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Mifflin Soaring Competition FSX Mission

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Task

StartMifflin Start
TP 1Selinsgrove Airport
TP 2Orbisonia
FinishMifflin Finish
 232km, expected time 2 hours

Suggested route overview

Notes

  1. From the start you can either use the local Mifflin ridge or the one further to the south. The former might be easier as it leaves you more of a downwind run towards TP1.
  2. From leaving the ridge on the way to TP1, there is a long downwind jump to Selinsgrove. Ideally you want enough height to get around Selinsgrove and return crosswind to the safety of the ridge, so take a thermal to get enough height.
  3. After turning Selinsgrove, aim for the nearby ridge which is initially poorly defined but improves as you head west.
  4. The ridge can carry you all the way to Orbisonia, but now you have the big problem of jumping back upwind to return to Mifflin. Stay on the ridge until you find a thermal lifting you high enough to fly upwind onto the local Mifflin ridge, and then use that to get home.