Book: "Weather for Gliding and Free Flight," 2nd Edition

A glider instructor and forecaster at Météo France, the author has always sought to understand the atmospheric conditions that allow unpowered aircraft to stay aloft. He has also taken an interest in specific weather conditions favorable to long-distance flights: 800 to 1,000 km in a glider and 200 to 300 km in a paraglider. He has come to understand that long glider flights are linked to characteristic, homogeneous air masses that depend on a well-defined general high-altitude current. In collaboration...