Mentoring

Homework assignments

Lesson 3

Define terms:

Lift Band

Thermal cycle interval

Compute  time to climb 3,000 ft in thermal where vario indicates about 4 kts

Compute time to fly from Tree Farm Gate to St Johns.
What speed will you fly IAS ? and GS is?
Time to reach St Johns?

Problem
If thermal cycle time is 15 minutes (Exist for 10min, no lift for five min, then it resumes)
Your lift band is 6,000 to 9,000 ft
You are passing 8, 000 , climbing in 4 kts
Top of thermal is 9,000 
You observe cu just starting to form at St Johns.
If you climb to 9,000, will you arrive at St Johns just as the thermal ends or just as the new one is beginning, or when?