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Performing Under Stress

Performing Under Stress

May 11, 2020November 16, 2021Human Factors, SoaringHuman Factors, Soaring, sport psychology

We humans evolved as ground-based hunter-gatherers. When threatened, adrenaline is released, our heart rate increases and our bodies go into fight or flight mode – a strategy which worked really well for us until recently.

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How Do Pilots Spin?

How Do Pilots Spin?

October 19, 2019April 27, 2020HandlingHandling, Instructing

The benign flying characteristics of many training gliders, together with the traditional spinning exercises taught by most instructors, cause some confusion about spinning. Spin training often leaves the student with the impression that gliders won’t

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