Thermal Flying
Thermal Flying: For Paraglider and Hang Glider Pilots
By Burkhard Martens
A detailed guide to thermal flying for hang gliding and paragliding, full of illustrationas and graphics, Thermal Flying is a a wealth of information on the many aspects of thermalling, with specific detail to alpine flying.
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Thermal Flying is written by Burkhard Martens, a passionate paragliding Instructor and hang gliding pilot. Includes detailed information on every area of thermal flying, such as lift distribution in thermals, windward and leeside thermals and is packed with tips for successful thermal flying. Thermal Flying is filled with great photos and illustrations, which really lighten up the reading load. Thermal Flying aims to equip the reader with more understanding and knowledge to improve your cross country flying and, most importantly, to increase your safety when flying.
Chapters:
- Thermals
- Thermal Generators and Triggers
- Thermal Related Issues
- Clouds
- Clouds and Weather
- Thermal Centering Techniques
- Valley Winds, The Important Wind System
- Soaring
- The Temperature Gradient
- Need-to-know
- Bruce Goldsmith: Hints and Tricks
"A picture tells a thousand words." What sets this book apart, is the stacks of full colour images and graphics to practically beat thermalling concepts in the reader's brain. It's not cheap as it's out of Europe, but it's worth putting in the library.
