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Slope Soaring / Hlíðarvatn, Hlíðarendi and Kambar
« on: September 08, 2014, 01:54:51 AM »
Yesterday the south coast road trip was continued.
This time we started at the hills by Hlíðarvatn and started to hike up with our gliders. We stopped before we reached the top as the last part of the climb might have made for a pretty decent action flick if we'd have continued. The wind was blowing SSW with a nice and strong lift. After about 30 minutes it was time to move on so a landing was made on the hillside and then we headed down to continue our quest. There is another spot on the hill that looks like it might be easier to climb so I'll check that out on a future visit.
Take off!
Formation flight!
Looking out towards the south coast, next stop Antarctica!
Next on the list was Hlíðarendi were we saw another nice hill, that will be flown at a later date.
Then we headed to Kambar for some relaxation and flying, we had decent condtions with a SSW wind, the view is always nice here though we had some low clouds that day.
Green powered flight is the best!
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/v/oFKWBSQIl78[/youtube]
6. Hlíðarvatn | 7. Hlíðarendi | 8. Kambar | I live in Reykjanesbær(far left on map).
This time we started at the hills by Hlíðarvatn and started to hike up with our gliders. We stopped before we reached the top as the last part of the climb might have made for a pretty decent action flick if we'd have continued. The wind was blowing SSW with a nice and strong lift. After about 30 minutes it was time to move on so a landing was made on the hillside and then we headed down to continue our quest. There is another spot on the hill that looks like it might be easier to climb so I'll check that out on a future visit.
Take off!
Formation flight!
Looking out towards the south coast, next stop Antarctica!
Next on the list was Hlíðarendi were we saw another nice hill, that will be flown at a later date.
Then we headed to Kambar for some relaxation and flying, we had decent condtions with a SSW wind, the view is always nice here though we had some low clouds that day.
Green powered flight is the best!
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/v/oFKWBSQIl78[/youtube]
6. Hlíðarvatn | 7. Hlíðarendi | 8. Kambar | I live in Reykjanesbær(far left on map).