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== Ready to have some fun! == | == Ready to have some fun! == | ||
A perfect airport for the entry into this area is ''Zell am See''. Start your FlightGear with | A perfect airport for the entry into this area is ''[[:File:Lowz-parking.jpg|Zell am See]]''. Start your FlightGear with | ||
fgfs --airport=LOWZ --runway=26 --aircraft=ask21 --timeofday=noon | fgfs --airport=LOWZ --runway=26 --aircraft=ask21 --timeofday=noon | ||
When sitting in your cockpit, hitting Ctrl-w on your keyboard places a winch ahead of your glider. When read for takeoff, hit and hold 'w' on the keyboard and the winch tows you quickly into the air. Shift-w releases you from the wire. Quickly turn right and look for the nearest ridge, just west of the lake. This is your entry thermal leading you to the Schmittenhoehe. You have to get pretty close to the ridge to enter it. When you are close to the cloudbase, continue the next thermal over the Schmittenhoehe peak. | When sitting in your cockpit, hitting Ctrl-w on your keyboard places a winch ahead of your glider. When read for takeoff, hit and hold 'w' on the keyboard and the winch tows you quickly into the air. Shift-w releases you from the wire. Quickly turn right and look for the nearest ridge, just west of the lake. This is your entry thermal leading you to the Schmittenhoehe. You have to get pretty close to the ridge to enter it. When you are close to the cloudbase, continue the next thermal over the Schmittenhoehe peak. | ||