Philip Richardson is Scientist Emeritus at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution where he has studied ocean currents for many years. He has enjoyed a lifetime interest in flying (and sailing) and has piloted sailplanes and powered aircraft. His interest in dynamic soaring began when he observed albatrosses in the Southern Ocean soaring upwind for long times without flapping their wings. He developed a fairly simple model of dynamic soaring, which simulated albatross soaring including upwind flight (see references). The model was also used to simulate the fast flight (up to 500 mph) of radio-controlled gliders dynamic soaring in winds blowing over mountain ridges. Recent work promotes the concept of a fast robotic albatross that can soar over the ocean waves like an albatross but much faster than a real albatross because of stronger wings. Results of these two projects were published in R/C Soaring Digest in 2012.