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Staying in the Air - Improving Your Thermalling Skills

Cross-Country. PGC. Soaring Seminar. Staying in the Air - Improving Your Thermalling Skills Prerequisite climbing skills for sustained X-C flight; How to find lift, centering thermals, wind effects, when to leave a thermal. Getting low and digging out. Prelude to Getting Away -

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Staying in the Air - Improving Your Thermalling Skills

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  1. Cross-Country PGC Soaring Seminar Staying in the Air - Improving Your Thermalling Skills Prerequisite climbing skills for sustained X-C flight; How to find lift, centering thermals, wind effects, when to leave a thermal. Getting low and digging out. Prelude to Getting Away - Flying Local Triangles The first steps in leaving home base, how to safely and incrementally step out toward X-C flight. Combining basic thermalling skill with X-C judgment to stay in the air. Flying the appropriate altitude band for the day. Dealing with wind, off-course clouds, and blue days. Stepping Out with Confidence - Off-Field Landings To fly cross-country safely and with confidence, off-field landing skills are a requirement. Overview of what you need to know about non-airport landings. Soaring Weather - Determining the Right Conditions How to use available weather resources to determine when conditions look promising. Using soaring forecasts to help plan your flight, and anticipate how the weather will develop during the day. Basic Navigation – On Course and Vertical Profiles How to get from here to there on your first X-C attempts. Using an inexpensive handheld GPS to reduce stress and make better judgments. Planning Your First Silver Distance Flight Develop actual flight plans from PGC to Morgantown and Blairstown for your first silver distance flight. Preparing for FAI paperwork and flight recording. April 18, 2009 9:00 AM- PGC Clubhouse

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