The gliding community refers to this as the speed to fly. The normal recommendation for countering a headwind is to add half the estimated wind speed to Vbg which increases the rate of sink but also increases the ground speed.
Variometers are sometimes capable of electronic calculations based on the MacCready Speed Ring to indicate the optimal speed to fly for given conditions.
 See also: Speed, Soaring, Yaw, Take-off, Stability
  
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