Soaring 101 An Introduction to Soaring Flight Scott Alexander, Wolf River, TN
Fundamentals History Records Sport Gallery Outline
Fundamentals: Forces
Fundamentals: Performance Glide Ratio Forward/Down AirSpeed/SinkRate Lift/Drag
Fundamentals: Energy No engine No energy in fuel tank Altitude = potential energy Air Speed = kinetic energy Drag force saps energy (altitude) Always sinking relative to the air Rising air lifts the glider - "fuels it up" Must harvest energy where you find it
Fundamentals: Controls Ailerons = Bank = Turn Elevator = Pitch = Speed Rudder = Yaw = Align Fuselage
Fundamentals: lift Ridge Lift Thermals Wave Other Mike Abernathy and Brian Resor
Fundamentals: Ridge lift
Fundamentals: Ridge lift
Fundamentals: Thermals
Flight Basics: Thermals
Fundamentals: Wave Lift
Fundamentals: Wave Lift
Fundamentals: Other Lift netchicken Barry Slade, Australia Morning Glory Gravity Waves
Fundamentals: Other Lift Sea Breeze Front
Fundamentals: Other Lift Sea Breeze Front marathi.wunderground.com
Fundamentals: launching Bungee Launch Ground Launch Aero Tow Launch pernickexag.livejournal.com
Fundamentals: Self launching
Fundamentals: Self launching
Fundamentals: Landing Out
Fundamentals Basics History Records Sport Gallery Outline ijustwanttofly.com
Soaring History Earliest Gliders Wright Brothers Versailles Treaty World War II Post War Post 1969 Otto Lilienthal quest.arc.nasa.gov
Soaring History Earliest Gliders Wright Brothers Versailles Treaty World War II Post War Post
Soaring History Earliest Gliders Wright Brothers Versailles Treaty World War II Post War Post
Soaring History Earliest Gliders Wright Brothers Versailles Treaty World War II Post War Post
Soaring History Earliest Gliders Wright Brothers Versailles Treaty World War II Post War Post 1969 Horton IV
Soaring History Earliest Gliders Wright Brothers Versailles Treaty World War II Post War Post 1969 Horton IV
Soaring History Earliest Gliders Wright Brothers Versailles Treaty World War II Post War Post 1969 Wood, Metal, Fabric Construction
Soaring History Earliest Gliders Wright Brothers Versailles Treaty World War II Post War Post 1969 Composite Construction Glide Ratios > 40:1 Scott Alexander, Wolf River, TN
Fundamentals Basics History Records Sport Gallery Outline
Soaring Records: Altitude Steve Fossett: 50,671 ft (2010, Wave)
Soaring Records: Distance Klaus Ohlmann: 1,870 mi (2011, Wave)
Soaring Records: Duration *Duration records no longer kept, too dangerous. Charles Atger: 56:15* (1952, France)
Soaring Records: Glide Ratio Eta Glider: 72:1
Fundamentals Basics History Records Sport Gallery Outline
Soaring Sport Training (dual) Solo Soaring Private License Local Soaring Cross-Country Records Competition
Fundamentals Basics History Records Sport Gallery Outline Coleen Koenig
Ground Handling
Launch Grid
Waiting My Turn
Ground Crew
Preparing for launch
Ground Roll
On Tow
Oops!
Camaraderie
Helena Bridge
Marks, MS
Sharing a Thermal
Joining the Thermal
Cockpit View
Land Out
A Sport For Families
A Sport For Women
A Sport For Men
Video Clip from Competition Flight
Further Reading Richard Lancaster, Principles Of Glider Flight: Glider Flying Manual: Mississippi State University Soaring Club: Memphis Soaring Society:
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