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- Downwinders were individuals and communities, in the United States, in the intermountain West between the Cascade and Rocky Mountain ranges primarily...
- i.e., towards the direction from which the wind is coming; leeward is downwind from the point of reference, i.e., along the direction towards which the...
- wind), a craft is running downwind. A given point of sail (beating, close reach, beam reach, broad reach, and running downwind) is defined in reference...
- Downwind machines have been built, because they don't need an additional mechanism for keeping them in line with the wind. In high winds, downwind blades...
- Downwind is the third album by Pierre Moerlen's Gong, although it was the first to be released under that name, the previous two having been released as...
- and opposite the downwind leg. Crosswind leg. A short climbing flight path at right angles to the departure end of the runway. Downwind leg. A long level...
- mark on the correct side (weather side if upwind tacking, leeward side if downwind jibing). How to hit the right layline, Yachts and Yachting Magazine Lay...
- was attributed to the extreme clear-air turbulence caused by lee waves downwind of the mountain. There is a memorial for the crash victims a short distance...
- boiling cheap soap or burning, and can be detected by humans several meters downwind. The secretions are primarily used for territorial marking, though both...
- hot and dry during the summer months. The heaviest precipitation occurs downwind of water bodies due to the prevailing westerlies, with higher amounts also...