WAC vs Sectional

wrote

I think the glider cross country distance record of some 700+ miles,
if I'm not mistaken, was flown at no more than 400' agl or so.

OK, I'll bite! What kind of flight/ circumstances allow a glider to travel
that distance, at that low level?
--
Jim in NC

Morgans wrote:

wrote

I think the glider cross country distance record of some 700+ miles,
if I'm not mistaken, was flown at no more than 400' agl or so.

OK, I'll bite! What kind of flight/ circumstances allow a glider to travel
that distance, at that low level?

The flight started on a ridge of the Appalachians. The pilot followed the ridges
down to Tennessee, staying on the western side about 50' AGL. That way he stayed
in a constant updraft. The article I read said the turbulence was brutal.

George Patterson
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"George Patterson" wrote

The flight started on a ridge of the Appalachians. The pilot followed the
ridges
down to Tennessee, staying on the western side about 50' AGL. That way he
stayed
in a constant updraft. The article I read said the turbulence was brutal.

I suspected that. I bet he was higher than 400 feet, at times, and well
above 50 almost all the time. Steepness in places at that altitude would
have put a wing into a mountain!
--
Jim in NC