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In the evening after a sunny day glider pilots soaring over hills often find increasing lift which carries them to heights they have been unable to attain all day. An example of this is described and an explanation in terms of lee waves is offered. In an appendix by R. S. Scorer this explanation is shown to accord with theory.
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