Thread: Ridge Soaring?
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Old January 30th 11, 08:47 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
John Cochrane[_2_]
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Default Ridge Soaring?

On Jan 30, 2:37*pm, jcarlyle wrote:
If you're willing to travel, I recommend the most famous US site -
Ridge Soaring in Julian, PA. Tom Knauff and Doris Grove have a great
reputation in the soaring community, and will set you safely on the
right course. And I can vouch from experience that you won't forget
any day get the chance to fly along the Appalachian ridges when the
wind is higher than 15 kt from 310!

-John


For any ridge flying, google earth is a tremendous resource. Look up
the common routes, then "fly" them in the comfort of your lounge
chair. It helps enormously with orientation and gap-crossing when the
time comes to do it for real. You can even scout for fields.

John Cochrane