Take-off – Intrepid Park Whitby
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- Direction
- NNEESESSWWNW
- Coordinates
- 43.8523, -78.8799
- Altitude
- 80 m
- Region
- Ontario, CA
Take-off description
Intrepid Park behind Canlan Ice Sports Arena.
Getting there
Park at Canlan Ice Sports Arena. Park in Sports Arena, find mowed path toward water, find paved bike path, turn right and walk a couple of hundred meters to mowed area next to water / cliff, or turn left and walk a couple of hundred meters to different mowed area. Try both mowed areas for best wind.
Weather
Windfinder: http://www.windfinder.com/forecast/oshawa_the_vicarage NOAA MAPS sounding link: http://www-frd.fsl.noaa.gov/mab/soundings/reply-skewt.cgi?data_source=MAPS&lon=-78.879862&lat=43.853964&airport=%28none%29&add_hours=-3 Pearson high-accuracy forecast: http://www.emc.ncep.noaa.gov/mmb/nammeteograms/stations/716240.html
Comments
Steep, more a cliff. Narrow takeoff / top landing zone due to rotors as a result. Not for beginners. wind speed of 18 to 26 km/hr would be the range to sustain flying.