


And as time goes on, the Condor experience will make you a better soaring pilot, so that when you DO go to your first competition, you might be winning days instead of landing out half of the time! And guess what, there’s a task every night! Do it for a couple weeks and you will get the hang of it. It’s intimidating for some and discouraging for others.īut that’s also what makes it really freakin’ fun and amazing! You might not make it around the first several tasks and that’s okay! Unlike in real life where driving across the whole country to land out half of the days in a competition is completely demoralizing, in Condor you can simply shake it off and try it again. And just like real life, the learning curve is very steep. Once you get your computer set up, chair comfy and joystick configured, you enter this world of thermals, ridges, competitors, tasks, blind corners, and traps. The challenge, though, is that Condor and soaring in general is complicated. While many folks simply enjoy the social aspects of soaring and racing with each other, I have always viewed it as a way to improve one’s cross country decision-making skills. Condor is an excellent and fun cross country training tool.
