Lennox Head

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On a three month trip to Australia [from Manitoba], my goal was to buy a hang glider and fly around the country enjoying the flying season. One of my stops was in the small town of Lennox Head in New South Wales.

Barometric pressure altitude

I've written a bit about the issues of height restrictions, GPS and barometric altitude measurements. See here.

Dam old Garmins. For some reason my 76S won't download properly for Davis. Therefore I'm relying on my Garmin 12 for a scored track log. On old Garmin 12's, they're 13 seconds off on their "atomic clock." I'm loosing 13 seconds on my goal arrival time. Normally it wouldn't be a big deal, but I'm racing in with other pilots in close proximity.

I came in 5 seconds behind Dustin on the 215 mile day. The data shows an 18 second difference. Yesterday, I came in stacked with Shapiro, two seconds apart. The data will show 15 seconds.

Impressions of Garmin Forerunner 205 - One of my multipurpose GPSes gave up the ghost recently, and I picked up the Garmin Forerunner 205 as a possible replacement. Here are some comments based on my week with the device: