What is a thermal?

What is a thermal? What’s the difference with ridge soaring? How to exploit a thermal? Here are some links where you can learn more:

The Manual of Free Flight: thermal flight and ridge soaring, by Andrea De Rosa and Giuseppe Violante.
Also consider reading “Fly fast and have fun” and the 12 tips by Pierre Bouilloux, translated in Italian by Carlo Anzil.
Tips for Paragliding Pilots, by Jerome Daoust, are also useful.

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