Monthly Archives: September 2021
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September 30, 2021
In these articles I have avoided reference to specific times of the day - because so much can depend on a particular day, how far east or west you are in your time zone, and what time of year it is. In this section of the article, I define “late in the day” as whatever period your achieved climbs are beginning to trend down in strength because of lower surface heating. As this occurs you have to make
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September 22, 2021
Congratulations! You've just bought a new, or new to you glider, it's an exciting time in your life. All you want to do is put those wings on & go fly it, in all reality, there's nothing wrong with that, but I feel it's better to get all the ground systems in place first. I feel that flying is the easy part, generally, this is not where the problems or damage arises. So where does it?
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September 16, 2021
Mitigating Risk by Course Selection
One of the biggest impediments to an early start on a good day is the risk that we will start too early, land out in the first hour or so, and ruin what would otherwise be a great soaring day. Fortunately, there is a technique of task layout that manages this risk very well. It involves planning a task with a short run opposite
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September 09, 2021
Falling in love with gliding may happen on your first flight, your first solo, once you’ve really started to grasp its beauty in all its incredible facets, the learning really starts to accelerate. One thing is for sure, once you do discover this, there’s no going back. It’s an inspiring sport, one of beauty, freedom, joy, and inspiration. Once this develops, your thirst for knowledge
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September 02, 2021
Part I: Getting an Early Start
I got a lot of positive feedback on the articles about flying in special circumstances (under an overcast and flying in the blue), so I thought some XC pilot readers might appreciate a few ideas on other XC circumstances that don’t get a lot of articles or written discussion. So what follows is a two-part article with the first part