thermal flying | Torrey Pines Gliderport https://www.flytorrey.com Torrey Pines Gliderport is Southern California's Finest Paragliding and Hang Gliding Facility Fri, 15 Dec 2023 22:30:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.flytorrey.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/cropped-tpg-32x32.jpg thermal flying | Torrey Pines Gliderport https://www.flytorrey.com 32 32 THERMAL FLYING BOOK https://www.flytorrey.com/shop/thermal-flying-book/ Fri, 25 Nov 2022 20:19:19 +0000 https://www.flytorrey.com/?post_type=product&p=44319 The “thermalling bible” – thoroughly revised, updated, and packed with real-world advice on how to thermal efficiently. Clearly written, with hundreds of illustrations and photos. A classic.

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]]> Thermal Flying is the world’s best-selling guide to the art of thermalling and XC flying. Cross Country’s team has been hard at work thoroughly revising and updating the title, line by line, and the design and photography has been refreshed to bring it bang up to date.

Learning to climb well is probably the most valuable skill of all in free flying, but it can be an incredibly frustrating experience. Burki Martens’ Thermal Flying has been written as a guidebook, and whether you have one hour or a thousand hours’ airtime, you’ll find it incredibly useful.

Hundreds of photos and illustrations make technical concepts come alive and easy to understand. Technical theory is kept to a minimum while real-world experience and practical advice help you grasp tricky concepts easily.

Thermal Flying Includes comprehensive instructions on:

  • How to predict and find thermals
  • How and where thermals form – sources and triggers
  • Different types of thermal models
  • Windward and lee-side thermals
  • The theory of temperature gradients
  • Vortex ring structure and lift distribution in thermals
  • How to read clouds and weather

Plus hundreds of helpful tips on:

  • Soaring, staying up and top-landing
  • Coastal flying and sea breezes
  • How to core thermals and get to cloudbase
  • Valley winds, mountain flying and magic air
  • Flying the flatlands
  • XC tactics from first flights to 100km

Thermal Flying has been published in 15 languages and has sold over 50,000 copies worldwide. This third edition brings the art of thermal flying to a whole new generation of pilots. Burki Martens is a multiple XC League champion and an excellent coach and communicator.

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]]> Thermal Flying by Burkhard Martens https://www.flytorrey.com/shop/thermal-flying-by-burkhard-martens/ Wed, 26 Feb 2020 21:47:02 +0000 https://www.flytorrey.com/shop/thermal-flying-by-burkhard-martens/ Thermal Flying is a comprehensive guide to the art of thermalling and XC flying. This 296 page book is illustrated with clear diagrams and photos to help pilots make sense of the concepts, techniques and meteorology knowledge you need to make the most of each flying day.

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]]> This hardback book is a comprehensive guide to thermalling and cross country flying – every pilot should read it. It is chock-full of priceless information on concepts, techniques, and reading conditions, including illustrations, and is suitable for beginners and experienced pilots alike. Thermal Flying is peppered with experts’ tips and the author’s own personal experiences and is beautifully illustrated with succulent photographs.

9.5″ x 6.5″ hardback, 260pp, 2nd ed.

ISBN 978-3-00-040212-8

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]]> P3 Certification https://www.flytorrey.com/shop/p3-certification/ Sat, 05 Jan 2019 19:43:58 +0000 https://www.flytorrey.com/shop/p3-certification/ The Intermediate program will help you become an exceptional pilot.  A P3 student, will learn coastal soaring, thermal flying in mountains, on flatlands, over deserts, from tow launches, and will learn to understand the atmosphere and anticipate changes before they occur. Your knowledge and skill base will exceed the level that the majority of pilots possess.

*After purchasing this package, call the office for the link to our Flight School schedule*

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]]> P3 (Intermediate) Certification

Torrey Pines Gliderport certifies more P3 pilots, at a higher level than any other school in North America.  The Gliderport provides a structured P3 training program that has taken years to develop.  The P3 program will take ~ 20-25 flying days for a recent P2 and take a bit less for more experienced P2’s.

We have very high expectations of our P3 students and will not sign off P3’s who’ve only met the minimum requirements as set forth by USHPA. Those expectations will only be met by offering you a remarkable training experience. To create our P3 program, we traveled the world to visit the most successful schools.  We traveled to geographically diverse flying communities, to understand the skills and knowledge needed to fly there.  We worked with the top pilots in xc, acro, thermal, ridge flying. The goal was to put together a program that would create a pilot diverse in skills and knowledge, that would be comfortable anywhere and everywhere.

Learn more about our P3 program here!

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