Dehydration tends to be a contributing factor to a lot of stupid things that happen at contests.
Preventative Maintenance
Fatigue
Body Deficiency
Suggestions from the FAA
>>>> https://wingsandwheels.com/blog/post/dehydration ...
An old fighter pilot saying goes “It is better to die than to look bad, but it is possible to do both.”
While I don’t agree with it, there is a bit of truth to that quote. Many of us have a bias where ...
... Patting down the empty bags with talc or baby powder can help them slide back in easier. If your glider has integral wing tanks, fill the tanks with the wings on sawhorses to check for leaks. I use plumber' ...
... time. The Piper and Taylorcraft, with their shorter wings and resulting lesser glide ratios, proved to be excellent training platforms to prepare pilots to fly the heavier troop transport gliders like ...
... World Gliding Championships in 2019, opening the competition to gliders with up to 15m wingspan with electric power units. The 2019 WGC will provide an opportunity to experience the concept in action, ...
... it will explore the science
of stratospheric mountain waves that affect the global climate. This
will require the engineering of a spacecraft, according to the Perlan 2
project, with glider wings ...
... and I was immediately challenged in the new
sailplane. But to my excitement, after the first figure 8 on the ridge
all my worries disappeared. Despite the 23 m wingspan, the roll rate is
amazing. ...