[Gllug] Silent Wings - Thermal emulation

[jim]

On Wed, 7 Aug 2002, t.clarke wrote:
> Be interesting to see if they could emulate a 'stubble fire' (although sadly
> such things are now long gone in the UK !)

A modern glider simulator set in the UK could get the same effect by
including fields of burning cows. 

I suspect that correct simulation of air currents, thermals and
whathaveyou might even be _distinctly_ nontrivial.

jim
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