low save
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- May 20, 2026
One of the most useful lessons in cross-country soaring is surprisingly simple: when you get low, stop thinking like a pilot and start thinking like the landscape!
Every soaring pilot eventually faces the same uncomfortable moment. The thermals disappear, the variometer falls silent, and the ground begins to look much closer than expected. One could argue that this is exactly when discipline and observation
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- September 25, 2019
It’s like a fishing story; it was this big… There I was at 200ft, or whatever someone claims to have been. First of all, most of the low saves were not as low as someone claimed, and it gets lower with each telling of the story. But when the new guy hears 200ft and thinks that’s normal and feels his flying is overly cautious when he gives up at 400ft. We encourage this behavior, the scores encourage