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Cross Country Soaring by Reichmann
I have a fairly early copy of this book. Copyrights 1975 and 1978
with the second printing in 1981. Does anyone know if Reichmann ever updated it or if anyone else did after his death. I was going to reread it this winter but was curious if it had been brought into the GPS/flight computer era yet. If it hasn't been that would be a worthy project for someone as it is a truly great book and certainly still relevant but not current with the latest technology. Thanks for any info. Bob Caldwell |
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Cross Country Soaring by Reichmann
bobcaldwell wrote:
I have a fairly early copy of this book. Copyrights 1975 and 1978 with the second printing in 1981. Does anyone know if Reichmann ever updated it or if anyone else did after his death. I was going to I have 9th edition 1998 and it seems to be still the original. reread it this winter but was curious if it had been brought into the GPS/flight computer era yet. If it hasn't been that would be a worthy project for someone as it is a truly great book and certainly still relevant but not current with the latest technology. Frankly, I don't know whether it would be worth the effort. The book covers all the principles extremely well. There are very few pages which are obsolete, and I don't think the book would gain anything by mentioning some GPS devices. Besides, all chapters about electronics would be obsolete before the ink was dry. |
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Cross Country Soaring by Reichmann
Hi,
There were 2 different revisions available in the USA. I bought the first one and a few years later a revised (by Reichmann) version came out. The new version had new example training exercises and other updates. It has not been updated since then. It is still a great book. I still sell them quite often. Good Soaring, Paul Remde Cumulus Soaring, Inc. http://www.cumulus-soaring.com "John Smith" wrote in message ... bobcaldwell wrote: I have a fairly early copy of this book. Copyrights 1975 and 1978 with the second printing in 1981. Does anyone know if Reichmann ever updated it or if anyone else did after his death. I was going to I have 9th edition 1998 and it seems to be still the original. reread it this winter but was curious if it had been brought into the GPS/flight computer era yet. If it hasn't been that would be a worthy project for someone as it is a truly great book and certainly still relevant but not current with the latest technology. Frankly, I don't know whether it would be worth the effort. The book covers all the principles extremely well. There are very few pages which are obsolete, and I don't think the book would gain anything by mentioning some GPS devices. Besides, all chapters about electronics would be obsolete before the ink was dry. |
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Cross Country Soaring by Reichmann
In some sense the Brigliadori book is the "update", including sports
psychology, turn area task strategy, some discussion of technology, new sources of weather analysis (surely the biggest change since Reichman's day) and postflight analysis using software. It's a little more loosely written, more a poetic than German engineering approach. The translation is a little rough in spots. (For example, the long discussion of "dynamic" soaring looks really hot until you realize this means "ridge soaring" in Italian.) The stories and pictures are good too. John Cochrane |
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Cross Country Soaring by Reichmann
Correction: I've just seen that a new edition has been published in 2005
which has been revised by someone. I don't know what has been changed. |
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Cross Country Soaring by Reichmann
On Nov 9, 12:24 am, John Smith wrote:
Correction: I've just seen that a new edition has been published in 2005 which has been revised by someone. I don't know what has been changed. Quite a lot, actually. A must have even for the owner of the older edition. I bought it in German http://www.streckenflug.at/shop/prod...roducts_id=137 but have seen it in English as well... somewhere... |
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Cross Country Soaring by Reichmann
On 8 Nov., 21:15, bobcaldwell wrote:
I have a fairly early copy of this book. Copyrights 1975 and 1978 with the second printing in 1981. Does anyone know if Reichmann ever updated it or if anyone else did after his death. I was going to reread it this winter but was curious if it had been brought into the GPS/flight computer era yet. If it hasn't been that would be a worthy project for someone as it is a truly great book and certainly still relevant but not current with the latest technology. Thanks for any info. Bob Caldwell There is a revised version from 2005. I compared both the new and original version and finally purchased the original because the changes/additions seemed to be few. I had expected an more detailed look at the changes in xc soaring in particular due to gps navigation but was disappointed. I would recommend the Brigliadori book as a great update/extention. |
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