1000 00:00:00.000 WP1|4428/984x1000 00:13:21.733 WP2|4428/984x1000 00:25:01.519 FINISH|4428/984x1000 00:44:51.589 |
3,583 ft 2,704 ft 2,211 ft 1,057 ft |
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ANRI
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00:26:36
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175.9km/h |
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November 16 2021 08:25 |
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START|4428/2130x1000 00:00:00.000 WP1|4428/984x1000 00:07:54.228 WP2|4428/984x1000 00:13:34.677 FINISH|4428/984x1000 00:26:36.575 |
4,354 ft 3,545 ft 2,404 ft 1,016 ft |
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Shogunn
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00:30:28
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153.6km/h |
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November 11 2021 17:51 |
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START|4428/2130x1000 00:00:00.000 WP1|4428/984x1000 00:07:48.117 WP2|4428/984x1000 00:13:13.844 FINISH|4428/984x1000 00:26:40.632 |
4,347 ft 3,360 ft 2,264 ft 588 ft-380 * 0.6 = +228 sec |
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brm352
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00:30:40
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152.6km/h |
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November 15 2021 20:57 |
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START|4428/2130x1000 00:00:00.000 WP1|4428/984x1000 00:08:38.117 WP2|4428/984x1000 00:15:10.623 FINISH|4428/984x1000 00:30:40.467 |
4,416 ft 3,255 ft 1,801 ft 995 ft |
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ANRI
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00:31:12
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150.0km/h |
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November 16 2021 07:34 |
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START|4428/2130x1000 00:00:00.000 WP1|4428/984x1000 00:06:51.505 WP2|4428/984x1000 00:12:42.732 FINISH|4428/984x1000 00:31:12.524 |
4,398 ft 3,158 ft 1,992 ft 1,135 ft |
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brm352
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00:31:19
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149.4km/h |
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November 15 2021 19:28 |
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START|4428/2130x1000 00:00:00.000 WP1|4428/984x1000 00:09:03.118 WP2|4428/984x1000 00:16:14.123 FINISH|4428/984x1000 00:31:19.246 |
4,378 ft 3,502 ft 2,540 ft 991 ft |
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lacanoe
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00:34:32
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135.5km/h |
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November 3 2021 16:01 |
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START|4428/2130x1000 00:00:00.000 WP1|4428/984x1000 00:12:22.565 WP2|4428/984x1000 00:17:45.069 FINISH|4428/984x1000 00:34:02.859 |
2,913 ft 3,989 ft 2,506 ft 917 ft-50 * 0.6 = +30 sec |
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Shogunn
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00:36:01
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129.9km/h |
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November 17 2021 23:16 |
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START|4428/2130x1000 00:00:00.000 WP1|4428/984x1000 00:07:42.839 WP2|4428/984x1000 00:13:08.121 FINISH|4428/984x1000 00:28:10.299 |
4,328 ft 3,305 ft 1,935 ft 183 ft-785 * 0.6 = +471 sec |
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gofaster
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00:36:38
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127.7km/h |
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November 6 2021 20:30 |
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START|4428/2130x1000 00:00:00.000 WP1|4428/984x1000 00:09:06.340 WP2|4428/984x1000 00:16:15.957 FINISH|4428/984x1000 00:32:41.914 |
4,380 ft 3,453 ft 2,137 ft 572 ft-395 * 0.6 = +237 sec |
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Jarosław Wosik
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00:36:53
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126.9km/h |
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November 18 2021 23:13 |
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START|4428/2130x1000 00:00:00.000 WP1|4428/984x1000 00:08:31.117 WP2|4428/984x1000 00:15:04.789 FINISH|4428/984x1000 00:36:53.472 |
4,386 ft 2,804 ft 1,779 ft 1,008 ft |
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Emil
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00:38:35
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121.3km/h |
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November 20 2021 08:16 |
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START|4428/2130x1000 00:00:00.000 WP1|4428/984x1000 00:11:41.898 WP2|4428/984x1000 00:24:56.741 FINISH|4428/984x1000 00:38:35.140 |
4,448 ft 3,300 ft 3,259 ft 1,040 ft |
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Lukas
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00:38:42
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120.9km/h |
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November 15 2021 21:25 |
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START|4428/2130x1000 00:00:00.000 WP1|4428/984x1000 00:08:24.006 WP2|4428/984x1000 00:15:00.678 FINISH|4428/984x1000 00:34:54.248 |
4,322 ft 2,722 ft 1,565 ft 585 ft-380 * 0.6 = +228 sec |
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Antoine
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00:40:06
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116.7km/h |
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April 4 2022 20:28 |
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START|4428/2130x1000 00:00:00.000 WP1|4428/984x1000 00:06:52.174 WP2|4428/984x1000 00:19:56.839 FINISH|4428/984x1000 00:40:06.584 |
4,414 ft 2,524 ft 2,349 ft 1,000 ft |
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Christian Leber
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00:40:26
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115.7km/h |
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December 6 2021 22:20 |
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START|4428/2130x1000 00:00:00.000 WP1|4428/984x1000 00:11:11.342 WP2|4428/984x1000 00:27:25.076 FINISH|4428/984x1000 00:40:26.141 |
3,493 ft 2,904 ft 4,205 ft 2,036 ft |
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gofaster
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00:40:37
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115.2km/h |
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November 3 2021 19:46 |
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START|4428/2130x1000 00:00:00.000 WP1|4428/984x1000 00:15:35.123 WP2|4428/984x1000 00:23:55.851 FINISH|4428/984x1000 00:40:10.086 |
4,490 ft45 * 0.6 = +27 sec 3,227 ft 2,695 ft 1,132 ft |
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lenidcamper
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00:40:46
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114.8km/h |
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November 5 2021 20:45 |
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START|4428/2130x1000 00:00:00.000 WP1|4428/984x1000 00:12:57.732 WP2|4428/984x1000 00:22:23.462 FINISH|4428/984x1000 00:40:46.698 |
4,219 ft 3,053 ft 2,238 ft 1,001 ft |
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cymmby
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00:41:27
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112.9km/h |
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January 26 2022 15:09 |
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START|4428/2130x1000 00:00:00.000 WP1|4428/984x1000 00:11:11.120 WP2|4428/984x1000 00:21:15.183 FINISH|4428/984x1000 00:41:27.531 |
4,288 ft 3,828 ft 2,671 ft 1,172 ft |
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Paddy
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00:42:56
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109.0km/h |
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November 6 2021 23:23 |
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START|4428/2130x1000 00:00:00.000 WP1|4428/984x1000 00:17:54.569 WP2|4428/984x1000 00:30:27.690 FINISH|4428/984x1000 00:42:56.310 |
4,291 ft 3,439 ft 3,893 ft 1,062 ft |
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lenidcamper
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00:43:14
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108.2km/h |
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November 5 2021 15:34 |
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START|4428/2130x1000 00:00:00.000 WP1|4428/984x1000 00:08:44.340 WP2|4428/984x1000 00:18:28.181 FINISH|4428/984x1000 00:43:14.088 |
3,895 ft 1,869 ft 1,294 ft 1,093 ft |
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Paddy
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00:43:34
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107.4km/h |
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November 7 2021 12:57 |
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START|4428/2130x1000 00:00:00.000 WP1|4428/984x1000 00:17:33.958 WP2|4428/984x1000 00:24:53.186 FINISH|4428/984x1000 00:43:34.644 |
4,322 ft 3,605 ft 2,199 ft 1,073 ft |
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Topher
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00:44:11
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105.9km/h |
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June 12 2022 04:03 |
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START|4428/2130x1000 00:00:00.000 WP1|4428/984x1000 00:15:23.369 WP2|4428/984x1000 00:23:36.129 FINISH|4428/984x1000 00:44:11.619 |
4,119 ft 3,152 ft 2,340 ft 1,983 ft |
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mattyo
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00:46:09
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101.4km/h |
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January 19 2022 10:32 |
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START|4428/2130x1000 00:00:00.000 WP1|4428/984x1000 00:10:53.286 WP2|4428/984x1000 00:23:33.351 FINISH|4428/984x1000 00:42:15.976 |
4,833 ft390 * 0.6 = +234 sec 2,914 ft 3,027 ft 2,326 ft |
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Paddy
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00:46:17
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101.1km/h |
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November 7 2021 09:19 |
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START|4428/2130x1000 00:00:00.000 WP1|4428/984x1000 00:18:53.625 WP2|4428/984x1000 00:26:11.798 FINISH|4428/984x1000 00:46:08.202 |
4,462 ft15 * 0.6 = +9 sec 3,766 ft 2,442 ft 1,080 ft |
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Paddy
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00:50:01
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93.6km/h |
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November 5 2021 14:20 |
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START|4428/2130x1000 00:00:00.000 WP1|4428/984x1000 00:21:40.072 WP2|4428/984x1000 00:34:50.193 FINISH|4428/984x1000 00:50:01.538 |
4,328 ft 3,860 ft 3,737 ft 1,064 ft |
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Aseru
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00:50:23
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92.9km/h |
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November 7 2021 20:37 |
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START|4428/2130x1000 00:00:00.000 WP1|4428/984x1000 00:14:32.122 WP2|4428/984x1000 00:24:23.352 FINISH|4428/984x1000 00:50:23.927 |
4,250 ft 2,712 ft 1,999 ft 1,028 ft |
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Jarosław Wosik
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00:57:56
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80.8km/h |
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November 2 2021 20:26 |
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START 00:00:00.000 WP1 00:20:28.515 WP2 00:29:39.245 FINISH 00:53:44.096 |
2,430 ft 2,557 ft 1,586 ft 548 ft-420 * 0.6 = +252 sec |
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Glider model: DG 808S
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1. |
Antoine
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00:29:48
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157.0km/h |
1000
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April 26 2022 21:48 |
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START|4428/2130x1000 00:00:00.000 WP1|4428/984x1000 00:07:41.706 WP2|4428/984x1000 00:13:27.265 FINISH|4428/984x1000 00:29:23.747 |
4,443 ft 3,496 ft 2,131 ft 1,155 ft |
00:00:30156 kn10 * 2.5 = +25 sec |
2. |
Mikhail Biryukov
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00:38:46
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120.7km/h |
768
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February 17 2022 20:12 |
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START|4428/2130x1000 00:00:00.000 WP1|4428/984x1000 00:10:17.566 WP2|4428/984x1000 00:20:58.817 FINISH|4428/984x1000 00:38:46.170 |
4,228 ft 3,047 ft 2,251 ft 1,010 ft |
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3. |
Jarosław Wosik
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01:00:39
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77.1km/h |
491
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November 4 2021 10:17 |
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START|4428/2130x1000 00:00:00.000 WP1|4428/984x1000 00:21:24.794 WP2|4428/984x1000 00:35:48.249 FINISH|4428/984x1000 01:00:39.879 |
4,169 ft 3,122 ft 2,649 ft 1,104 ft |
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ANRI
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00:27:53
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167.8km/h |
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November 17 2021 07:14 |
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START|4428/2130x1000 00:00:00.000 WP1|4428/984x1000 00:07:33.839 WP2|4428/984x1000 00:12:50.621 FINISH|4428/984x1000 00:27:53.521 |
4,343 ft 3,227 ft 1,941 ft 1,023 ft |
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Charly
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00:36:44
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127.4km/h |
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June 23 2022 12:13 |
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START|4428/2130x1000 00:00:00.000 WP1|4428/984x1000 00:09:41.681 WP2|4428/984x1000 00:17:25.903 FINISH|4428/984x1000 00:36:44.755 |
3,832 ft 2,613 ft 1,998 ft 1,219 ft |
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Mikhail Biryukov
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00:40:47
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114.7km/h |
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February 17 2022 19:17 |
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START|4428/2130x1000 00:00:00.000 WP1|4428/984x1000 00:08:28.081 WP2|4428/984x1000 00:14:41.663 FINISH|4428/984x1000 00:40:47.574 |
4,392 ft 2,723 ft 1,468 ft 1,105 ft |
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Glider model: Schempp-Hirth Discus-2c
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1. |
Jarosław Wosik
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00:49:37
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94.3km/h |
1000
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January 11 2022 23:33 |
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START|4428/2130x1000 00:00:00.000 WP1|4428/984x1000 00:16:51.791 WP2|4428/984x1000 00:25:07.908 FINISH|4428/984x1000 00:49:37.982 |
4,324 ft 3,582 ft 2,322 ft 1,090 ft |
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Bill Chiwawe
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00:49:25
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94.7km/h |
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April 12 2022 22:16 |
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START|4428/2130x1000 00:00:00.000 WP1|4428/984x1000 00:14:15.909 WP2|4428/984x1000 00:30:34.483 FINISH|4428/984x1000 00:49:25.686 |
4,150 ft 2,551 ft 2,901 ft 2,158 ft |
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Villavieja
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00:50:31
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92.6km/h |
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February 13 2022 19:33 |
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START|4428/2130x1000 00:00:00.000 WP1|4428/984x1000 00:18:14.899 WP2|4428/984x1000 00:28:39.733 FINISH|4428/984x1000 00:50:31.625 |
4,277 ft 2,923 ft 1,544 ft 1,804 ft |
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Ludo
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00:52:49
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88.6km/h |
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April 12 2022 22:13 |
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START|4428/2130x1000 00:00:00.000 WP1|4428/984x1000 00:13:42.185 WP2|4428/984x1000 00:31:41.835 FINISH|4428/984x1000 00:52:04.039 |
4,186 ft 2,558 ft 2,193 ft 891 ft-75 * 0.6 = +45 sec |
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Ludo
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01:01:59
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75.5km/h |
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April 11 2022 21:07 |
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START|4428/2130x1000 00:00:00.000 WP1|4428/984x1000 00:28:04.447 WP2|4428/984x1000 00:40:23.750 FINISH|4428/984x1000 01:01:59.541 |
2,701 ft 3,161 ft 3,027 ft 2,037 ft |
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Glider model: SH Discus-2b
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1. |
Jarosław Wosik
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01:04:26
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72.6km/h |
1000
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November 4 2021 21:23 |
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START|4428/2130x1000 00:00:00.000 WP1|4428/984x1000 00:18:36.458 WP2|4428/984x1000 00:41:56.976 FINISH|4428/984x1000 01:04:26.048 |
4,412 ft 2,997 ft 2,928 ft 1,170 ft |
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Glider model:
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1. |
Jarosław Wosik
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01:27:32
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53.5km/h |
1000
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November 9 2021 23:43 |
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START|4428/2130x1000 00:00:00.000 WP1|4428/984x1000 00:33:15.470 WP2|4428/984x1000 00:57:16.821 FINISH|4428/984x1000 01:27:32.177 |
3,863 ft 3,356 ft 3,180 ft 1,353 ft |
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4 Comments
With stuff like this going on for MSFS gliding, look out Condor 2 I say! Thanks for this task, great for trying out the AS33.
Time to try some more I think!
Woah, new to gliding and loving this. MSFS natively supports ridge lift and cloud thermals it seems. Don’t know what people are waiting for to start gliding in MSFS
But its an interesting task! I wanted to try xsoar.
Pèlease delete my result. Its not a valid one. I tried Albatross. I used the motor at one point flying too low to reach the airport. Sorry for saving!
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