Best Soaring Book

I see Wolf Hirth's The Art of Soaring Flight mentioned a number of times. If you are reading it in English it was translated by a Naomi Heron-Maxwell. It is a bit different from the German because of her input and Doc Slater. The book about her flying is called Naomi the Aviatrix. More chick flick than how to soar so if you don't like it, re-gift it to the wife! https://sites.google.com/site/naomitheaviatrix/

In addition to those already mentioned, here are a few I've enjoyed:

Sierra Sierra by John Joss
Exploring the Monster by Robert F. Whelan
Soaring Beyond the Clouds by Bertha Ryan
Soaring by Peter Dixon
Stalking the Mountain Wave by Ursula Weis

Another which was extremely educational and I cannot remember the title or find it on my shelf is the anthology of the Soaring Symposium lectures.

On Saturday, January 23, 2016 at 8:43:03 AM UTC-5, Kevin Brooker wrote:

Another which was extremely educational and I cannot remember the title
or find it on my shelf is the anthology of the Soaring Symposium
lectures.

That's 'cause you loaned it to a buddy a couple years ago who still has it. You can have it back after I read it again :-).

-T8

At 14:56 23 January 2016, Tango Eight wrote:
On Saturday, January 23, 2016 at 8:43:03 AM UTC-5, Kevin Brooker
wrote:

Another which was extremely educational and I cannot remember
the title
or find it on my shelf is the anthology of the Soaring Symposium
lectures.

That's 'cause you loaned it to a buddy a couple years ago who still
has it.
You can have it back after I read it again :-).

-T8



http://www.lakesgc.co.uk/

Click on old gliding books - you'll find a few to keep you going.

On Saturday, January 23, 2016 at 7:18:14 AM UTC-8, Paul T wrote:
http://www.lakesgc.co.uk/

Click on old gliding books - you'll find a few to keep you going.

Kronfeld's are there too. These books are just one of Wally Kahn's many legacies.

I also have the '69-'72 Proceedings of the Soaring Symposia, and the Soaring Cross Country, all printed.

http://www.betsybyars.com/guy/soaring_symposia/

At the rate I read I will be busy for awhile.

Casey


Another which was extremely educational and I cannot remember the title
or find it on my shelf is the anthology of the Soaring Symposium
lectures.




--
Kevin Brooker

There are PDF's available of some of these books from the UK based
Lakes Gliding Club website:

http://www.lakesgc.co.uk

Click on "archive" on the left

Then click on "Old Gliding Books"

Wolf Hirth's book is there, you can download the PDF onto your
computer. They also have quite a few PDF's of "Sailplane & Gliding"
and the VGC News there as well under the "Old Gliding Mags" tab.

Enjoy...!

Ryan





At 05:56 23 January 2016, xcnick wrote:
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