Monthly Archives: July 2023
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July 27, 2023
We start our soaring career with training flights, where the duration is rarely longer than an hour long and our early solo flights are usually less than 2hrs. Fortunately for these flights, being hydrated before take-off, having a good hat that won't scratch the canopy, and sunscreen on exposed body parts are all that you need. What will we need when flights start extending past these
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July 20, 2023Editor: Roy continues his discussion on After the Landout in this second part of the series.
The farm dog.
While I'm only about 50% successful in meeting farmers in land outs, I am about 80% successful
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July 13, 2023
As a soaring pilot, we are typically attracted to the fluffy clouds, ridges with wind blowing up them, and hot environments that are conducive to soaring. It’s a great challenge to always find hotter and more buoyant areas relative to others around them. But what about the areas to avoid, it’s not something that we talk about very often. So I’ll do my best to describe the areas we