> Last I heard there still was speculation whether the albatross used wind
> speed gradient or lift from the slope lift provided by the waves or
perhaps
> they are sneaky and use both. Has anyone asked an albatross lately?
> ----- Original Message -----
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> To: "Al Scidmore" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2001 3:02 PM
> Subject: Re: [RCSE] Frontside DS?
>
>
> > The phenomenon has been known about for a quite a while. I think people
> > first speculated that albatross did it (later confirmed), as far back as
> > the early 1900's or late 1800's.
> >
> > At 01:30 PM 11/25/01 -0600, Al Scidmore wrote:
> > >A comment on DS. It seems to me that years and years ago I found a
> > >discussion of dynamic soaring in one of Reichmann's writings. Only in
> this
> > >case the discussion was about full scale soaring pilots who had used a
> wind
> > >gradient at altitude to fly for prolonged periods of time. What is
> needed
> > >is a wind speed gradient and a way to explore that gradient. The first
> does
> > >not need to be slope generated, and the second is a flying technique.
> >
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