Late flying season start in Aspres, but great: 5000m

5000m in the wave of “les Bans” in a laminar West-Northwest 45km/h wind blowing from Valgaudemar, great fun with the Swiftlight 🙂
Below, weak wind in the very cold convective air mass, very turbulent till 3200m (dry unstable air + big temperature contrast on the ground + strong sunshine); in the late afternoon 30km/h North wind in the West.

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Jac just after landing, happy, but somewhat cold, not from climbing till 5000m in the wave where the air mass was not so cold, but the next 3 hours spent in the freezing convective airmass, flying a “little” 235km FAI triangle: Les Bans – Thorame-Basse – and back to Aspres.

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