Monthly Archives: June 2022

Thermals are certainly strange creatures.  One day they can be big, round, and smooth, the next they’ll be tight with multiple cores, the next day, there will be sink in the area that was constantly lifting the day before!  This can bring frustration, but also lots of satisfaction when we start to build up our experience and start to be able to harness mother natures energy to our advantage.

I have no idea why, but it’s often spoken about that the distance between the good thermals seemingly appears to be related to the depth of convection.  I say that again, the depth of convection.  This is from the ground level to the top of the cloud base, not the commonly perceived, base of the clouds which is the condensation level.  Typically, if we work on an approximation

I've been flying with LXNAV's new HAWK vario system. To explain really quickly, it isn't a Total Energy vario. It works like this: if you can model the performance of the glider, and you can keep track of the attitude and airspeed, then you know

One of the best things that can happen to us whilst we are climbing, is to be joined by another glider. Better again if it’s a similar type as the one we are flying, and a pilot of a similar or better standard than ourselves.  This rings true when both pilots know how to take advantage of one another, and can see each other all the time. Why is this true? Because we are able to compare our