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Long Mynd Soaring Club
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| Status: | Corndon is currently open to all pilots |
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| Grid ref: | SO310967 |
| Latitude: | 52.5636 ° |
| Longitude: | -3.0178 ° |
| HG rating: | CP + 20h |
| PG rating: | CP + 10h |
| Takes wind: | 0 ° - 110 ° (N - E) |
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Turn off the A488 at a derelict tower signposted Whitegrit/Priestweston 2km to a T junction. Take the rough track to the left. After 100m through a gate which MUST BE CLOSED after passing. Approx 1 km to a gate on the left at the far edge of a pine plantation.
Through the gate which MUST ALSO BE CLOSED, approx 1 km to another gate where parking is to either side. Do not obstruct it! Note that the first 100 m of this track is liable to be VERY very muddy in winter and may not be passable except to FWD vehicles.
Take-off is either from the saddle directly in front of the parking area (easterly only) or from the peak in any direction.
Top landing is easy on the peak but beware of rotor behind the cairn. Landing in the parking field is possible but subject to strong wind gradient and some rotor in certain directions. Take advice beforehand.
Bottom landing in the big, flat field to the NE (alongside the access road) BUT approach is over POWER LINES (which have claimed victims) after a LONG GLIDE, often into wind and alternatives are for SKILLED pilots only! In nil wind with a modern glider it is a reasonable glide from take-off height. The only access is via a gate at the western end.
Soaring can be turbulent in strong winds.
This area is used by low flying military aircraft on weekdays.
This site is 2 miles east of A25, base at FL 55.
The Earl of Powys
Linley 234 on the A488 in front of the hill. Chirbury 242 in Priestweston.
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