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What is
                          What is
                    TRIANGLE?
                    TRIANGLE?
   GPS  TRIANGLE?
   GPS
   GPS
    Kevin Botherway


    GPS  Triangle  competitions  build  the  bridge  between
    model soaring and full-size soaring sport. It contains all
    exciting facets of Cross country soaring while standing on
    an airfield. The task is to fly around a virtual triangle as
    many  times  as  possible  while  within  a  given  time  only
    using  the  power  of  thermal  activity  to  maximize  the
    covered distance.

    This  is  all  possible  by  using  a  small,  but  high-
    performance  GPS-navigation  system,  which
    projects  the  flightpath  of  the  models  onto  a
    ground-based screen.

    https://www.contest-eurotour.com/category-gps/


































































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