Understanding fire thermals, pyrocumulus and pyroCb

The practice task at the Paragliding World Championships in Colombia has already thrown up an interesting point of contention: flying in fire thermals. As we report on the Airtribune blog: The land around the site here is agricultural, with a lot of space given over to sugarcane. When the farmers burn off the stubble they […] …read more

Source:: Cross Country – International Free Flying Magazine