Sailplane & Gliding 1966 - Lakes Gliding Club

"A.h, bwt lift in clowds is much bigger
and you don't have to bother to circle."
You're certainly rising to the occasion
with the explanations.
"You mean we'll go up and up and
up?"
"No. Not at all. Lift rarely goes above
six or seven thousand feet in :his country."
Except in storms-and cold fronts.
the forecas.t had said something about
oOe crossing the country. 4,800 it. "Look.
we're nearly 5,000 ft. From this height
we can glide a distance of 12 10 15
miles before hitting the deck-er-Ianding."
"Why do you make the glider go sort
of up and down like a roller-coaster~"
is her next question, undoubtedly referring
to the fugoids of ever increasing
amplitude,
"Because--becaus.e the lift is strilnger
in some p,laces than others. Like waves
on the sea." You can't say "The glider's
doing it, not me", implying lack ilf
control.
"Oh, Whoops! What was that?"
stick over, you must have straightened
Ollt from the turn you'd alr,eady been
in, unknown to yourself. You must have
flown through to the back of the front
and entered the dramatic cfearance the
met. boys are always babbling about, but
which never happens in practice.
The passenger is delighted, full of
"Oooh's" and "Aaah's", and "Isn't it
lovely". You smile, "This is one of the
most rewarding experiences in gliding"
(and some!) and silently wish she'd shut
up while you try and find out where the
bloody hell the wind has taken you.
25 knots on the ground. 35 or more at
this height (2,800 ft, and a steady three
feet ,per second down). Lot of houses
underne.ath. Is that a big main mad
there? The M I? Looks rather like it.
That lot of houses mtls.t be Dunstable,
and that would be the hill ov