chrsfrwll

The quarter mil legend you downloaded will give you the information you need to read the chart. However I suggest you also read up on the differences between the types of airspace. There are many good books available, not least the BHPA's Pilot Handbook, which will help you understand airlaw and airspace.

But briefly, Zones are controlled, from ground to specified altitude. Areas are controlled, from specified altitude to altitude.

CTR - Control Zone, from ground to specified altitude. CTA - Control Area, from specified altitude to altitude.  TMA - Terminal Manoeuvring Area

If lines appear solid, it could be over printing of several dashed lines, ie several CTAs overlapping, aside from the Class A solid line. Radio frequencies are shown as 6 digit numbers.

Hope this helps.

OK no worries (but I'm 75kg flying a lighter paramotor and it was a good beginner for me). Happy hunting.
 

Definitely FUBAR.

I've a lovely Dudek Universal 1.1 28m which would suit. It's in the Classified section  - have a look.

1 hour ago, Viking1000 said:

We were looking for you Chris!..

You know that feeling when you're snug under the covers and it's too early to get up? That.

Looks like an evening flight is out too - still gusting strongly here.

Reported a gathering in a farm field? Sheesh, some people go out of their way. 

Nice one. I woke at 4am this morning, thinking I was going to go for a dawn flight. Ha! Next thing I know it’s 8:30 and I’m still in bed. Will have to wait and see whether I can fit in a sunset one instead

It was 10/12 gusting 20/25, cold air and bright warm sun here. Those thermals would have been the icing in the cake. Way beyond anything I wanted to try, so gave it a miss. I’m pinning my hopes on Wednesday morning. Planning an early start to catch the sunrise, if the forecast holds good.

Ah, well, if you're talking non-paramotor then that opens it up a bit. Not sure I can pin it down but flying my hang glider & sharing a thermal with a red kite way back in the early 90's when they were a protected species and not as common as muck as they are now. Going round and round eyeballing each other has a special memory. Or perhaps sharing a thermal with a mate, chasing each other up to 12500' during the British Open in Ager, arguing over the radio about whether or not we should be on oxygen also brings a smile. That flight in particular was good because although I didn't complete the task, I did land near a bar and spent the time waiting for the retrieve crew drinking (free) cold beer.

44 minutes ago, Guy said:

Really interesting type of info Chris. May I ask the name of the site where I could get it please?

Guy

I used this one. Regional Atmospheric Soaring Prediction.

Thermal updraft velocity predictions for tomorrow 11:00am - 400ft/min. Definitely want to have early flight and get down before that lot are kicking off.

Hang gliding and paragliding have to my mind been considered sports. Weren’t they thinking of including them in the Olympics? Certainly considered a “dangerous sport” when looking for insurance. 

Just introduce myself, say I'm a paramotor pilot and hoping to use their field to launch and land from. If you get a "no", just move on. The first one I approached I offered to donate some money to his charity (he gave me the ok), the second I offered to donate his favourite tipple (he gave me the ok), the third said no before I got to offer anything and the fourth I didn't offer anything and he gave me the ok too.

On 12/05/2020 at 13:10, chrsfrwll said:

Found two fields, nicely cut recently. Tracked down the farmer but he was out, though spoke with his mother. Now waiting a call back...

The man from the field, he say yes.

Field of dreams

1 hour ago, jock said:

ive been on the hunt for a field with short grass,as my fields are to long,just found one for w/end

Found two fields, nicely cut recently. Tracked down the farmer but he was out, though spoke with his mother. Now waiting a call back...

Did a 50 miles XC to see the White Horses of Wiltshire last year. Checked off seven, only missing out on the last one, Westbury, because the army were active down there and after ringing up Brize Norton I decided to give that area a miss. That was pretty memorable, especially as my return home was around midday and the thermals were kicking off. Took a partial collapse that scared me a bit, so was glad to get on the ground.

I've a mate that lives in Rock and plan to go fly down there too.

This thread is unraveling 

I'm assuming THIS is the one you're referring to. Looks suss, with little detail, lacking photos and suspiciously low price

Definitely a split decision

Looks like the end of the split ring has been rubbing against the webbing and the shackle. I'd want to change all three.

Looks really good Simon. Nice and clean, tidy & neat display of information. Much better!

Only comment is there is a bit of alignment issue at the bottom when viewing on an iPad. Not looked at it from a pc.

13 hours ago, Richie Rich said:

 

Like the Naviter Oudie , hopefully it will have the South Africa / Africa maps  i will have to check

Their website shows the following areas

Definitely need to improve my foot dragging skills...

Ok not quite the same thing but it passes the time and I can pretend.

9 hours ago, grumble56 said:

This topic has drifted so far from the original (2 years ago) that its almost worthless.

https://www.mipfly.com

Had a look at this last year at Parafest and was impressed by the clarity of the screen and the abilty to customise. Its primarily a PG instrument but very useful for PPG

 

I looked at that too, as well as the Syride Sys'Evolution, but in the end went with the Naviter Oudie. Seemed the best established and supported option.