Site Guide - Firle
| Airspace: 5500ft Airspace information is provided for guidance only - please verify using current charts before flying site. |
| Club: Southern Hang Gliding Club |
| Height: 575 ft |
Disciplines: |
| Location: LAT: 50.83435, LONG: 0.08514 |
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Flights From Firle
| Type | Date | Launch Time | Glider | Site | Duration (h:m) | Comments | Height Gain (ft) | Distance (km) | Hours (h:m) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| H | Sun, 29 May 2022 | 11:30 | Wills Wing U2 160 | Firle | 00:28 | NNE-NE; 10-15 mph; wind certainly off to the east. Top landing approach was a downwind! | 124 | 98:29 | |
| H | Sat, 28 Aug 2021 | 13:51 | Wills Wing U2 160 | Firle | 00:35 | NNE; 15mph gusting; High pressure, punchy broken thermals. Lots of sink, hard work flying, bottom landed. | 300 | 98:01 | |
| H | Sat, 07 Sep 2019 | 14:16 | Wills Wing U2 160 | Firle | 00:18 | N; 10-16 mph, took off just as a lift cycle was coming to an end. Paragliders also took to the air which made getting high enough for a top landing difficult. Safely bottom landed. | 108 | 96:29 | |
| H | Sat, 07 Sep 2019 | 12:50 | Wills Wing U2 160 | Firle | 00:13 | NNW; 10-15 mph, overcast, light rain just before launch. Mostly had the site to myself. Top landed as high and paragliders began to launch. | 219 | 96:11 | |
| H | Sun, 05 May 2019 | 10:50 | Wills Wing U2 160 | Firle | 00:32 | N; 10-15 mph. Touch of west in wind. For wind strength not very lifty. Rough in places, couldn't get high enough for top landing then hit sink cycle and returned to hill too low and bottom landed. | 285 | 95:58 | |
| H | Sun, 07 Oct 2018 | 10:47 | Wills Wing U2 160 | Firle | 00:22 | N; 10-15 mph decreasing. Paragliders had started taking off so I ceased the opportunity and launched. Decided to bottom land at Bo Peep when I saw the ridge full of paragliders when I turned back. | 250 | 3.5 | 95:26 |
| H | Wed, 05 Sep 2018 | 15:00 | Wills Wing U2 160 | Firle | 00:04 | N; 10-15mph descreasing; overcast with some moisture in the air. | 0 | 95:04 | |
| H | Sun, 29 Oct 2017 | 11:33 | Wills Wing U2 160 | Firle | 01:03 | N-NNE 15-20mph gusting; overcast with some thermal activity. Top landed and almost got caught out by the wind strength on landing with the glider travelling backwards across the ground towards the barbed wire fence. | 1,013 | 93:51 | |
| H | Sat, 14 May 2016 | 13:00 | Wills Wing U2 160 | Firle | 00:06 | Not the day everyone expected. The ridge didn't really work well so timing launches to coincide with a thermal was critical to staying up. In my case, bad timing and flying in traffic meant a bottom landing was inevitable. On a positive, I used my new helmet and managed to squeeze my U2 into a recently repaired XC bag! | 60 | 85:34 | |
| H | Sun, 21 Sep 2014 | 13:45 | AirBorne Sting 3:168 | Firle | 00:36 | Strong northerly wind with a little east. Punchy rough thermals. A couple of sinky cycles. Top landed in front of the new fence. | 370 | 74:01 | |
| H | Sat, 13 Sep 2014 | 15:50 | AirBorne Sting 3:168 | Firle | 01:14 | Wind increased but silky smooth air. Glad I put the second flight in. Found it hard to come down. Top landed near car park. | 1,050 | 73:25 | |
| H | Sat, 13 Sep 2014 | 12:00 | AirBorne Sting 3:168 | Firle | 01:33 | Thermic conditions; too windy for paragliders. Thermals everywhere and very rough in places. Used the Myth 3 harness and rehearsed getting onto the uprights when up high. Top landed in PG bowl with no issues. | 1,200 | 72:11 | |
| H | Sat, 30 Nov 2013 | 13:25 | AirBorne Sting 3:168 | Firle | 01:27 | N; 15-20mph. First flight with the Myth 3 harness, Flew to the beacon twice. Top landed. Need to move foot plate back a couple of inches. | 400 | 66:49 | |
| H | Sun, 24 Nov 2013 | 14:00 | AirBorne Sting 3:168 | Firle | 00:06 | N; Started raining so had to get enough height for a top landing. Top landed ok. | 0 | 65:22 | |
| H | Sun, 24 Nov 2013 | 12:00 | AirBorne Sting 3:168 | Firle | 00:10 | N; 15-20 mph. Rough air. Got busy so top landed. | 0 | 65:16 | |
| H | Sat, 23 Nov 2013 | 13:00 | AirBorne Sting 3:168 | Firle | 00:26 | N; 15-20mph. Similar to earlier flight. Top landed as it felt like wind was dropping off. | 0 | 65:06 | |
| H | Sat, 23 Nov 2013 | 12:00 | AirBorne Sting 3:168 | Firle | 00:27 | N; 15-20mph. November thermals. Reasonable climbs, but thermals rough and punchy. Top landed. | 0 | 64:40 | |
| H | Sat, 31 Aug 2013 | 12:00 | AirBorne Sting 3:168 | Firle | 00:18 | NNW-N; Small undefined thermals making it hard to climb. Lift dropped off so top landed. | 308 | 60:26 | |
| H | Sat, 25 May 2013 | 10:30 | AirBorne Sting 3:168 | Firle | 00:11 | NNE-N, and the wind dropping. Maintained for a while then had to bottom land. | 0 | 58:34 | |
| H | Sat, 28 Jan 2012 | 15:00 | AirBorne Sting 3:168 | Firle | 00:30 | Sky to the north looking grey. Flew to Firle Beacon for the first time then returned for a top landing. | 350 | 49:11 | |
| H | Sat, 28 Jan 2012 | 14:00 | AirBorne Sting 3:168 | Firle | 00:25 | Enjoyable boating around in established flight pattern. Top landed. | 290 | 48:41 | |
| H | Mon, 25 Apr 2011 | 00:00 | AirBorne Sting 3:168 | Firle | 00:22 | 10-15 mph, weak thermals, bit rough, plenty of traffic | 0 | 43:45 | |
| H | Mon, 25 Apr 2011 | 00:00 | AirBorne Sting 3:168 | Firle | 00:21 | 10-15 mph, weak thermals, bit rough, plenty of traffic | 0 | 44:06 | |
| H | Mon, 25 Apr 2011 | 00:00 | AirBorne Sting 3:168 | Firle | 00:18 | 10-15 mph, weak thermals, bit rough, plenty of traffic | 0 | 44:24 |
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