50 years of wave soaring adventure, research and challenge
Authors
Joachim Kuettner
The City College of the City University of New York
Keywords:
Meteorology, Atmospheric physics, Training
Abstract
Fifty-years ago, on 3 March 1933, the great soaring pioneer, Wolf Hirth, made the first wave soaring flight in Grunau, Germany.... .. While refinements in sailplane design and in the - already sophisticated - flight techniques may still bring small incremental improvements to thermal flight, wave soaring can be expected to produce a quantum jump in soaring performance. The time for such accomplishments is now.
Author Biography
Joachim Kuettner, The City College of the City University of New York