The Speight Papers

Garry Speight is a long-time member of the club and internationally famous glider pilot. He has written technical articles about gliding for almost as long as gliding has been around and we are proud to host a collection his writings. Garry has over 14,000 hours in gliders, both instructing and cross country soaring. He presents his ideas with a mix of experience, science and an overlay of gruff humour.

You can download the full collection of the Speight Papers in pdf format (13mb) below. We have also included reviews by fellow club members Casey Lewis and Leo Davis.

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The Speight Papers Review by Leo Davis	The Speight Papers Review by Leo Davis
The Speight Papers Review by Casey Lewis	The Speight Papers Review by Casey Lewis

Individual Papers Downloads

Filename / Link	Size
speight_papers_212_mile_record_o_&_r.pdf	550.37 Kb
speight_papers_best_use_of_thermals.pdf	494.6 Kb
speight_papers_canberra_control_zone_extension_reversed.pdf	473.25 Kb
speight_papers_canopy_marks_for_attitude_control.pdf	877.82 Kb
speight_papers_cheaper_cross_countries.pdf	651.26 Kb
speight_papers_climbing_faster.pdf	437.17 Kb
speight_papers_high_wind_rough_country_and_airspace_limits.pdf	938.8 Kb
speight_papers_intro_contents.pdf	733.91 Kb
speight_papers_japanese_gliding.pdf	739.38 Kb
speight_papers_lets_be_iconoclastic!.pdf	489.29 Kb
speight_papers_my_brilliant_cross-country_soaring_career.pdf	1.31 Mb
speight_papers_optimal_flight_strategy.pdf	353.05 Kb
speight_papers_outlanding_not_out-crashing.pdf	577.63 Kb
speight_papers_phasing_out_water-ballast.pdf	587.36 Kb
speight_papers_probability_in_cross-country_flying.pdf	423.9 Kb
speight_papers_rate_of_climb_in_thermals.pdf	1.34 Mb
speight_papers_rotating_thermals_letters.pdf	363.47 Kb
speight_papers_rotating_thermals_part_1.pdf	576.23 Kb
speight_papers_rotating_thermals_part_2.pdf	630.75 Kb
speight_papers_rotating_thermals_part_3.pdf	684.91 Kb
speight_papers_rotating_thermals_part_4.pdf	761.44 Kb
speight_papers_rotating_thermals_sherwin.pdf	477.86 Kb
speight_papers_rotating_thermals_simons.pdf	521.55 Kb
speight_papers_rules_for_leaving_thermals.pdf	364.9 Kb
speight_papers_sheep_goats_and_water_ballast.pdf	613.33 Kb
speight_papers_the_lak-12_re-visited.pdf	589.45 Kb
speight_papers_the_thermal_interception_diagram.pdf	818.81 Kb
speight_papers_the_use_of_water_ballast.pdf	4.77 Mb
speight_papers_thermal_density.pdf	339.82 Kb
speight_papers_visit_by_mitsuru_marui.pdf	623.21 Kb
speight_papers_water_ballast.pdf	467.71 Kb
speight_papers_when_to_circle.pdf	467.89 Kb
the_collected_speight_papers_full.pdf	13.46 Mb