Take-off – Las Mallolas
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- Direction
- NNEESESSWWNW
- Coordinates
- 41.6635, 1.6346
- Altitude
- 779 m
- Region
- Barcelona, ES
- Landing
- 0.6 km from the take-offView on map ↗
Take-off description
Pretty straightforward, but reverse launching mandatory. Beware of the small bushes when preinflating your wing.
Getting there
From Barcelona, take A2 direction Lleida. After Igualada, take exit 545 to Calaf, and follow that direction (turn left just after the exit). After a while, you'll be climbing the hill with all the windmills. At the top, on your right, there's a dirtroad. Follow it untill you see a small cross in stone on the edge of the hill, the take off is there, park near the windmill.
Weather
You have to fly with wind from S or SW. Wind can be too strong to fly.
Rules / airspace
Due to the approach for toplanding, priorities are reversed : you have to give priority to the one who has terrain on the left.
Comments
Site used mostly from May to October, when the marine breeze enters at the end of the day. However, with meteo wind from the south, it may work other periods of the year, but chances are smaller. Easy to see with all the windmills.