Presentations and documents on getting started in cross-country flying and improving your cross-country flying skills
This presentation produced by Jerzy Szemplinski offers an insight into the strategic decisions pilots make to optimize their speed.
Written by Steve Hill, Soaring Philosophy 101 offers you some basic tools to help you align your thought processes in a manner conducive to achieving a Silver badge cross-country flight.
Written by Joerg Stieber, this document will help you understand the strategic decisions top pilots consider in improving their cross-country speed. Â
Read this to learn how to analyze information provided by flight recorders, which are great for proving flights have been completed for the purpose of competitions and badges.
There comes a time that you want to fly a little bit faster. This report by John Cochrane will help illuminate some small difference in pilot technique that make a significant difference for speed.
This handy booklet written by Kai Gertsen reviews the practical aspects of cross-country soaring for the aspiring cross-country pilot. As the same techniques apply to contest flying, this material is also helpful for those intending to join the world of competitive soaring.
Sooner or later, you are going to land out. Read this report to learn what you need to know to land out safely and with style.
Understanding the weather is the prerequisite to reaching your soaring goals. This report, written by Joerg Stieber, will introduce you to the basic concepts you need to know and why they will matter to you.
This document contains a list of web-based weather resources and explains how to interpret the data they report.
Kai Gertsen provides invaluable insights on how to avoid accidents during off-airport landings in this training manual.
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