Friday, June 15, 2007

Terms Related to Paragliding

I work with computers, a lot of them, and they need names. Most of the time these days I name fileservers, databases, even routers and disks terms that are related to paragliding. I'm posting this list here for reference next time I need a name. I'll keep updating this list over time.

aerodynamic, aenometer, AGL, air, airbourne, airfield, airfoil, Alps, altitude, angle-of-attack, Annecy, approach, ascent, aspect-ratio, aviation, aviatrix, axis, best-glide, big-ears, bird, blow, bomb-out, brake, breeze, canopy, cell, check-list, chord, chute, cirrus, climb, cloudbase, cockpit, collapes, core, crabbing, crest, cross-country, cumulous, descend, DHV, dive, dive, downward, drag, drift, drop, dust-devil, dvh, flight, float, foil, full-stall, gaggle, gear, glide, glide path, glide ratio, glide-angle, gloves, gps, gust-front, hang-gliding, hangy, harness, headwind, hook-knife, hover, howling, hypothermia, hypoxia, inflation, inversion, kiting, landing zone, lapse-rate, launch-point, lift, lift, liftband, lines, loop, LZ, min-sink, MSL, Oludeniz, outlanding, Owens, para-waiting, pilot, pilot-in-charge, pitch, plf, polar-curve, ppg, prayer-flag (lungta), pwaitt, reserve, retrieve, ridge, rig, rise, rise, risers, rocket, roll, rotor, Salève, SAT, scrape, screamer, shoot-up, Sierras, sink, sink-rate, siv, soaring, span, spin, spine, spiral, stall, sundog, surge, tailwind, take-a-wrap, takeoff, tandem, task, thermal, Torrey, trigger, trim-speed, tumble, upward, vario, venturi, virga, vortex, wall, waypoint, weather, wind, wind-sock, wing, wingover, XC, yaw

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