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Classic Article: Alps Schematic

…route through the Alps. It accompanies an article by William Malpas, Getting Going in the Alps, in the December 2005 – January 2006 S&G. It may be downloaded for personal…

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Classic Article: Breaking the site barrier

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Classic Articles We’ve selected a number of timeless articles from past issues of S&G for you to download. Flying in the Alps Exploiting Opposing Airmasses Picking the Racing Line …………and…

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Classic Article: Exploiting opposing airmasses

In the third article in his series about soaring in the mountains, Gavin Wills offers advice on using lift that can materialise when all else fails. The other two articles…

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Classic Article: Getting to the core of the clouds

John Coutts offers tips on improving thermalling

Classic Article: Going further and faster

Pete Masson offers tips on improving your cross-country speed

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Classic Article: How to enjoy your first gliding competition

Andy Davis draws on the team training programme and his own experience for tips to help you

Classic Article: How to join thermals

National Coach, Simon Adlard, explains why and how to get your thermal entry right.

Classic Article: How to share a thermal

Simon Adlard offers advice on keeping station in a thermal

Classic Article: How to thermal better

Jay Rebbeck advises on how to use a thermal  …

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Classic Article: Learning to soar slopes

Don Puttock offers advice on how to exploit hills

Classic Article: Low-down in the alps – Part 1

…Alps, gives advice and information on exploiting this soaring paradise. This copyright article first appeared in the April-May 1988 S&G and may be downloaded for S&G readers’ personal use only….

Classic Article: Low-down on the Alps – Part 2

…British pilots who are taking gliding holidays in the Alps. This copyright article first appeared in the April-May 1989 S&G and may be downloaded for S&G readers’ personal use only….

Classic Article: Low-down on the Alps – Part 3

…time concentrating on safety when gliding in the Alps. This copyright article first appeared in the December 1989-January 1990 S&G and may be downloaded for S&G readers’ personal use only….

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…Email. A complete searchable archive of older gliding magazines (S&G and its predecessor magazines) is also available where you can research gliding history and download editions for your personal use….

Classic Article: Prepare for some fun

Debb Evans offers some tips for a successful early cross-country flight

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Classic Article: Reading the sky ahead

Jay Rebbeck advises on how to improve decision making

Classic Article: Searching the sky

Jay Rebbeck explains how to pick the racing line

Classic Article: Searching the sky

In this, the third of Jay Rebbeck’s four part series on cross-country flying, Jay explains how to pick the racing line. The other three articles can be found in the…

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Classic Article: Trigger points and feeders

Justin Needham’s experience of hang-gliding has led him to devote serious thought to thermal triggers and feeders…

Classic Article: Two K-8s take on the Juniors

Andrew Bates and Guy Hall, from Edinburgh University GC, went south to challenge the hotshot boy racers – in K-8s…

Classic Article: Use the others to climb

Simon Adlard explains how to exploit company in your thermal

Classic Article: Where we fly in the UK

Ever wondered where we fly in the UK? Paul Jessop created unfamiliar landscapes using details of every flight entered on the BGA ladder from 2003 to 2010. You can read…

Classic Article: Where we fly in the UK – Part 2

Ever wondered where we fly in the UK? Paul Jessop created unfamiliar landscapes using details of every flight entered on the BGA ladder from 2003 to 2010. You can read…

Classic Article: Where we fly in the UK – Part 3

Ever wondered where we fly in the UK? Paul Jessop created unfamiliar landscapes using details of every flight entered on the BGA ladder from 2003 to 2010. You can read…

Classic Article: Where we fly in the UK – Part 4

Ever wondered where we fly in the UK? Paul Jessop created unfamiliar landscapes using details of every flight entered on the BGA ladder from 2003 to 2010. You can read…

Classic Article: Where we fly in the UK – Part 5

Ever wondered where we fly in the UK? Paul Jessop created unfamiliar landscapes using details of every flight entered on the BGA ladder from 2003 to 2010. You can read…

Classic Article: Your club’s met on the net

Alex Latty describes the weather station that helps your early-morning worries about what weather conditions are like at your gliding club.