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==External links== * [http://avia.tion.ca/documentation/polar/ Performance Airspeeds for the Soaring Challenged] by Jim D. Burch (mirror of defunct original page via avia.tion.ca) * [https://journals.sfu.ca/ts/index.php/ts/article/view/385/361 MacCready Theory with Uncertain Lift and Limited Altitude] Paper from Technical Soaring 23 (3) (July 1999) 88-96, by John H. Cochrane * [https://www.johnhcochrane.com/s/Flyingfaster_new.doc Just a little faster, please (new version, 2007)]{{DOClink}} paper by John H. Cochrane * [http://www.betsybyars.com/guy/soaring_symposia/72price.html The Price You Pay for McCready Speeds] by Wil Schuemann, from the Proceedings of the 1972 Soaring Symposium * [http://www.betsybyars.com/guy/soaring_symposia/72-dj.html Competition Philosophy] by Dick Johnson, from the Proceedings of the 1972 Soaring Symposium * [http://www.tbss.us/txfiles/Kai_intro_XC.pdf Introduction to Cross Country Soaring] by Kai Gersten, 1999 (Revised 2006) * [https://chessintheair.com/this-brilliant-man-can-get-you-in-trouble-misapply-maccready-theory-at-your-own-peril/ This Brilliant Man Can Get You In Trouble β Misapply MacCready Theory At Your Own Peril] by Clemens Ceipek, 2021 [[Category:Aircraft aerodynamics]] [[Category:Airspeed]] [[Category:Gliding technology]]
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