{"id":1334,"date":"2018-05-29T18:24:45","date_gmt":"2018-05-29T16:24:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/topfly-aero.com\/?p=1334"},"modified":"2018-08-27T22:07:56","modified_gmt":"2018-08-27T20:07:56","slug":"the-cake-was-so-nice-cont","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/topfly-aero.com\/index.php\/2018\/05\/29\/the-cake-was-so-nice-cont\/","title":{"rendered":"2\/8 – The cake was so nice !"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Of course we didn’t ever flown at 200 km\/h of average during five hours, of course we could not make flights of 16 hours from\u00a0 dawn to sunset because the meteorology never conceded ever us a whole day worth of interest, and by consequence my beautiful dream of the 2.000 km triangle is reported sine die<\/em>, but this is a good reason therefore to return there! And as none of the eight training pilots and the four tourist pilots that came, were fanatic of records, the satisfaction was total and the ambiance of the nicest.<\/p>\n

To be one year of anomalies one could make with difficulty better. First of all the world economic crisis entailed the disclaimers of all candidates to the transportation of their personal glider. We were therefore only two European gliders, Klaus with his DG 400 and myself with the Nimbus 4DM, each with his trailer, in a play ground of 3.000-km long, what didn’t stop us from almost touching lightly us sometimes (well evidently my FLARM fell quickly in breakdown, like every year!). The always green and smiling Diether Memmert, Spanish big professor, flying my Nimbus every second day.<\/p>\n

Still because of economic crisis the maritime company that Klaus and I usually used, MSC, played us a very nasty tour while speculating on the speed and the itinerary of the boats, generating a delay of 18 days for a scheduled duration of navigation of 20 days. But if I confess to have been very close to the crisis during these 18 days of waiting in Buenos Aires, I failed to make a heart stroke when I read the contract (with three pairs of glasses): the company doesn’t have any obligation to deliver the container in the foreseen port, it can deposit it in any port at any date in the 12 months that follow the embarking, evidently without any possible recourse! Never MSC again!<\/p>\n

In fact, for the return, I chose another company that delivered us the glider on the day and at the hour scheduled, in Milan.<\/p>\n

The biggest anomaly, and it won’t be a surprise for anyone since the phenomenon was common to Europe and to South Africa, was the meteorology in terms of winds and temperature. During the period historically the best, November 15 to December 15, we lived several successive days of CAVOK in beach and even two days of Easterly wind with rain. The most beautiful flights having finally had place beginning January in spite of elevated temperatures (30\u00b0C on ground) and the isotherm 0\u00b0 above 4000 m.<\/p>\n

The temperature was besides a very good (or very bad depending on whether you make the tourism or the gliding) surprise this year, with a overheating of 10\u00b0in altitude respect to the standard atmosphere, in the beginning of the spring, until 18\u00b0 in the beginning of the summer. We only have very rarely used the electric heating and the special flying suit that KiloYankeePapa prepared for me (http:\/\/www.worldsail.ws\/index.php\/manufacturers_id\/21<\/a>) could not be tested ever, it was necessary to carry it practically always open. For the amateurs of statistics, the temperature at 6.000 m beginning November was near to -15\u00b0C to -4\u00b0C beginning January (in standard atmosphere it is -27,9\u00b0C). The temperature at 8.000 m beginning November was neighboring -28\u00b0C to -19\u00b0C January 15th (in standard atmosphere it is -37\u00b0C). The temperatures on the ground were less abnormal, only the rainfall was strongly showing a deficit. Certainly it was close to 30\u00b0C on the ground December 13 but only 3\u00b0C December 20, day of the summer, with snow on the ridge and fire in the chimney, but that it is normal in Patagonia.<\/p>\n

We nethertheless flown more 200 hours in two months with only one glider and never found the time to go fishing.<\/p>\n

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Still in the domain of the anomalies, whereas every previous expedition has been marked by an engine failure, this last turned like a Swiss clock but on the other hand we should have managed seven other failures that I will explain further so that you can take advantage of these experiences.<\/p>\n

And to conclude with the anomalies, it\u00a0 happened that I started making tourism with pleasure and finally knew the black glacier (or what remains), the white glacier, the forest of Arrayanes, the Colonia Suiza and the luxury lounges of LLao LLao! Without speaking of the pancakes with Dulce de Lece<\/em> on a sailboat on the lake, in brief the day of the departure jarrived too quickly and we wait for only one thing: to return there! Small detail that is not without importance, the exchange rate of the Peso to the Euro, which was of 1\/1 in 2001 is today 5,3\/1, once the airline ticket is paid (approx. 1.000 \u20ac), this is a cheap and beautiful holyday!<\/p>\n

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Of course we didn’t ever flown at 200 km\/h of average during five hours, of course we could not make flights of 16 hours from\u00a0 dawn to sunset because the meteorology never conceded ever us a whole day worth of interest, and by consequence my beautiful dream of the 2.000 km triangle is reported sine […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"Bien s\u00fbr nous n'avons jamais tourn\u00e9 \u00e0 200 km\/h de moyenne pendant cinq heures, bien s\u00fbr nous n'avons jamais pu faire de vol de 16 heures de l'aube jusqu'au coucher du soleil car jamais la m\u00e9t\u00e9orologie ne nous a jamais conc\u00e9d\u00e9 une journ\u00e9e enti\u00e8re digne d'int\u00e9r\u00eat, et par cons\u00e9quence mon beau r\u00eave du triangle de 2.000 km est report\u00e9 sine die, mais voil\u00e0 donc une bonne raison d'y retourner ! Et comme aucun des huit pilotes stagiaires et des quatre pilotes touristes de passage qui m'ont accompagn\u00e9s n'\u00e9tait un enrag\u00e9 des records, la satisfaction \u00e9tait totale et l'ambiance des plus sympathiques.\r\n\r\nPour \u00eatre une ann\u00e9e d'anomalies on pouvait difficilement faire mieux. Tout d'abord la crise \u00e9conomique mondiale a entra\u00een\u00e9 les d\u00e9sistements de tous les candidats au transport de leur planeur personnel. Nous n'\u00e9tions donc que deux planeurs europ\u00e9ens, Klaus avec son DG 400 et moi-m\u00eame avec le Nimbus 4DM, chacun avec sa remorque, dans un terrain de jeu de 3.000 km de long, ce qui ne nous a pas emp\u00each\u00e9 de nous fr\u00f4ler quelquefois (bien \u00e9videmment mon FLARM est tomb\u00e9 en panne rapidement, comme chaque ann\u00e9e !). Le toujours vert et souriant Diether Memmert, grand professeur d'espagnol, ayant assur\u00e9 l'alternance sur le Nimbus avec moi.\r\n\r\nToujours pour cause de crise \u00e9conomique la compagnie maritime que Klaus et moi utilisions habituellement, MSC, nous a jou\u00e9 un tr\u00e8s vilain tour en sp\u00e9culant sur la vitesse et l'itin\u00e9raire des bateaux, g\u00e9n\u00e9rant un retard de 18 jours pour une dur\u00e9e de navigation pr\u00e9vue de 20 jours. Mais si j'avoue avoir \u00e9t\u00e9 au bord de la crise pendant ces 18 jours d'attente \u00e0 Buenos Aires, j'ai failli faire un infarctus lorsque j'ai lu le contrat (avec trois paires de lunettes) : la compagnie n'a aucune obligation de livrer le conteneur dans le port pr\u00e9vu, elle peut le d\u00e9poser dans n'importe quel port \u00e0 n'importe quelle date dans les 12 mois qui suivent l'embarquement, \u00e9videmment sans aucun recours possible ! Jamais plus MSC!\r\nDe fait, pour le retour, j\u2019ai choisi une autre compagnie qui nous a livr\u00e9 le planeur au jour et \u00e0 l'heure pr\u00e9vue \u00e0 Milan.\r\n\r\nLa plus grosse anomalie, et ce ne sera une surprise pour personne puisque le ph\u00e9nom\u00e8ne \u00e9tait commun \u00e0 l'Europe et \u00e0 l'Afrique du Sud, a \u00e9t\u00e9 la m\u00e9t\u00e9orologie en termes de vents et temp\u00e9rature. Pendant la p\u00e9riode historiquement la meilleure, du 15 novembre au 15 d\u00e9cembre, nous avons v\u00e9cu plusieurs jours successifs de CAVOK \u00e0 plage et m\u00eame deux jours de vent d'est avec pluie. Les plus beaux vols ayant eu finalement lieu d\u00e9but janvier malgr\u00e9 des temp\u00e9ratures tr\u00e8s \u00e9lev\u00e9es (30\u00b0C au sol) et des isothermes 0\u00b0 sup\u00e9rieurs \u00e0 4000 m.\r\n\r\nLa temp\u00e9rature a d'ailleurs \u00e9t\u00e9 une tr\u00e8s bonne (ou tr\u00e8s mauvaise selon que vous faites du tourisme ou du vol \u00e0 voile) surprise cette ann\u00e9e, avec une surchauffe moyenne en altitude par rapport \u00e0 l'atmosph\u00e8re standard de 10\u00b0 au d\u00e9but du printemps, jusqu'\u00e0 18\u00b0 au d\u00e9but de l'\u00e9t\u00e9. Nous n'avons que tr\u00e8s rarement utilis\u00e9 le chauffage \u00e9lectrique et la combinaison sp\u00e9ciale que m'avait pr\u00e9par\u00e9e KiloYankeePapa (http:\/\/www.worldsail.ws\/index.php\/manufacturers_id\/21) n'a jamais pu \u00eatre test\u00e9e, il fallait la porter pratiquement toujours ouverte. Pour les amateurs de statistiques, la temp\u00e9rature \u00e0 6.000 m d\u00e9but novembre \u00e9tait voisine de -15\u00b0 pour passer \u00e0 -4\u00b0 d\u00e9but janvier (en atmosph\u00e8re standard elle est de -27,9\u00b0). La temp\u00e9rature \u00e0 8.000 m d\u00e9but novembre \u00e9tait voisine de -28\u00b0 pour passer \u00e0 -19\u00b0 le 15 janvier (en atmosph\u00e8re standard elle est de -37\u00b0). Les temp\u00e9ratures au sol ont \u00e9t\u00e9 moins anormales, seule la pluviom\u00e9trie \u00e9tait fortement d\u00e9ficitaire. 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