If you have some tips/ info/ ideas/ etc. that you'd like to share please
send them to:
pjkelly @community.net
Overview
A "Task" is a course or set of turnpoints flown by a glider pilot -
either announced/ declared prior to the beginning of the task, or flown
first, and then declared after the flight is completed.
Each Task has a name, or Task identification - Task ID, and the total
number of statute miles and kilometers are shown.
This file lists numerous "tasks" which have been established, at various locations. Most all glider pilots flying such tasks use a gps navigation system of some kind. Since each gps records the flight into an electronic file, a record of each flight is normally available.
Please describe a Task in a text file (using Notebook from windows, or something simple) and send in tasks that you think others should try. Let's start with the "easy" ones. The ones that follow the most commonly found and usual lines of lift! If you have flown one of these tasks, tell us the date, how long it took, The speed on course, altitudes flown, etc. By using a know task for your flight, others will have a better understanding of the locations of your turnpoints, thermals, final glide, etc..
Each task displays the number, name and coordinates of each turnpoint, and in parenths is shown the magnetic course, distance of that leg, and the percentage that leg is of the overall course.
Notice that each task has a start point - other than the departure gliderport. This is useful so that you can exclude how how long, or how high or how far you were on tow before the start of the task, and we can compare speeds, if we each use the start point, rather than the point of takeoff.
The tasks are arranged by gliderport. You may click on one here to jump down, or just scroll down to the list below.
The preface to each task will be changed as more info is received
from those of you who have flown it. It would be both helpful and
cool is if you would make up a .jpg file (less than 20k in size) of the
data logger file vertical profile of you flight - be sure the task points
are on the image. Then I could post it here for others to see and
compare.
The purpose of having established tasks is to provide some measure of
what is possible. Some courses appear impossible, while other appear
easy. Doing a 100 kilometer task in early March may be more difficult
than doing a 500k task in August - it depends on the weather.
Here
are a couple of the ten or so tasks made up by Peter Kelly.
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TASK ID = wsc511
511.4 kilometers, landing at Minden. Since the landing elevation will be 4700 ft MSL, you may tow to 7,000 ft MSL and still be legal for the completion of a 500 k flight without a distance penalty for landing more than 3,000 ft below release altitude. Lee Halaberg (sp?) did something similar years ago from crazy creek. This could be refined, but I'd like to keep it at a 500 k flight. Note that Crater Pk is over by Lassen, not up by Klamath Falls. Note the format. Let's use this one, unless you have some better ideas.
TP ID-TP Name Latitude Longitude (nowind heading distance percent leg is of total course)
213-Goat M14-U2 39:15.900N 122:42.600W
272-Pk5448 -U8 40:33.300N 123:00.150W
(334deg 145.59 km 28.5%)
306-Crater Pk-U7 40:41.850N 121:37.200W (065deg
117.74 km 23.0%)
505-TruckeeT-R1 39:18.710N 120:08.430W (124deg
199.04 km 38.9%)
518-Minden -R1 38:59.480N 119:45.050W
(120deg 48.98 km 9.6%)
Total distance = 511.4 km
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Task ID = wsc332
332 kilometers down the east side of the Sacramento Vly
109-Cortena-E7 39:13.670N 122:12.560W
375-Nevada GV-R5 39:13.600N 121:00.100W (073ø
104.02 km 31.3%)
379-CamrnPark-R5 38:41.350N 120:59.100W (162ø
59.78 km 18.0%)
329-Brownsvil-R8 39:27.500N 121:17.900W (326ø
89.70 km 27.0%)
101-WSC-R1 39:09.800N
122:07.900W (229ø 78.84 km 23.7%)
Total distance = 332.4 km
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Task ID = wsc578
If the Mendicinos are working, this one ought to be fast, since it starts at Walker, goes north-south, and then back to Williams.
205-WalkerRdg-U1 39ø06.000N 122ø29.300W
270-Pk5905 -U9 40ø37.000N 123ø33.600W
(315ø 191.85 km 33.2%)
217-SnowMtn-U6 39ø22.800N 122ø45.350W
(137ø 153.63 km 26.6%)
263-T-15 7755-U8 40ø12.450N 123ø00.500W
(330ø 94.51 km 16.3%)
101-WSC-R1 39ø09.800N
122ø07.900W (130ø 138.23 km 23.9%)
Total distance = 578.2 km
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Here are eleven sets of Tasks sent in by Gary Kemp, 10 March 2000
They are in Miles - which are probably statute miles. (Multiply by 1.609 to change to statute miles to kilometers)
I assigned a name to each Task ( a Task ID). (Each task needs
a name if we are going to
refer to it)
They are all at Site WSC428, which I would guess is the database that
Gary is using.
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Site: WSC428
Task ID = nk571.1
101-WSC-R1 39ø09.800N 122ø07.900W
529-R-Ranch 41ø55.180N 122ø34.460W
(000ø 191.86 mi 33.60%)
518-Minden -R1 38ø59.480N 119ø45.050W
(150ø 250.91 mi 43.94%)
101-WSC-R1 39ø09.800N 122ø07.900W (283ø
128.25 mi 22.46%)
Total Distance = 571.0 mi (918.7 km)
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Site: WSC428
Task ID = nk509.2
101-WSC-R1 39ø09.800N 122ø07.900W
527-Callahan 41ø19.090N 122ø48.560W
(354ø 153.11 mi 30.07%)
518-Minden -R1 38ø59.480N 119ø45.050W
(141ø 227.86 mi 44.75%)
101-WSC-R1 39ø09.800N 122ø07.900W (283ø
128.25 mi 25.19%)
Total Distance = 509.2 mi
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Site: WSC428
Task ID = nk320.7
104-3 Sisters-E6 39ø07.700N 122ø19.500W
356-BessaTwrs-U8 38ø39.500N 122ø11.490W
(174ø 33.26 mi 10.37%)
273-T-13 4826-U9 40ø24.000N 122ø57.500W
(348ø 127.09 mi 39.63%)
356-BessaTwrs-U8 38ø39.500N 122ø11.490W
(168ø 127.09 mi 39.63%)
104-3 Sisters-E6 39ø07.700N 122ø19.500W
(355ø 33.26 mi 10.37%)
Total Distance = 320.7 mi
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Site: WSC428
Task Id = nk143.7
104-3 Sisters-E6 39ø07.700N 122ø19.500W
433-Calistoga-E8 38ø34.900N 122ø34.000W
(206ø 39.95 mi 27.80%)
212-GravlyVly-R4 39ø27.100N 122ø57.000W
(348ø 63.54 mi 44.22%)
104-3 Sisters-E6 39ø07.700N 122ø19.500W
(131ø 40.20 mi 27.98%)
Total Distance = 143.7 mi
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Site: WSC428
Task Id = nk628.9
104-3 Sisters-E6 39ø07.700N 122ø19.500W
527-Callahan 41ø19.090N 122ø48.560W
(358ø 153.44 mi 24.40%)
364-BessaDam-U8 38ø30.900N 122ø06.100W
(176ø 197.28 mi 31.37%)
275-Weavervil-R2 40ø45.000N 122ø56.000W
(351ø 160.64 mi 25.54%)
101-WSC-R1 39ø09.800N 122ø07.900W (166ø
117.56 mi 18.69%)
Total Distance = 628.9 mi (1011.9 kilometers)
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Site: WSC428
Task ID = nk642.7
104-3 Sisters-E6 39ø07.700N 122ø19.500W
529-R-Ranch 41ø55.180N 122ø34.460W
(003ø 193.31 mi 30.08%)
356-BessaTwrs-U8 38ø39.500N 122ø11.490W
(182ø 226.24 mi 35.20%)
273-T-13 4826-U9 40ø24.000N 122ø57.500W
(348ø 127.09 mi 19.77%)
101-WSC-R1 39ø09.800N 122ø07.900W
(160ø 96.06 mi 14.95%)
Total Distance = 642.7 mi (1034.1 kilometers)
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Site: WSC428
Task ID = nk218.3
Good if valley is working. start is overhead the field. It would be better to have a different start point. benton is up near Redding. Going to Paradise is good because the west side of the valley often dies out with zero lift, while the east side is still looking good with cu's based at 5 to 6 thousand, and although you may be bucking a headwind coming back to WSc from the norhteast, there are lots of options for emergency landing sites.
101-WSC-R1 39ø09.800N 122ø07.900W
302-Benton-R2 40ø34.500N 122ø24.500W
(359ø 98.63 mi 45.18%)
320-Paradise-R4 39ø42.580N 121ø36.980W
(152ø 72.97 mi 33.43%)
101-WSC-R1 39ø09.800N 122ø07.900W
(223ø 46.70 mi 21.39%)
Total Distance = 218.3 mi
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Site: WSC428
Task ID = nk201.6
101-WSC-R1 39ø09.800N 122ø07.900W
433-Calistoga-E8 38ø34.900N 122ø34.000W
(217ø 46.50 mi 23.07%)
254-AnthnyM5-U9 39ø51.100N 122ø57.500W
(354ø 90.22 mi 44.76%)
101-WSC-R1 39ø09.800N 122ø07.900W
(144ø 64.84 mi 32.17%)
Total Distance = 201.6 mi
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Site: WSC428
Task Id = nk213.3
101-WSC-R1 39ø09.800N 122ø07.900W
272-Pk5448 -U8 40ø33.300N 123ø00.150W
(342ø 106.67 mi 50.00%)
101-WSC-R1 39ø09.800N 122ø07.900W (161ø
106.67 mi 50.00%)
Total Distance = 213.3 mi
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Site: WSC428
Task Id NK143.7
This is doable but it is a tough one because the weather would be different than the normal pattern. Going up to Gravely Vly from Calistoga is tough. Going south to Bessa towers would be easier than going up to Gravelly, besides there are very few places to land out by Pillsbury Lake.
104-3 Sisters-E6 39ø07.700N 122ø19.500W
433-Calistoga-E8 38ø34.900N 122ø34.000W
(206ø 39.95 mi 27.80%)
212-GravlyVly-R4 39ø27.100N 122ø57.000W
(348ø 63.54 mi 44.22%)
104-3 Sisters-E6 39ø07.700N 122ø19.500W
(131ø 40.20 mi 27.98%)
Total Distance = 143.7 mi
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Site: WSC428
Task Id = nk104.2
You need to release at Williams, and work your butt off to get over to, and climb up the hills - a daunting task. This could be the 'ole milk run (if the day is good). Take a mountain tow over by walker or indian vly ranch, then climb to over 8,000 msl and hardly ever get out of gliding range of the gliderport. However, doing a mountain tow, cuts the miles down by 17 miles or so, because you are no longer starting (getting off tow) at Williams.
A better run for a mountain tow would be to have the start at Goat, or Letz Lake, north to Alder Springs, south to Walker, then back to WSC. That would be a good run for a silver badge pilot for the first time in the mountains.
101-WSC-R1 39ø09.800N 122ø07.900W
213-Goat M14-U2 39ø15.900N 122ø42.600W
(290ø 31.75 mi 30.48%)
250-AldrSprgs-U8 39ø38.730N 122ø43.730W
(005ø 26.31 mi 25.26%)
101-WSC-R1 39ø09.800N 122ø07.900W
(143ø 46.11 mi 44.27%)
Total Distance = 104.2 mi
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