1. Soaring 101 An Introduction to Soaring Flight Scott Alexander, Wolf River, TN

2. Fundamentals History Records Sport Gallery Outline

3. Fundamentals: Forces

4. Fundamentals: Performance Glide Ratio Forward/Down AirSpeed/SinkRate Lift/Drag

5. 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

6. Fundamentals: Controls Ailerons = Bank = Turn Elevator = Pitch = Speed Rudder = Yaw = Align Fuselage www.aerospaceweb.org/question/design/q0101.shtml

7. Fundamentals: lift Ridge Lift Thermals Wave Other www.abqsoaring.org/MoriartySoaring Mike Abernathy and Brian Resor

8. Fundamentals: Ridge lift http://carrier.csi.cam.ac.uk/forsterlewis/soaring/

9. Fundamentals: Ridge lift www.thefullwiki.org/Gliding

10. Fundamentals: Thermals www.aerospaceweb.org/question/nature/q0253.shtml

11. Flight Basics: Thermals

12. Fundamentals: Wave Lift www.aerospaceweb.org/question/nature/q0253.shtml

13. Fundamentals: Wave Lift http://vimeo.com/17233830

14. Fundamentals: Other Lift netchicken Barry Slade, Australia Morning Glory Gravity Waves

15. Fundamentals: Other Lift www.winningwind.com Sea Breeze Front

16. Fundamentals: Other Lift www.winningwind.com Sea Breeze Front marathi.wunderground.com

17. Fundamentals: launching Bungee Launch Ground Launch Aero Tow Launch www.scalesoaring.co.uk www.flyingpodcast.co.uk pernickexag.livejournal.com

18. Fundamentals: Self launching www.boonahgliding.com

19. Fundamentals: Self launching www.bornrich.com

20. Fundamentals: Landing Out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gliding

21. Fundamentals Basics History Records Sport Gallery Outline ijustwanttofly.com

22. Soaring History Earliest Gliders Wright Brothers Versailles Treaty World War II Post War Post 1969 Otto Lilienthal quest.arc.nasa.gov

23. Soaring History Earliest Gliders Wright Brothers Versailles Treaty World War II Post War Post 1969 www.aerofiles.com

24. Soaring History Earliest Gliders Wright Brothers Versailles Treaty World War II Post War Post 1969 www.scalesoaring.co.uk www.601st-615th-acw.org

25. Soaring History Earliest Gliders Wright Brothers Versailles Treaty World War II Post War Post 1969 www.fiddlersgreen.net

26. Soaring History Earliest Gliders Wright Brothers Versailles Treaty World War II Post War Post 1969 Horton IV www.fiddlersgreen.net

27. Soaring History Earliest Gliders Wright Brothers Versailles Treaty World War II Post War Post 1969 Horton IV www.fiddlersgreen.net

28. Soaring History Earliest Gliders Wright Brothers Versailles Treaty World War II Post War Post 1969 Wood, Metal, Fabric Construction www.fiddlersgreen.net

29. 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

30. Fundamentals Basics History Records Sport Gallery Outline www.museumofflight.org

31. Soaring Records: Altitude Steve Fossett: 50,671 ft (2010, Wave) www.museumofflight.org www.inyokernairport.com

32. Soaring Records: Distance Klaus Ohlmann: 1,870 mi (2011, Wave)

33. Soaring Records: Duration *Duration records no longer kept, too dangerous. Charles Atger: 56:15* (1952, France) http://sportslife7.blogspot.com

34. Soaring Records: Glide Ratio Eta Glider: 72:1

35. Fundamentals Basics History Records Sport Gallery Outline www.seattlepi.com

36. Soaring Sport Training (dual) Solo Soaring Private License Local Soaring Cross-Country Records Competition www.womensoaring.org

37. Fundamentals Basics History Records Sport Gallery Outline Coleen Koenig

38. Ground Handling

39. Launch Grid

40. Waiting My Turn

41. Ground Crew

42. Preparing for launch

43. Ground Roll

44. On Tow

45. Oops!

46. Camaraderie

47. Helena Bridge

48. Marks, MS

49. Sharing a Thermal

50. Joining the Thermal

51. Cockpit View

52. Land Out

53. A Sport For Families

54. A Sport For Women

55. A Sport For Men

56. Video Clip from Competition Flight

57. Further Reading Richard Lancaster, Principles Of Glider Flight: www.carrotworks.com/documents/PrinciplesOfGliderFlight-LiftDragPerformance.pdf Glider Flying Manual: http://store.ssa.org/cgi/display.cgi?item_num=802450 Mississippi State University Soaring Club: www.ae.msstate.edu/~msugclub/ Memphis Soaring Society: www.memphis-soaring.org

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