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About me: ...without a doubt. Initially flew an Airborne "Buzzard" with later upgrades to an Airborne Edge and now, an Airborne XT912 Arrow. I fear thermals - probably due to being a fo...
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- ...p;cold country, but the sun is warming it and a strong thermal activity are uncomfortable. Summer = hot days = strong thermal. Autumn is nice. The country...activity isnt very strong. But Winter is nice too. No thermal activity, but you can to hear...
- ...got suppressed (probably by a thermal breaking off in front of us)...- but I figured regarding the thermal, if you can't beat-em, jo...rike around and we caught the thermal for 850+ feet per minute up f...n 2 gallons in that thing, no thermalling-- pretty damn efficient I...
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- These midday desert tows were the rowdiest I'd ever been on - a complete roller coaster !! ;)
- I followed this ridge, riding thermal lift all the way to the top of the pyramid again.
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- ...I fought with air. I landed there very happy, but absolutely exhausted. My friends were more clever than me and they came some hours later, when thermal wasn't strong....
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- ...y ignorant passenger. M: When? I: Mid-day when there are thermals, wind and not so easy air....7kts SE, two touch'n'gos at the local bitumen runway, and some thermal activity later... all d...
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- ...; You take off and get hammered by what feels to you to be the biggest thermal the world has ever experience...ke calm conditions on the ground. The pilot found himself in big thermals and just wanted to get back...
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- ...only one here who is not entirely comfortable flying in Turbulence and Thermal activity. (despite the fact t...ut I am curious to find out that how do you fly through Turbulence and Thermal activity. And how exactly hav...
- ...ndation "Delorme Inreach" a PLB (Personal Locator Beacon) GPS tracker that allows two way text messaging. How about a tent, tie downs, thermal blanket, knife etc? ...
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- ...e aranging a few out of the way private air ports for us to exsplore. I think there will be some great options for all of us including some great thermal and ridge soaring and x...
- ...lton Sea: • Smooth lake air, desert sun and all day flying at almost 200 ft below sea level!!• A steady off lake breeze making all day thermal-free flying possible.• L...
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- I wanted to fly with my father visit our friends to another airport. Spring thermal is strong, I know it plus a little wind. But what awaited us there at 3:00pm was unexpected... I was completely sweaty... We were sitting for a nonalcoholic beer and flew again two hours later.
- Cross wind, thermal, stall and recovery and relax :)
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ButtonWillow Reconnaissance Flight
Around the pattern and landing at ButtonWillow- it was prettier than suggested by google satellite view-- granted, it is still "Stark" as Ken says!! ;) But that's the fun of camping, getting away from it all, focussing on friends and flying-- no distractionsTags: ButtonWillow, Soaring a Big Trike, Thermal
Beautiful Movie Flying Hang Gliders across the Alps
http://www.servustv.com/cs/Satellite/Article/Faszination-Heimat-011259524198246 The cinematography is stunning, but the film is all in German language. Very cool to watch though. some cool stuff starting at 40 minutes too, and a surprise ending.Tags: Hang Glider, Alps, Soaring, water skimming, Glide Ratio, Thermal
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