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  1. Cross Country Strategy Cloud Street

    Improving Cross-Country Decisions

    July 23, 2020

    When we are flying cross-country, the picture as we look ahead is packed with potentially useful information to help us decide where to point the glider. 
    While a fat cumulus cloud lying bang on track might seem the obvious place to go, that will not always be the best decision. If a hard right avoids that beautiful well developed cloud, but takes you to a cloud street that runs for 100km and

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