weather
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October 17, 2024
Preparing and gaining local knowledge are key to a successful flight when flying at a new site. Every site has unique challenges, weather patterns, and local rules that may differ from those you’re accustomed to. Consulting experienced pilots is one of the best ways to ensure a safe and enjoyable flight. Here’s what you should consider and what questions to ask.
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April 11, 2024
SkySight is an interactive gliding forecasting tool. It combines the latest modeling technologies with an intuitive user interface, to provide high-resolution soaring forecasts and powerful flight planning tools. Simon interviews SkySight's founder Matthew Scutter posing 5 questions on recent developments.
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August 24, 2023
I’m writing to you from Uvalde, TX. What a wonderful country you all have, so far we’ve experienced lovely hospitality and conditions, plus of course much much more! One of the key factors to our success so far has been that we’ve had the right start strategy, though on one day I have to admit that we got it wrong, after starting right! In this article, I hope to talk about
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December 17, 2020
Prior Preparation Prevents Poor Performance, SkySight is the tool that I use for this. A beautifully thought out & well-developed weather forecasting web-based application put together by Australian, Matthew Scutter. With excellent customer service & constant development,
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June 15, 2017
I would be lying if I said your first cross country will be totally relaxed. Actually, if you are not a little scared you are probably doing something wrong. The below topics are what I have my students do when they come to be.
Of course, you have read all you can on cross-country flying, tactics, and weather.
I would use a mentor and the OLC to get a good idea for your first task.