Enjoy the sunset

Sunsets like this can only be experienced on a few days in Bitterwasser. Not that they are so rare. Rather, the pilots only come down after the sun has descended. So enjoying the sunset is only possible on the break days.

Landing is usually only done after sun set, especially when a stronger westerly wind is blowing and landing direction 27 applies. Landing into the sun is not advisable. It's a good reason to make the most of the day with the 15 minutes until dusk ends. It's not difficult. Hitting a 2-meter thermal 45 minutes before sunset, in which you can circle up to the base in 3000 meters above ground is not so rare. But then you have the luxury problem of getting back down quickly enough before night comes.
And when the majority of the gliders come in after sunset, the Bitterwasser pan plays its great advantage. At a width of almost two kilometers, it picks up the landing gliders. There is no need for stress in the cockpit.

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Looking forward to the season

On August 22, 2023, the first four gliders were loaded into the container in Waghäusel.

If not now - when then?

Arcus M just became free again in the best time. From 11.12.2023 to 31.12.2023.
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one of the last places in the container.
Bookings: hog@bitterwasser.com