Optimum flying speed for lee wave soaring

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  • G. Hookings The City College of the City University of New York

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The theory giving optimum crusing speeds during thermal flights is well-known.... It is suggested that the speed selected should be that which will give minimum loss of height per distance covered across the gap.....

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G. Hookings, The City College of the City University of New York

http://www.sci.ccny.cuny.edu/~hindman/sumvitae.pdf

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2017-10-26

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