Thread: Which bird thermals the best?
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Old November 15th 10, 04:08 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
John Smith
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Default Which bird thermals the best?
Frank Whiteley wrote:
White Storks. Although they can only fly about 30 miles on the flap,
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Impressive glide also.

But as research has shown, they have no clue of the McCready theory:
http://infonet.vogelwarte.ch/upload/00544921.pdf