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 World > South America > Brazil > Rio de Janeiro > Papucaia
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Last update : Mar 22nd 2012
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GPS coordinates : take off : 22°35'34" (22.5928)S; 42°41'39" (42.6944)W - Elevation : 622 m.
landing : 22°35'36" (22.5935)S; 42°43'24" (42.7234)W - Elevation : 19 m.
Take off :
The quadrant on the ramp and another larger quadrant N with simultaneous takeoff for three paragliders
Landing :
Areas of landing well diversified with pasture grass everywhere, look for land near the main road to facilitate the rescue, but be careful with the wire parallel to it.
Going there :
Best Season: All year
Comments :
Weather hazards :
Get smart with the formations in the summer of Cumulus Nimbus starting at 13:00
Flight regulation :
People to contact :
Pep - +55 021 9297-5009
paulinhofaf@yahoo.com.br
Parking :
Website : http://maps.google.com.br/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&...
Tourism  :
Retaurante Mineira - talk that is flying off and win - in front of the entrance Papucaia
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 Pros on Papucaia

no pro using this site for the moment
 Clubs on Papucaia

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 gps logs of flights from Papucaia

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 Situation
Take off : 22.5928 S; 42.6944 W
Landing : 22.5935 S; 42.7234 W
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Local weather :
from Rio De Janeiro Aeroporto (32.28 km from the site):
  • Age : 55 min ago
  • Wind : ESE at 6 mph (9 km/h)
  • Visibility : 16 miles
  • Clouds : mostly cloudy
  • Temp : 72F (22C)
  • Dewpt : 63F (17C)
  • Humidity : 73%
flying may not be good :
- wind direction : E wind is not supposed to be good for flying this site
- wind speed : 2.6 m/s
- weather conditions : not given by our weather report... :(
 Leonardo flights [?] - Top ten Leonardo flights at a glance (our advice for a clearer view : view the map fullscreen, without showing tasks).
takeoff : Rampa Papucaia (-22.5901; -42.6937), 0.31 km from this takeoff
Pilot OLC type OLC distance (km) Open distance (km) Flight duration Date View flight details on Leonardo
SILVIO DUARTE 12.886 10.53 0:53:25 2012-02-05 View
Emidio Paulo 3.654 2.919 0:16:35 2011-08-13 View
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 PgSim : 4 flights on Papucaia
  • flight by anonymous : . . "Um dia faço um destes de verdade!"
  • flight by Luiz de Oliveira : . . "Reconhecimento, logo estarei em Papucaia com o Pato para realizar meu primeiro voo neste sítio."
  • flight by anonymous : . . "Grande vôo! Só falta repetir na vida real."
  • flight by Toddy_rj_32 : . . "no comments left by the pilot..."

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