On Monday, August 6, 2018 at 1:30:08 AM UTC-7, Peter F wrote:
You can't buy talent but you can buy span



At 14:47 05 August 2018, Jonathan St. Cloud wrote:
On Sunday, August 5, 2018 at 6:54:49 AM UTC-7,
wrote:
Check these 2 Czech pilots flying an EB 29R and the other a JS1C, with
identical start and finish time.
I can't compaere their traces.
Did the long wing glider sacrifice to help the shorter wing glider ?
Dan

Perhaps as two they are strong than as one. I see the long wingers have
the top three spots, just as it should be

Former long wing driver


You can buy performance, but it takes finesse, skill, knowledge to fly a long winger. Where they shine is one can effectively dolphin fly and when you have 20-30 miles to go glide to get to the next lift source, the long wingers can reach out.