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  1. Gaggle

    Joining a Gaggle

    June 17, 2021

    A necessary skill of soaring is being able to thermal efficiently in the company of other gliders, sometimes there is only one thermal within your glide range, otherwise, the alternative is to land. Quite often on blue days, the best thermals will be marked by others, if you are to avoid these thermals, you’ll give yourself a handicap.  This article aims to introduce how I enter a thermal with

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