London Gliding Club
weather
The sky is covered in markers, large white clouds showing approximately where the lift is. With practice the best clouds, and the best routes between them can be identified - there really are highways in the sky!
Perhaps the most amazing thing about gliding is being amongst the energy in the atmosphere! A strong thermal can lift your glider vertically at 10 miles an hour - the same speed as a fast elevator. Rather than the rough turbulance you might associate with passenger jets, flying in the core of these thermals can be suprisingly comfortable.
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gliders use rising air to stay aloft.
Cumulus clouds often indicate the top of the rising air, helping glider pilots find lift
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gliders use rising air to stay aloft.
Cumulus clouds often indicate the top of the rising air, helping glider pilots find lift
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on windy days clouds tend to form in streets aligned with the wind.
A glider can run along the length of the street for hundreds of miles
constantly topping up in the lift
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on windy days clouds tend to form in streets aligned with the wind.
A glider can run along the length of the street for hundreds of miles
constantly topping up in the lift
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Fronts are changes in airmass, they have a huge impact on gliding weather
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Fronts are changes in airmass, they have a huge impact on gliding weather
Contact Us & Location
London Sailplanes Ltd, Trading as the London Gliding Club.
Tring Road, Dunstable, Bedfordshire, LU6 2JP. Office 01582 663 419
Tring Road, Dunstable, Bedfordshire, LU6 2JP. Office 01582 663 419
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