Thermals for everybody-Suggestions for a co-operation of gliders, paragliders and hang gliders thermalling together

Abstract

The last few years have shown that pilots of hang gliders and paragliders have freed thehselves from soaring merely above slopes or ridges. They have conquered the low-lands and thermals on their cross-country flights as new but equal partners in the airspace. The numberof thermals, however, has not increased. Glider pilots will have to get used to sharing the same thermal with new and slower partners. It is quite obvious that problems will arise from this fact. And, whenever we want to solve such problems in a partnership, each partner must both be willing and be able to put himself in the position of the other one and to face the problem as the other sees it.