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  1. Safety Margin Gaggle

    Safely Entering the Gaggle

    August 24, 2017

    Do not be intimidated. With new students, there is one glider circling and they want to run the other way, while I am telling them to aim for the glider. Visualize their circle and merge into it just as you would merge onto the freeway. The concept is the same with 1 glider or 50.

    However, 50 leads to other problems. It can get very inefficient and hard to get away from once you have joined.

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