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Understand Approaching and Landing in paragliding

Understand Approaching and Landing in paragliding
How to approach to the landing field in paragliding Let's now consider the last stage of any flight: the landing. The landing involves two phases: the approach pattern, or simply called the approach, and the final, which is the last leg of the approach before landing. An approach pattern allows you to better position yourself…
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Understand Ridge Soaring

Understand Ridge Soaring
Ridge soaring In another post, we have talked about the thermal lift. We know that the origins of thermals are linked to contrast of temperature. Nevertheless, when it comes to mountains, paraglider pilots can also use phenomenons associated to the wind. Let's talk about one of them: ridge soaring. Ridge soaring is really simple to…
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Understand the thermal lift

Understand the thermal lift
The thermal lift Glider pilots (these include also paraglider and hang glider pilots) use different types of lift. Today we will discover one of them: The thermal lift. The Earth's surface is far from being the same everywhere: It is composed of forests, fields, cities, lakes or other types of surfaces that do not react…
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