Jon Chambers in Cross Country issue 154
Jon Chambers lives and flies in the Alps where he is as happy flying a 30km vol-visa tour as he is planning out a 200km triangle to make the best of the epic days.
His mountain flying column is essential reading for those who want to fly further, higher, faster and for longer in mountains anywhere
This issue his subject is Planning:
About 10 years ago a very keen pilot asked my advice. He was desperate to fly his first 100km flight in the mountains. So I explained that the difference between flying 30km and flying 100km in the mountains is planning.
The pilot was Tom Payne and a few weeks later we flew round a 100km triangle together – his first. Now I struggle to keep up with him when we fly together!
My logic, which has been proven out by many pilots after Tom is that if you can fly 30km you can climb in thermals and you can connect those thermals together, so what is stopping you doing that time after time?
Read Jon Chambers in Cross Country issue 154, July/August 2014.
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