Description
The very latest in cross country flying techniques from Burkhard Martens, author of the international best-seller “Thermal Flying“
Contents
This book includes chapters and information on:
First chapter
- Pre-flight planning, route-planning and how to use technology to maximise your flight
- Online contest rules and tactics
- Cross country for novices
- Weather, thermalling and understanding best glide
- Understanding best glide and McReady
- Need to know essentials: best time to launch, inversions, convergence, crossing valleys, dolphin-flying, tactics, valley winds and more
- How to fly the mountains
- A special chapter on flatland flying
- In-depth interviews with experts, including Chrigel Maurer, Jocky Sanderson, Ewa Wisnierska and more
The book Cross Country Flying also includes detailed information on how to fly some of the best XC sites in the Alps, including:
- Fiesch and the Wallis Valley
- Fanas in Switzerland
- Pinzgau in Austria
- Speikboden in Italy
- Greifenburg in Austria
- Annecy in France
A section includes interviews with most experienced pilots
- Chrigel Maurer
- Jocky Sanderson
- Torsten Hahne
- Mads Syndergaard
- Karel Vejchodsky
- Helmut Eichholzer
- Ewa Wisnierska
Last section includes photo essays on international flying sites
- Quixada, Brazil
- Manilla, Australia
- Iquique, Chile
- De Aar, South Africa
- Rift Valley, Kenya
- Piedrahita, Spain
