North America · California, USA
Ed Levin
v1.0 · BETA
About
Ed Levin is an ideal site for hang gliding and paragliding at all skill levels. It contains a wide variety of launch areas at differing elevations, a large, clear, level landing area, and prevailing wind/weather conditions that are ideally suited to safe and relaxed hang gliding and paragliding. Signs are posted at the site to provide information regarding the various launches and other site features. Four launch areas: 1750' (top), 600', 300', 50' (training hill) All of the launches at Ed Levin are grassy slopes. Most have an excellent angle for encouraging great launches. There are no trees or other obstructions at launch, nor are there any significant upwind obstacles to create nasty rotors when launching into recommended wind directions.
Launch Points (3)
100 foot launch
Many a first high flight right here
1700 ft launch
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600 feet
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Landing Zones (1)
Ed Levin LZ
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Flying Conditions
Has 3 different launch points. The best wind direction is 0 @ 0 knts but many sites can be flown from multiple directions, so check before you fly. You can expect to find: thermal conditions ridge soaring conditions , all dependent on current weather conditions.
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Location
- Latitude
- 37.475604
- Longitude
- -121.861225
- Altitude
- 706 m / 2,318 ft
- Time Zone
- Pacific Daylight Time
Conditions
- Min Hang Rating
- H1
- Best Wind Dir
- N (0°)
- Weather Station
- KSJC
Chase the Wind
Nearest weather station to Ed Levin. Select any row to see which launches are in wind, then set your MSFS world clock to that UTC time.
San Jose Intl Arpt, CA, US
13:13 UTC
14 km from site
Wind
NW 320°
8 kt
Ceiling
FEW 0 ft
10+ sm vis
NW 320° · 8 kt · 13:13 UTC
Select a time to check launches
Jan 21
Weather at , 14 km from Ed Levin. Mountain conditions may differ — this is a clue, not a forecast. Adjust sim time on site until conditions feel right.