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Soaring – Chess in the Air

Soaring – Chess in the Air

A Glider Pilot Learns to Play Mother Nature

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    • Boulder, Colorado
      • Flight Preparation
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      • Colorado Waypoint Files
      • Boulder GlidePlan Map 1:27
      • Launching from Boulder
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      • Groundbreaking Flights
      • Boulder Triangles
      • Colorado 1000+ km Flights
      • Colorado Outlanding Fields
        • Fields Overview
        • Field Evaluation Criteria
        • Caribou Springs Trail
        • Yellowstone Road
        • E of Dry Creek Reservoir
        • Lazy W (Pvt)
        • 2 NW of Lake Loveland
        • Christman Field (Pvt)
        • Horse Farm
        • Buckeye Fields
        • Cherokee Park Road / 287
        • The Buttes
        • Pahlow Field
        • Brubaker Lane
        • Sand Creek Road
        • Laramie River Valley Farm
      • The Colorado Fourteener Challenge – One Of Soaring’s Greatest Adventures
      • Condor Exercises
    • Albert Lea, MN
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  • Lift Sources
    • Ridge
      • What Is Ridge Lift?
      • What Conditions Produce Good Ridge Lift?
      • Why Is There Wind Anyway?
      • Direction And Strength Of The Wind
      • How Do I Fly In Ridge Lift?
      • X-Country In Ridge Lift
      • Risks And Risk Mitigation
      • Forecasting Ridge Conditions
    • Thermals
    • Convergence
    • Wave
      • What is Wave?
      • What Triggers Waves?
      • How Can I “See” Wave?
      • How Do Wave and Thermals Interfere?
      • How Do I Get Into Wave?
      • How Do I Fly in Wave?
      • How Do I Fly XC in Wave?
      • What Are The Risks?
      • How Can I Forecast Wave?
  • Safety
    • Soaring Risks and Risk Mitigation
    • Passenger Briefing
    • Emergency and Land-Out Equipment
    • Landing Out
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