Soaring Cross Country
Authors: Ed Byars and Bill Holbrook
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Book, Hard Cover, 192 pages, dozens of excellent black and white photos
and illustrations
Copyright 1972
Dimensions: 5.71 x 9.0 x 0.83 inches (145 x 228 x 21 mm)
This is an excellent overview of cross-country soaring skills
techniques. Since it was published in 1974 some of the information
about available gliders and instruments is a bit dated, but since most
of the gliders mentioned are still good values as used gliders it is
interesting reading. This was the era of the Nimbus II, Cirrus,
Libelle, and Schweizer 1-35.Table
of Contents
- The Sport - How to Appreciate it
- Pre-flight preparation for soaring
cross-country
- Soaring Weather Analysis
- Task Selection
- In-Flight Decisions
- Landing Away
- Crewing
- Contest Soaring and Records
- Instruments and Equipment
- Sailplane Selection
- FAA-FAR-FAI
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