A beginner's attempt at ridge soaring
Автор: Soar with Simon
Загружено: 2025-02-27
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Of all the types of soaring a budding pilot can attempt, I've found ridge soaring amongst the most challenging. Until yesterday, the longest I'd managed to stay in the air was about half an hour on the ridge.
This is mostly due the way I position the glider and how low I'm prepared to get before I head back home. The updrafts from wind blowing against the ridge work better when you're lower down.
As I'm not fully qualified, I'm not allowed out of glide range of the airfield for obvious reasons. If I were to get too low, I'd have to make an out-landing on an unprepared surface - which someone of my experience should avoid at all costs.
In this flight, I managed to stay up for over an hour. However, there was much to think about with other gliders were working the ridge with more experienced pilots. This five minutes documents probably the most eventful part of the flight.
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