Meteorological navigation of alpine long-distance soaring flights
Authors
H. Leykauf
The City College of the City University of New York
Keywords:
Meteorology, Training
Abstract
The experience gained during the past years by the meteorological evaluation of data of alpine goal and return flights have shown that a further improvement of the forecasts and flight performances can be attained by applying statistical and empirical relations.... ...Procedures are included for forecasting the meteorological parameters which are primarily affecting the flight planning and performance...
Author Biography
H. Leykauf, The City College of the City University of New York