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Old October 5th 13, 10:04 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Default What is magical about a 45 degree bank?

I see Herb is just as frustrated as I am that it's raining...

The magic of 45 degrees is that if you tell someone to thermal at 45, they'll probably thermal at 35 - 40 which is really the optimum most of the time, at least over the soggy midwest!

John Cochrane