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Welcome to Learn2Soar
Your first step is to take an introductory flight in a sailplane. That flight will introduce you to a world you have never known. And it is so exciting that you will want to explore it, to learn more...
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Welcome to Learn2Soar
To fly as the hawk and eagle has been mankind's dream for centuries. Modern sailplanes make soaring flight possible, and with them humans can fly higher, faster, and farther than the greatest of birds...
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Glider Performance Airspeeds
An animated explanation of glider
polar curves and how they relate to performance airspeeds.
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Landing
LANDINGThe skill task most frequently failed on glider pilot
practical tests is AREA IV, TASK Q, NORMAL AND CROSSWIND LANDING. It involves
demonstrating the ability to touch down at a predetermined ...
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Welcome to Learn2Soar
500 kg
Assembly / disassembly is different. The front spars are vertical pins and checked in preflight by pulling on the wing fairing so that the securing safety pin is visible. The drag spar pin is ...
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Welcome to Learn2Soar
THE TOWS:
Launching a sailplane is done with the use of some outside energy.
There are two predominant means of launching a sailplane:
aerotow and ground launch .
AEROTOW:
Aerotow inv...