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Thanks to pilot for sharing his invaluable experience, he may have saved lives by doing so.

RIP Greig, 60 years as friends, you left us too soon.

No Gosport tube?

So many things can become a flight hazard. I had a scary, truncated flight in a single seater when I left wellingtons on and they snagged.

Good morning sir... Does it need ppl +1000 hours like L-39 to get the type rating for the marchetti s211 and fly solo?

I built 7 of those. I modified the cockpits with all Garmin glass, with auto pilot.

Glad you lived.

I may be biased, but I like having that money to noise converter thingy up front.

Waiting for plans!

He didn't do his basic checks before take off. How does is someone like this able to fly solo?

That is one cute little airship! She must be a joy to fly.

My dad flew commercially, privately and also RC. All the time, he talked through every check and was scanning for anything out of the ordinary... This pilot should have run an ABC check as soon as he was on the slope...check check check .....

fond memories flying the T31. 1hour and 32 minutes at 700ft in ZK-GAP years ago at 28kts. Also lots of winch launching and hill soaring to above 4000ft agl. flyeurodiesel

Beautiful aircraft. In 1982 at 16 I flew my first solo in one of those.

Great video!

What gliding club is this?

Спасибо за материал!!! Неее!!! Маловато удлинение крылышка!!!

Wow John. Where was this footage taken. And when? I didn't see much evidence of dive breaks or spoilers.

Where’s the engine?

Must be Australia - I see a Victa AirTourer, a Hornet STOL plane, and too many gum trees to be NZ.

Thanks for having the courage to put this video up as a service to other pilots! I can relate to incidents from my own flying when focusing on a particular problem prevents You from quickly sorting out what is really going on. There is a psychological term for this that I can not recall. Was doing touch and gos with a new to me motorglider some years ago and in one flight the airbrakes did not lock properly on takeoff. I was completely focused on engine ice as a problem until I had made a 180 back to the airport then noticing that the airbrakes had extended slightly... guess if I felt stupid afterwards. Focus on flying the aircraft is always priority one, this pilot did that well.

He did well in the end - skill and being very lucky! Brave to post this for the greater good. Thank God he saved himself and the glider - all those trees, I was expecting a wing to come off or the aircraft to yaw/slew around or cartwheel! No checks seemed apparent. The summing up nearly says it all. But there didn't seem to be a plan to land ahead etc should something go wrong. In powered flight, after all the preflight checks etc on the active runway one makes several decision points before going airborne to cater for Eg engine failure or similar, and then there's checks and double checks during the take off roll to cater for emergency and to ensure that the aircraft will fly safely. My father and friends were glider pilots (tug, winch/pulley etc), I'm merely an outsider, but looking at that hill/bungee launch? No margin for error - always best to have lots of runway in front of you than behind you. Looking at that launch situation reminded me of flying free flight and RC model gliders. The pilot was on the back foot from the start - rushed, changed seating position, new aircraft, new launch method. Better to be on the ground wishing that you were in the air, than in the air wishing that you were on the ground! I'm no expert btw, but that all looked wrong to me - but to a glider pilot it could all be business as usual - no go around in a glider and only one way landing back?? As I wrote no margins for error.

CG limits : +/- 3 cm. 😎🖖

Where’s the toilet paper ?

Ah, come on, this was a former Buccaneer pilot from the RAF or RN... 😂 Sorry... 😔 But thanks for sharing this!

what a toy absolutely I need to own one of these

Safe landing ? I hope you are kidding right ? Nothing was safe from start to finish.

Hilarious.

How is it possibly to call this landing "safe" It was extremely close to a disaster.

I really wonder what the duty instructor was doing?. What was the ground crew doing? And what on earth was the tyro pilot doing? You do not hurry up the ground crew so you can get airborne. As a former accident investigator for Air Cadets remember: Accidents are like puddings - you need all the ingredients in just the right quantity.

All credit to the pilot for publicly admitting his mistake so others can learn from it!

Good lessons, the only thing that really matters is the pilot is safe - kept his head and flew the plane (although that tree-hop.... not much choice really)

I have a glider airfield just a kilometer away from me, so I considered stepping into the sport... But after watching a few videos I think that's not my cup of tea. So many mishaps and accidents due to seemingly simple user errors. Forgot to extend landing gear, forgot to use air brakes while landing, forgot to retract air breaks at launch, low speed turn and stall, etc. ... things that are quite obvious even to the unexperienced observer. And these guys and girls are no idiots. They went through the whole licensing process and passed it. There seems to be something in gliding that makes people do weird things... and I would certainly not be an exception.

This launch is unique in that you need to keep the airbrakes open (lock the wheel) until ready to launch. Hence the process of putting the brakes away and 'lock' is where the error occurred. The pilot was flying in a plane he did not know and hence most likely was not used to the process of putting the brakes away and locking them away. He may have put them away (not locked them) and the brakes slowly crept open hence partially ruining the aerodynamics of the plane. . To me the biggest lesson here when flying a new plane is not only putting the brakes away but fully understanding if they have been locked. . Thank you to for airing this video - I will keep this as a mental note.

Reminds me of when I flew one of these as a cadet at RAF Tiddley Pom, back in '68, unfortunately we dived in vertically, and the last thing that went through my mind was my arse..

The guy sounded like a bit of a loose cannot from the start.

A good preflight check, would have prevented the problem.

If He knows He is sinking like a Brick WHY don't He Close the brakes like a Prick

Airspeed and sink rate was obvious visually!

Ground crew is supposed to ask the pilot if his spoilers (air brakes) are closed and locked.

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Before every takeoff on our winch the mandatory call out is "Canopy locked, spoilers locked and left hand on the release". Note: when winching it is important that your wing does not hit the ground so this is the reason for hand on release. If your wing might hit the ground you release before it happens. We also train spoiler coming open during the launch. Someone rushing the launch can always be a problem so take your time and get everything done. We also had a spoiler open out landing at our airport because the pilot did not realize his spoiler was open. No damage or injury but a simple look at the wing or knowing where the spoiler handle should be would have prevented this. Also towpilot signaled that the spoiler was open but the glider pilot thought the signal was release. In 2020 towpilot or ground launch to glider signals should be with a radio and visual signals. If you have to tell a pilot he has a problem tell the pilot exactly what to do so they don't have to think and it saves time. "Close your spoiler" is a lot more clear than "Check your spoiler or controls" No excuse today not to have radio communications.

..."after a save but firm landing"... - this guy was so lucky that he made it over the trees and not stall. He could have easily crashed badly. Thats a scary flight and so many mistakes made

It's important to istall a Gopro before choosing the right cushion an learning how to get out of the plane quickly.

If it flies funny: check the wings!

You can usually hear when the air brakes are open. Also he states that when he got out of the glider he realised the air brakes were open!! Didn't he try and check/use then on finals? He was really lucky to walk away from that one.

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let me fly it Brian!

he said: let me die let me die

Very very beatiful I wish , I could flight so me too.