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Flight detail Steve Sirrine · 18.5.2011 · 108.02 km
Basic info
| pilot : | Steve Sirrine [sdipara1] | ||
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| date : | 18.5.2011 17:05 | ||
| glider : | Sprint | ||
| launch : | Northwood, Iowa [US] | ||
| route : | 108.02 km |
VP |
108.02 p. |
| IGC file : | 15IStsi1.igc | ||
| Google Earth : | 15IStsi1.igc.kml | ||
Flight
| flight duration : | 06:10:20 h |
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| max. altitude : | 2347 m |
| max. alt. gain : | 1969 m |
| max. climb : | 4.3 m/s |
| max. sink : | 4.8 m/s |
| tracklog length : | 171.678 km |
| free distance : | 101.85 km / 108.02 km |
Route
| route length : | 108.02 km |
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| route duration : | 05:47:36 h |
| avg. speed : | 18.65 km/h |
| route type : | free distance |
| coeficient : | 1.00 |
| points : | 108.02 p. |
Turnpoints and legs
| time : | 17:14:31 UTC |
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| altitude : | 380 m |
| GPS lat : | N 43° 27.519 |
| GPS lon : | W 93° 09.621 |
| length : | 1.61 km |
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| flight duration : | 00:22:03 min |
| avg. speed : | 4.39 km/h |
| % of route length : | 1.5% |
| time : | 17:36:34 UTC |
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| altitude : | 379 m |
| GPS lat : | N 43° 27.513 |
| GPS lon : | W 93° 08.421 |
| length : | 2.76 km |
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| flight duration : | 00:52:56 min |
| avg. speed : | 3.13 km/h |
| % of route length : | 2.6% |
| time : | 18:29:30 UTC |
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| altitude : | 429 m |
| GPS lat : | N 43° 26.603 |
| GPS lon : | W 93° 10.045 |
| length : | 2.33 km |
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| flight duration : | 01:00:42 h |
| avg. speed : | 2.30 km/h |
| % of route length : | 2.2% |
| time : | 19:30:12 UTC |
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| altitude : | 669 m |
| GPS lat : | N 43° 27.481 |
| GPS lon : | W 93° 08.804 |
| length : | 101.31 km |
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| flight duration : | 03:31:55 h |
| avg. speed : | 28.68 km/h |
| % of route length : | 93.8% |
| time : | 23:02:07 UTC |
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| altitude : | 402 m |
| GPS lat : | N 43° 29.412 |
| GPS lon : | W 94° 24.090 |
Start
| time : | 17:05:51 UTC |
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| altitude : | 378 m |
| GPS lat : | N 43° 27.528 |
| GPS lon : | W 93° 09.594 |
Land
| time : | 23:16:11 UTC |
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| altitude : | 367 m |
| GPS lat : | N 43° 29.390 |
| GPS lon : | W 94° 24.074 |
Flight discussion
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Iowa state record flight
This was the third day of four days of flying with Thad Spenser, Phil Russman, Andy Dahl, Jon Sirrine and myself Steve Sirrine. Today Jonathan was on Tow Tech duty.
Checking x-c skies the best conditions looked South, Phil and Thad found the new tow road with street views from Google earth. Since Iowa had no cross country record on file,
we decided this would be a great opportunity to snag another record but I did say if it wasn't over 50 miles we weren't going to claim it.
We all launched early and sunk out. I was last to be re-launched (watching from a distance
as Thad,Phil and Andy all climbed out high over Northwood Iowa) and headed down wind.
Jon finally picked me up and rescued me from a Wuffo on steroids! The wait worked to my advantage as the day was opening up and the guys were really struggling down wind.
After working the lift over Northwood for what seems like ever I finally went on glide and caught my next good climb 12 miles down wind over the casino on I-35. I had one low save about half way over some guys drilling a well. The Gin Sprint I was flying held up to its name as on Glide it was going 65-70 km/hr.Thank you Jon for the Tow launch and retrieve
and to the others for the encouragement to go for it.
Best regards,
Steve Sirrine
