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The Soaring Engine, volume 1
THE SOARING ENGINE series explains how the sun, wind and terrain combine to produce rising air for the soaring pilot to exploit.
In this volume you will see how the wind flows over and around hills, ridges and mountains, how thermals form and evolve, the patterns that ridge and thermal activity create in the air and how to use the lift produced both in flat terrain and in mountains.
Illustrated with clear, simple diagrams, this book is a primer for soaring pilots flying anything from a paraglider to high performance sailplanes.
In this volume you will see how the wind flows over and around hills, ridges and mountains, how thermals form and evolve, the patterns that ridge and thermal activity create in the air and how to use the lift produced both in flat terrain and in mountains.
Illustrated with clear, simple diagrams, this book is a primer for soaring pilots flying anything from a paraglider to high performance sailplanes.
154 pages, Paperback
Published March 1, 2014
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November 8, 2018
Glider pilot must read!
This is the way all textbooks shoud be written. G. Dale explains the techniques of the art of gliding with such a ease.
This is the way all textbooks shoud be written. G. Dale explains the techniques of the art of gliding with such a ease.
September 6, 2020
Great diagrams which makes it easy to understand the concepts delivered by G Dale.
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