When we're boring holes in the sky waiting to see if football fans are going to kick off, I'm often on the lookout for thermals(don't know of any other name for them), just to pass the time. Set power for 60kts and wait for the VSI to kick and away we go! OK, so it doesn't leap upwards like a glider, but I can make 2-300 feet in a cou[ple of turns. It's the way to fly!