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Episode 143- Matt Scutter and SkySight Soaring 101
Episode 143- Matt Scutter and SkySight Soaring 101
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Length:
24 minutes
Released:
Apr 22, 2021
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Podcast episode
Description
Matt Scutter is an Australian competition sailplane pilot and software engineer who leads a team that runs the popular global soaring forecast platform Skysight. Unlike other platforms that use existing weather models to produce interactive forecasts for free flight enthusiasts like Meteoparapente and XCSkies, SkySight uses their own supercomputing systems to gather a wide range of weather data to create their own daily models. Initially designed for sailplane forecasting SkySight is now a go-to platform for paragliding and hang gliding forecasting as well.
Released:
Apr 22, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
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