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One of the fee startups I am genuinely impressed: skysight. https://magazine.weglide.org/skysight-interview-matthew-scutter-gliding/ https://magazine.weglide.o
by looping__lui 2y ago
One of the fee startups I am genuinely impressed: skysight.
https://magazine.weglide.org/skysight-interview-matthew-scutter-gliding/ https://magazine.weglide.org/skysight-interview-matthew-scut...
Freakingly accurate weather forecasts for the niche sport of gliding. Builds on top of ECMWF and incorporates refined soil moisture. It’s really good in predicting mountain waves (and used by Perlan: https://perlanproject.org/perlans-sponsors-enable-us-to-fly-high/ https://perlanproject.org/perlans-sponsors-enable-us-to-fly-... ). Also convergences and thermal activity which is very dynamic…
Incredibly impressive.