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Yves Gerster
Приєднався 13 тра 2007
Flying to Corsica in a Glider - From the Alps to the island, and (almost) back
Join me on an extraordinary journey. I finally got the chance to fly across the Mediterranean sea from the breathtaking Alpine heights of Aosta, Italy, to the stunning Mediterranean vistas of Corsica and then back to Alessandria, all without the aid of an engine.
✈️ Flight trace: www.weglide.org/flight/344669
Flight Date: 27.10.2023
Glider: DG-800/18m
Pilot: Yves Gerster
Departure: Aosta
Arrival: Alessandria
Powered by: www.swiss-sailplane.ch
"Cipher" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
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Further credits go to:
Aude Untersee for the weather forecast
Thomas Puthod and Baptiste Innocent for the tips along the way
Max Milano, Ugo Vietti and the Aeroclub Valle d'Aosta for the logistics
Urs Muntwyler for letting me fly his glider
Matthew Scutter for having developed Skysight
✈️ Flight trace: www.weglide.org/flight/344669
Flight Date: 27.10.2023
Glider: DG-800/18m
Pilot: Yves Gerster
Departure: Aosta
Arrival: Alessandria
Powered by: www.swiss-sailplane.ch
"Cipher" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Further credits go to:
Aude Untersee for the weather forecast
Thomas Puthod and Baptiste Innocent for the tips along the way
Max Milano, Ugo Vietti and the Aeroclub Valle d'Aosta for the logistics
Urs Muntwyler for letting me fly his glider
Matthew Scutter for having developed Skysight
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Відео
200km final glide in a sailplane
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I climbed up to 7000m in order to fly the last 200 km. The quality of the video is not great, since I filmed it with a frozen smartphone, but I hope that you still enjoy this nice wavy-final glide :)
Final glide into an island with a glider
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After 8 hours and 750km of gliding, I filmed the last 20 minutes final glide and landing on Île d'Yeu in the Atlantic Ocean. Since the quality of the video is not great, I decided to do minimum cutting and no acceleration of the footage. It’s a bit shaky and long, I know but I really like the calm views. Flight track: www.weglide.org/flight/72459 Courses and more on: www.swiss-sailplane.ch
How to Fly Wave in a Glider
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Cristal clear sky with a nice wind direction. I started the gliding saison 2021 in Switzerland with a nice wave flight across the Swiss Alps. The conditions were not very strong but the view was breathtaking. Learn more about wave flying: www.swiss-sailplane.ch Flight Date: 21.02.2021 Glider: DG-400/17m Pilot: Yves Gerster Airfield: Kägiswil OLC www.onlinecontest.org/olc-3.0/gliding/flightinfo....
Glider vs Jet: ATC traffic warnings
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Always fun to look out for boeings and citation's.
Coast and ridge soaring in South Africa
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I finally could fly over the sea on my last trip to South Africa. Let me share some of these nice views with you. I hope nobody gets offended by the humor in the captions :) www.swiss-sailplane.ch Glider: Duo Discus Airfield: Worcester close to Cape Town December 2020 OLC www.onlinecontest.org/olc-3.0/gliding/flightinfo.html?dsId=8240028
Glider flight in a winter storm: high altitudes & low temperatures
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Flight in mountain waves from the 4th December 2020 exploring the Föhn conditions with high windspeeds. Learn more about Föhn flying: www.swiss-sailplane.ch Glider: Duo Discus Pilots: Yves Gerster & Remy Hirt OLC www.onlinecontest.org/olc-3.0/gliding/flightinfo.html?dsId=8231192 Ayvri ayvri.com/scene/ogkl9wrzkn/ckien2a7i0001286lbsrzv9sg
Autumn Mountain Soaring
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Nice views of the autumn vallays and snowy peaks in Switzerland. The initial plan to do wave soaring did not work out due to the westernly wind in the higher altitude. I even hat to use the Jet engine to change between alpine regions. However, I still got some nice footage out of that flight :) Glider: JS1-18m TJ Flight time: 7 hours and 7 minutes OLC www.onlinecontest.org/olc-3.0/gliding/fligh...
1150 km in a Sailplane
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On the 02.10.2020, we did a 10h flight from Thun using the Föhn-mountain-waves to fly a long distance in our Arcus T. Powered by: www.swiss-sailplane.ch Check the flight track: ayvri.com/scene/ogkl9wrzkn/ckfweq88i0001286lqe5szx5g OLC www.onlinecontest.org/olc-3.0/gliding/flightinfo.html?dsId=8200919
Italian mountain wave
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Surfing the wave in Italy to Switzerland an France in Nordföhn conditions. Glider: JS1 C 18m www.onlinecontest.org/olc-3.0/gliding/flightinfo.html?dsId=8197783
Wave Soaring over the Swiss Alps
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Footages from of Eiger, Mönch & Jungfrau Föhn Flight with a Duo Discus, 1000km, 12.06.2020 with Yves Gerster and Chrigel Maurer Music: Transformers 3 - It's our fight (The Score - Soundtrack) www.onlinecontest.org/olc-3.0/gliding/flightinfo.html?dsId=7850823
Pre WGC Montlucon 2020
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Pre World Gliding Championship in Montlucon, France. A lot of fun with the Arcus M
wave
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A nice and steady wave over the border between Switzerland and Austria.
I am pretty happy when I fly 100km on paraglider, the scale difference is impressive! Really want to try sailplane
Nice long flight :-) A modern glider with a high glide ration like 1:50 can travel really far away, like 200 kilometer from 4.000 meter. But it just need a small engine, and like 50-100 liter of fuel
Glückwunsch, das ist aber eine reife Leistung. Das hätte ich mir als einer, der fast 40 Jahre Kestrel fliegt nicht zugetraut. Weiß man denn, wie stark das Fallen überm Meer ist oder war das ein Experiment?
I was just thinking I wanted to see a sailplane crossing over ocean going to an island and back :) Sometimes youtube reads my mind lol. I did not even know that was possible but was thinking it should be possible and wanted to see it done ...
Going over that big body of water with a glider is amazing
Going over such a long stretch of sea in a glider is really impressive!
Holy cow. What glide ratio do you get over the sea and what sailplane are you in please?
Nice
Awesome flight, congrats!
that's incredible thanks for the upload!
I'm wondering, what about controlled air space...? Was this not a problem?
amazing!
😑 P r o m o s m
small float on the sea and line up to glider plane that moves up like a kite and backwards cos float moves but has some resistance too from the water...could work
Epic! Thank you for sharing your flight.
Amazing !
wow, that is really pretty amazing..
This is absolutely amazing. Thanks for sharing.
Don't know much about gliders but great achivement!
Lovely images but terrible music. Nothing beautiful or serene about it
A wunderbare Flug muess das gsi sii! Guet gmacht! und Hopp Schwiiz!
Incroyable 1000km, avec un mistral en corse bien fort. belle balade l ami !
I've never ever said this before, but here I go: That was EPIC! I can't wait to get my license!
You moved me. My dad was a glider pilot. On long flights looking for thermals. And doing aerobatics too. Thanks.
Awesome
If you are in the air for so many hours, how do you use the toilet?
They call gliders with an engine a plane!
Wow incredible feat, congragulations, keep up the excellent work !!
Beautiful views, thanks for sharing. I flew (as a passenger) from London to Calvi in July 23 and the flight path was diverted over Germany, Switzerland and Italy and the approach to Corsica was very similar.
Fantastic ! Congratulations !!!
As a paraglider pilot myself, I can only say WOW!! AMAZING!! Well done!!
Unusual and surprising considering those outstanding pair of balls. Bravo.
Spectacular
Fantastic! Congratulations!
wowwwwwwww dayum
Its incredible, i really appreciated the video !
Love the "Habe ich einen Plan?" Sticky on the screen.
Amazing!
wait wtf you glided through the whole of italy in one glide????
That was awesmoe, I wasn´t even aware that such long trips were feasable.
Incredible flight! Mastering radio and weather in this airspace and at the same time fighting with cold while sitting still in freezer must be really hard! And exciting :) @Yves, could you share what tool/app did you use to animate your gps track on the map? Thank you!
Since Ayvri is not available anymore, I am using soaringlab.eu.
Propre.
You passed almost over my head in the northern appenninis on the way back, if I knew it I'd try to take a picture from the ground
Why is it beeping all the time ? It's a shame that you don't enjoy the quiet brought by the absence of engine
That's a variometer, to indicate when the air is going up Very useful, it's part of the whole thing
Music is horrible and way too loud.
No engine, no problem huh? Well whats that thing poppig out and spinning?? Kinda feels like cheating
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nice video !! keep it up
Impressive !
His glider passed the ETOPS 180criteria: 100 000 hours and no engine failure 🤣🤣🤣