Breaking the Apron Strings: Soaring Cross Country (Petmecky)

Price: $12.95

ID #: M508A

With more than 30,000 glider flights logged, retired FAA Designated Examiner and CFIG, Phil Petmecky, covers topics such as safe altitude circles, flight profiles, flight planning, navigation, speed-to-fly, altitude bands and MacCready ring settings. Fans of Helmut Reichmann’s cross country publications will be intrigued by Petmecky’s analysis, and suggestions for improvement, on Reichmann’s ideas about speed-to-fly. Approx. 52 pages, paperback.

Contents
The Gliding Mentor Series
Author's Notes
1. Safe Altitude Circles
2. Constructing A Flight Profile
3. Flight Documentation
4. Flight Bands And Speed-To-Fly
5. Selecting A Cross-Country Task
6. Polar Adjustments & Speed-To-Fly In Sink
7. Thermaling Techniques
8. Spacing Yourself In The Landing Pattern

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