31st FAI World Gliding Championship
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FLY SAFELY IN THERMALS!
In a pull-up think about your safety
from above and from behind
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Same distance covered
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B
Before turning, observe yourflight path carefully, as far as three quarters behind you
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NEVER CUT INTO ANOTHER GLIDER’S SPIRAL!
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Don’t forget the
Even if it doesn’t exempt you from looking outside the glider, it is a precious tool , not
just for you but for others too.
The other glider is 1000m in front of you
approaching at a speed of 300 km/h, i.e. impact
in 12 seconds!
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9DO YOU SEE A GLIDER?
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Entering a thermal too low and too close may lead to:
• A good place in the day’s results?• An few extra points?• A bit of a fright?• People whispering behind your back?• The LABEL « DANGEROUS PILOT »?• All that at the same time?
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At worst it might mean:
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In every gliding hand book!
The agreed standard!
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Competition traces – incorrect approaches
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Own decision?
If they go then I go
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Own decision?
If they go then I go
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Own decision?
If they go then I go
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Own decision?
If they go then I go
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Sometimes you are the only one to admire your manoeuvres
On the other hand,
the results are likely to surprise a great many!
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One day, one flight!22
Over several months, dozens of flights 2
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Over several years, hundreds of flights!24
In one life, thousands of flights!25
I made it!26
I made it again!27
Made it again - still no problem!28
And then one day You don’t make it.
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