Measurements of sailplane sink rates between thermals
Authors
Richard Johnson
The City College of the City University of New York
Keywords:
Meteorology, Training
Abstract
How strong are the average downdrafts encountered by a sailplane as it cruises from one thermal to the next?....... .....Our data show that a sailplane achieving an effective interthermal glide ratio of 20 or better has a high probability of reaching the next thermal with sufficient altitude to climb again....
Author Biography
Richard Johnson, The City College of the City University of New York
