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    Efficient Gaggling

    June 02, 2022

    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

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