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Take-off – Panajachel
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- Direction
- NNEESESSWWNW
- Coordinates
- 14.7313, -91.1283
- Altitude
- 2064 m
- Region
- Sololá, GT
- Landing
- 3.2 km from the take-offView on map ↗
Take-off description
On lake Atitlan Above the town of Santa Catarina just south of Pana by 2K. Can take a taxi to launch for about 5-7 dollars then pay $2. to launch at the seminary. Ridge soaring by a lake makes glassy conditions with some 200mps cloudsuck. There is another launch at the Mirador (north of town) access by bus for $1.
Getting there
By bus or shuttle
Weather
Wind must be from the south/ southwest
Rules / airspace
P3 site
Comments
got many 1 hour plus flights with 3 hr maximum An acro pilots dream, get high, do some maneuvers over the lake then fly back into the ridge and climb out again