Техника и тактика парящих полетов Практические советы

The author, a well-known Soviet glider pilot, repeated champion and record holder of the USSR, master of sports, tells young glider athletes how to master the basics of skill, more effectively combine the knowledge gained in class with flight practice. The book contains many drawings and diagrams made according to the sketches of a glider pilot, multiple record holder of the country, master of sports A. Koval, which give a visual representation of the practice of aerobatics.

CONTENTS

From the author 3

On the outskirts of paᴩᴇʜ 5

How to prepare for challenges 7

A little about physical education 9

Where and how to find updrafts 11

Centering the stream 19

Features of navigational training 29

Before cross-country flights 40

Transition 43

Updraft and its rational use 50

Technique and tactics of launch 57

Flights using thermals 62

Group flying 66

Low-level evaporation techniques 73

Cloud banks and their uses 79

Influence of the wind on the flight along the route 84

Landing on a limited area 87

You have to adapt to the weather ᴨᴩᴎ 96

Local conditions and their use 100

Paᴩᴇʜ technique in dynamic and wave currents 103

Flying in the dolphin way 106

About overload 108

Soaring day as a tactical factor 111
Signs of the weather 113

Barograph and barograms 118

Air flight 124

Pchological preparation 129

And last tip 132

Appendix 134