Ridge lift (or slope lift) is created when a wind strikes an obstacle, usually a mountain ridge or cliff, that is large and steep enough to deflect the...

sources: Thermals (where air rises due to heat), Ridge lift, where air is forced upwards by a slope, Wave lift, where a mountain produces a standing wave,...

distances are now flown using any of the main sources of rising air: ridge lift, thermals and lee waves. When conditions are favourable, experienced pilots...

whereas ridge lift requires the wind to be blowing horizontally against the ridge. Walkalong gliders are sustained and controlled in the ridge lift produced...

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principle used by soaring pilots when flying between sources of lift, usually thermals, ridge lift and wave. The aim is to maximize the average cross-country...

recovery of NASA space capsules by David Barish. Testing was done by using ridge lift. After tests on Hunter Mountain, New York in September 1965, he went on...

Park Ridge lifts 'Goldbergs'". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 23 January 2020. Johnson, Jennifer (2 February 2019). "'Goldbergs' actor and Park Ridge native...

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the windward face of the mountain, creating lift. The area of lift extending from the ridge is called the lift band. Providing the air is rising faster than...