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 World > South America > Brazil > Ceará > Quixada - Morro do Urucum
   Quixada - Morro do Urucum -rate- (5/5 - 3 votes)
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Last update : May 15th 2012
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GPS coordinates : take off : 5°2'9" (5.0359)S; 39°0'28" (39.008)W - Elevation : 470 m.
landing : 5°4'41" (5.07806)S; 39°2'10" (39.0363)W - Elevation : 200 m.
Take off : One wooden ramp for hang-gliders and natural dirt ramp for paragliders.
Landing : Bail-out LZ: in front of TO -left side (lake), better to avoid (long retrieve);
'Official' LZ in front of Hotel 'Pedra dos Ventos' (see coordinates)
Going there : Circa 106 miles from Fortaleza on either BR 116 road (the “Cotton Road”) or on CE 060 state road, both good paved ones. The ramp is 7.5 miles from Quixadá on a partly bricked, partly paved uphill road.
Comments : Strong thermals, excellent conditions for XC flighs and a pleasant soaring flight on sunsets.

XC-flights: retrieves complicated/ tricky/ time consuming due to (very) poor roads (specially until Monsenhor Tabosa) and lousy communications (improving every year). However this remains the the best XC site for long distance (straight line) flights in the world.

XC-flights: carry LOTS of water, a hat and sun cream!!!
Weather hazards :
Wind can be (too) strong on TO from September to January.
'Paulo' (TO-director) will 'find' a window for a safe launch...

Flight regulation :




People to contact : Clube Cearense de Voo Livre. (085)34913968

Clube Nordeste de Parapente. (85) 8855-1831
Cia da Aventura-Escola de Vôo Livre (85) 8873-9333 (85) 32340494 claudiolandim@ig.com.br
Parking : Takeoff parking gps : 5.0964 S, 39.099 W
Landing parking gps : 5.0992 S, 39.099 W
Website : http://www.cearavoolivre.com.br
Tourism  : A unique scenery in Brazil, the area is spotted with rare, beautiful monoliths. Few hotels, some options are:Hotel Belas Artes (88) 3412-0188. Hotel do Santuário and Hotel Pedra dos Ventos (c/o Sr. Almeida)www.pedradosventos.com.br/...
Phones: (85) 257-4464 / 9989-0220 / 9985-0389 or email to (cearatotal@aol.com.br).
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above TO - looking East
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 gps logs of flights from Quixada - Morro do Urucum
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 Situation
Take off : 5.0359 S; 39.008 W
Landing : 5.07806 S; 39.0363 W
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takeoff : Quixada (-5.03633; -39.0078), 0.05 km from this takeoff
Pilot OLC type OLC distance (km) Open distance (km) Flight duration Date View flight details on Leonardo
Marcelo PrietoExternal Entry 420.023 415.397 10:20:24 2007-10-22 View
Rafael Saladini 402.934 398.084 10:11:12 2007-10-15 View
Diogo Pires 385.199 381.269 8:28:44 2005-11-18 View
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Marcin Gorayski 371.907 359.504 9:1:58 2008-11-25 View
Marcin Gorayski 369.914 361.566 10:13:0 2008-11-28 View
Olympio Faissol 362.821 358.505 9:50:10 2007-10-27 View
Marcelo PrietoExternal Entry 353.123 349.105 8:1:35 2006-11-17 View
Arnold Frankenberger 348.354 331.976 9:50:3 2012-11-10 View
Gil NavalhoExternal Entry 345.637 337.172 8:31:32 2007-11-15 View
Goncalo Velez 305.911 300.708 8:16:15 2007-11-15 View
Larry Pino 298.831 292.735 8:24:34 2008-11-02 View
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 PgSim competition tasks in Quixada - Morro do Urucum
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