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Agy plane

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GPS coordinates :	take off : 46°4'46" (46.0797)N; 6°37'8" (6.61907)E - Elevation : 1275 m.
Take off :	Strong Valley wind and thermic gusts. Nice grassy take off area, locals will be flying, read the FFVL site board-it's in French and English.
Landing :	GPS Co-ORDS? fly straight out from Chevran and about 500m into Cluses you will see a landing area marked with a big T on the grass, sometimes there are camper vans there so make the most of a safe area anywhere in the valley to land.
Going there :	From Cluses-> follow the signs to Les Gets/Morzine. at Chatillon-sur-Cluses, turn right at the sign: Saint-Sigismond. At the end of Saint-Sigismond- turn left and follow the road all the way up to Agy Plane, get to the top of the mountain road and there is a little bar/restaurant - go further up and park by the Radio Tower/Satellite building.
Comments :	Endless XC routes. Acro : Known as Antoines secret training spot. Agy is the take off site above and to the side of the town Cluses. If training acro- the pilot has to make a short flight across from Agy to Chevran. Regardless of the met wind-the valley wind is sucked into Chamonix most good forecasted days when the sun shines, this valley wind displaces up Chevran Mountain in a mix of dynamic&thermic. Making it a mini magic mountain, Chevran is 600M high off the valley floor and in general a pilot on an acro wing would have anything from 600m to 800m vertical once pushing out from Chevran above Cluses. Beware of the diagonal drift towards the mountain in a maneuver. In a rescue situation the trees of Chevran would be the landing point but with a Rogallo, there is space to land below the foot of the Mountain.
Weather hazards :	1>Bise wind-that strong NE wind that ruins most valley winds can have some effect. 2>When Northerlies mix with valley wind if forecasted to blow hard, only good for small wings. 3>Thermic gusts from the town of Cluses when entering the lower level valley wind and a somewhat technical landing if you approach in the peak of the valley wind, nice and smooth landing later in the evening.
Flight regulation :	na.
People to contact :	na.
Parking :
Website :	http://www.ffvl.fr/sites/sites.php3?id=74004
Tourism :	Chamonix further down the motorway. Cluses can keep the family entertained whilst you rock the sky XC or Acro...

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1 2 3 4 5 no comments... picture by mikesm08 1 2 3 4 5	1 2 3 4 5 Agy Plane Take Off picture by mikesm08 1 2 3 4 5	1 2 3 4 5 Chevran, Agy Plane -the French Acro Magic Mountain picture by mikesm08 1 2 3 4 5	1 2 3 4 5 Chevran, Agy Plane -the French Acro Magic Mountain picture by mikesm08 1 2 3 4 5	1 2 3 4 5 View from Agy Plane Launch picture by mikesm08 1 2 3 4 5	1 2 3 4 5 Take off Agy Plane picture by mikesm08 1 2 3 4 5
1 2 3 4 5 Acro flying Agy Plane picture by mikesm08 1 2 3 4 5

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Situation
Take off : 46.0797 N; 6.61907 E
Landing : not available

10 closest sites to Agy plane :

Les carroz d'araches (6.71 km)
Les Saix (6.71 km)
La Bourgeoise (8.71 km)
Mieussy (9.18 km)
Les gets (10.14 km)
Morzine (14.81 km)
Sous le haut du roc (15.37 km)
Solaison (15.46 km)
Varan (15.9 km)
Avoriaz (17.16 km)

Local weather :
from Geneve-Cointrin (18.92 km from the site):

Age : 3 min ago
Wind : ESE at 5 mph (7 km/h)
Visibility : 16 miles
Clouds : mostly cloudy
Temp : 64F (18C)
Dewpt : 54F (12C)
Humidity : 68%

flying may not be good :
- wind direction :

E wind is not supposed to be good for flying this site
- wind speed :

3.6 m/s
- weather conditions :

not given by our weather report... :(

Comments 1 comment (Hide)
by raf, 28/02/2006 : this site has been imported from the french free flight federation website, infos for them are starting very poor, please feel free to fill the holes to help those who don't know the sites

PgSim : 9 flights on Agy plane

flight by anonymous : . . "ayrton"
flight by Lesmen : . . "no comments left by the pilot..."
flight by anonymous : . . "no comments left by the pilot..."
flight by anonymous : . . "UNE TRACE QUI MONTRE QLQ POMPES VIVEMENT QUE CE SOIT EN VRAI CA VIENT BON..... long a faire mais sympa comme simulation. Sylv1'"
flight by anonymous : . . "no comments left by the pilot..."
flight by anonymous : . . "Agy-Orchex-chevran-samoens-- test seb sympa assez realiste"
flight by anonymous : . . "no comments left by the pilot..."
flight by anonymous : . . "no comments left by the pilot..."
flight by anonymous : . . "Agy-bourgeoise-triou-samoens1600-samoens"

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Leonardo flights [?]
takeoff : Cluses (46.0802; 6.61417), 0.38 km from this takeoff
Pilot	OLC type	OLC distance (km)	Open distance (km)	Flight duration	Date	View flight details on Leonardo
Erik Rehnfeldt		93.468	42.077	5:6:52	2007-05-22	View
Mikael Henry		12.238	6.528	1:14:6	2008-07-15	View
Tom Payne		14.788	6.36	1:3:13	2010-07-08	View

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