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Links: Thermalling Articles - Edited 20 May 2015

Centering in a Thermal, the Basics Youtube Video Presentation

BHPA Thermalling Rules AND Techniques

Rob McKenzie Thermaling Etiquette Video

Dennis Pagan House Thermals - Home is Where the Heat Is Pg 56 - 59

Eric Carden How to Thermal: "Easy as 1-2-3" Method Youtube Video Presentation

Greg Hamerton Flybubble XC Secrets: How to Reach Cloudbase Youtube Video Presentation

Greg Hamerton Flybubble XC Secrets: Record-Breaking Tactics To Go Far Youtube Video Presentation

Greg Hamerton Flybubble XC Secrets: How To Find The First Thermal Youtube Video Presentation

BMGC 2013 Thermal Soaring Clinic Presentation 1 hour, 17 Minute top notch Youtube Video Presentation

Pat Dower: Five distinct methods for thermalling

Rand Baldwin & Bill Elliott Thermal Soaring Forecast Methodology

Will Gadd: Collectors, Wicks, Triggers: How to find thermals. Part one of Thermals

- En Español: Térmicas: Colectores, mechas y gatillos aquí 

Em Português: lost the url ... coming soon...

Will Gadd: Clouds: Part Two of the Thermal Series

Will Gadd; Thermalling: Part Three of the Thermal Series

Jérôme Daoust: Expanding Knowledge: Centering in Thermals

Flybubble XC Secrets: Getting Away From a Small Hill Youtube Video Presentation

Flybubble XC Secrets: How to Join a Thermal Youtube Video Presentation

Flytec Tip of the Week. Staying Alive: Finding the Really Weak Lift

Itamar Neuner: My Thermalling Instructor the Vulture.

James Cooper Thermal Sources and Cloud Streets (pdf) (Includes the concept of Rogue Thermals.)

James Cooper Flying Between Thermals

James Cooper Wave Influence on Cross Country Flights (pdf)

James Freeman: Thermal Search Patterns

Bob Drury on How to thermal Zen and the Art of Circles Part 1: Finding Thermals

Bob Drury on How to thermal Zen and the Art of Circles Part 2: Vertical motion

Bob Drury on How to thermal: Finding, Tracking and Flying Thermals in Mountains

Bob Drury: FLY BETTER: How to Find the Core of a Thermal

Rob Chisholm Teaching How to Find Thermals Youtube Video Presentation

Bob Drury: Hang gliding and Paragliding tips and techniques: Finding Thermals, The Five Star System Youtube Video Presentation

Bob Drury: Hang Gliding and Paragliding Techniques: Understanding Air Stability - Thermalling through Inversions and Shears.

Tom Payne: Techniques for Exploiting Weak Lift Under An Inversion

Tom Payne on Inversions cont: Convective Available Potential Energy (CAPE) + Lifted Index

Brad Sander Learning Thermalling from the Birds - Dynamic Soaring

Burkhard Martens Thermal Flying Part 1: Thermals

Burkhard Martens Thermal Flying Part 2: Thermal Generators and Triggers

Burkhard Martens on How to thermal: Thermal Flying Part 3: Cloud streets over Flatlands

Burkhard Martens: How to thermal: Thermal Flying Part 4: The Wind

Bruce Goldsmith on How to thermal: Lee Side Thermalling and Icaristics: Flying in the Lee

Bruce Goldsmith on Icaristics: Flying hexagonal cloud streets

Bruce Goldsmith: Thermalling Techniques: Classic and Turn-Reversal

Jay Rebbeck on How to climb better in thermals

Andy Long: Where Is This Thermal Going?

Lukas Barnard: Weather Going Far Not Scared PowerPoint Presentation

Lukas Barnard: XC Flying, Thermals and Triggers Tips Word Doc Presentation

Bruce Abell: Coriolis Effect re the Rotation of Thermals

Kelly Farina: Understanding The Alps, Thermal Part 1 Youtube Video Presentation

Kelly Farina: Understanding The Alps, Thermal Part 2 Youtube Video Presentation

Kelly Farina: Understanding The Alps, Thermal Part 3 Youtube Video Presentation

Soaring Hoosier: Analysis of Circling Flight During Thermalling 1 Youtube Video Presentation

Soaring Hoosier: Analysis of Circling Flight During Thermalling 2 Youtube Video Presentation

Soaring Hoosier: Analysis of Circling Flight During Thermalling 3 Youtube Video Presentation

Soaring Hoosier: Analysis of Circling Flight During Thermalling 4 Youtube Video Presentation

Bruno Vassel: 2012 Thermals vs. Ridge by Soaring Society of America ()SSA) Youtube Video Presentation

Often called the pilots best Thermalling / XC Resource in the sport: The Flytec USA 6030 Manual (Pdf)

Steve Roti: How To Avoid Cloud Suck

USAF Dynamic Soaring Youtube Video Presentation

Yassen Savov What to do when you get to Cloud Base. (pdf))

USAAF 1966 Training Video Know Your Clouds (16 Minutes)

Submitted by James Freeman 10/1999:

Thermaling Tips - by Wayne Hobbs

More Thermaling Tips - by James Freeman

- Oversatt i Norsk (In Norwegian) Termikk Tips

THERMAL SEARCH PATTERNS - by James Freeman

Links: Further Forum Discussions, Articles

http://www.hanggliding.org/viewtopic.php?t=12926&highlight=thermal+techniques

http://www.hanggliding.org/viewtopic.php?t=2016&highlight=thermal+techniques

http://www.hanggliding.org/viewtopic.php?t=5500&highlight=thermal+techniques

Thermal tracking

Sharing Thermals

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--Fred Wilson 12:47, 1 July 2013 (UTC)