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7th Aug 2006, 13:12

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Mike Cross

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In the current weather there's an additional hazard.

Nice hot day, not much wind. All of a sudden a thermal lifts off and you have a very localised change in wind direction which could turn your 5 kt headwind into a tailwind.

Mike