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Last update : Apr 7th 2006
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GPS coordinates : take off : 29°28'22" (29.4729)N; 35°30'0" (35.5)E - Elevation : 1360 m.
Take off : short and sharp, above the famous burdah arch.
Pass the arch and continue up like 50meters (a short difficult 'climbing' move : a 10m piece of rope may be helpful to climb first without the bag then bring the glider up with the rope)
Landing : sand everywhere : the biggest landing in the world ;)
Going there : any wadi rum bedouin guide can take you to the burdah arch in 4x4x(wich is a bit far from the village of Rum). Insist on the fact that you want him to walk up with you to the arch because the way up is not evident (but it remains an easy walk). I guess if you tell him you want to fly from up there, he ll come with you by curiosity.
Comments : East oriented flight : we could take off thanks to morning breeze, but if you arrive too late in the morning, the breeze might have turned west : early flight in a not windy day.
Some pictures here : http://perso.wanadoo.fr/ra...
Weather hazards : na.
Flight regulation : na.
People to contact : na.
Parking :
Website : not available
Tourism  : spend a few days in Wadi Rum, drink tea, sleep outside, you ll love it :)
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 Situation
Take off : 29.4729 N; 35.5 E
Landing : not available
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Local weather :
from Aqaba Airport (15.97 km from the site):
  • Age : 10 min ago
  • Wind : N at 12 mph (19 km/h)
  • Visibility : greater than 7 miles
  • Clouds : clear skies
  • Temp : 82F (28C)
  • Dewpt : 54F (12C)
  • Humidity : 37%
flying may not be good :
- wind direction : N wind is not supposed to be good for flying this site
- wind speed : 5.1 m/s
- weather conditions : not given by our weather report... :(
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takeoff : Stinkhügel (29.5898; 35.587), 15.47 km from this takeoff
Pilot OLC type OLC distance (km) Open distance (km) Flight duration Date View flight details on Leonardo
Gregory KnudsonExternal Entry 9.282 2.962 1:51:26 2012-06-03 View
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