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Old September 28th 12, 02:10 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
kirk.stant
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Default Optimum thermalling speed display

On Friday, September 28, 2012 6:30:03 AM UTC-6, Jim White wrote:
Two thoughts on this:



1) There is no substitute for practice.

2) If you need a computer for everything you might as well let the computer

fly the glider. Why have the middleman?


I'm confused, Jim: Do you have a vario in your glider? Or a glide computer? PNA?

How does having real time information on a variable performance value (min sink speed for current conditions) equate to letting the computer fly the glider?

Kirk