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  1. Thermalling

    Ever Diminishing Circles

    December 22, 2021

    A pilot can train and safely fly to solo standard without learning to circle. Sure, he can turn the glider, and if the thermals are huge he can wander around in them and go up a bit. But this isn't good enough to make progress in the sport of cross country soaring. And pilots that don't make progress are likely to give it up.

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