Turnpoints, landmarks and airports in the local soaring area. (At your own risk).
Feeling lost? Not sure of the location of some remote landing field? Wondering where that oft' mentioned small town could be? Download this GoogleEarth file to see many important local landmarks which may be useful when soaring. Note that the e_ airfields have been scouted from the air and may offer a useful outlanding site.
Performance airspeeds for the soaring challenged.
A wonderful, simple explanation of polars and Speed to Fly (MacCready Theory) using animation to good effect.
Blipmaps (thermal strength maps)
Dr. Jack's blipmaps provide a useful forecast for thermal activity across North America, including our region in the north-east. Some of the reports require a subscription but others are freely available. To access the pages you will need to register and permit a cookie to be deposited by your browser. The site is a little untidy, but persevere because the rewards are there.
Glider polar comparison spreadsheet.
This spreadsheet provides an easy method of analysing and comparing the polar information of many gliders. The data is presented in tabular and graphical form, and probably for more circumstances than you care to know of!
