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• Introduction to Soaring
  ...indicates climbs and descents. Occasionally reliable thermals can be found in the exhaust gases from power stations or from fires. ...ng cloud streets. These can allow the pilot to fly straight while climbing in continuous lift.
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• Varsity
  ...per 100 ft, and then to land before the 50 minutes are up as there is then a deduction of 6 points per minute. Flights which receive no points for time ...-blue if they are holding a BGA Silver certificate, or if they are holding a BGA Bronze certificate and fly the highest-scoring soaring flight on any gi
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• Post-solo training
  ==== Exercise 15c: Wave ==== ''See also: [[Introduction to Soaring#Wave lift]]''
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• No place like … Aboyne
  ''(…) then the pilot will discover that there is another way to fly a glider, another dimension, and the doors will open to big flights, to his g ...two weeks in a premier UK wave flying site – Deeside Gliding Club (DGC) in Aboyne.
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• Some notes from the CGC Bronze course
  ...]] took at the 2019 CGC Bronze Theory course. They are not the syllabus or a textbook; if you want to take the exam, read ''Bronze and Beyond''<ref>[htt #* also covers handheld backup used in cockpit
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• Pressure, Atmosphere and Instrumentation
  ...sure as relevant to gliding. We shall then discuss how the pressure varies in the atmosphere, and the implications of this on the functioning of pressure ...of mathematical understanding (if any) is necessary. You do not need to be a physicist or engineer to fly gliders.
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