Thanks! The instrument rating definitely widens your flying opportunities. I especially like taking off in dreary weather only to break out on top to see the sun.
Interesting but I needed to know who the voices are. Was one man flying it and another a passenger? Why does one want to fly a glider? (Is there some particular joy with such?) Also, it would seem to me (since I know nothing about it), there would be no room for error as in approaching the airfield for touchdown because you can't goose the speed if need. Am I right in that? How doe gliders stay aloft for so long (is it just controlling wind vectors and by 'just,' I don't mean to minimize?)
Hello Colleen, thanks for your interest! The voices were myself and another pilot. We took turns flying on this day. Pilots like to fly gliders for the same reason that sailors like to sail sailboats. We could fly or go boating with an engine, but we go without the engine for the extra challenge. The challenge in both soaring and sailing is in interpreting weather conditions and figuring out just how best to utilize the forces of nature that are always present. For sailors, it's the wind. For glider pilots, it's rising air. Rising air can come from the sun heating the ground, which in turn heats the air above it, which then rises. Rising air can also come from air being forced up mountain slopes, or even waves that happen higher in the atmosphere near big mountain ranges. Where I fly, we look for "thermals" (warm, rising air). Most often, we only need to look for cumulus clouds... those puffy white ones on a nice day that look like cauliflower. They mark where the rising air (thermals) are. So, we know that if such a cloud is in its building stage, there will be rising air below it. As long as the air is rising faster than the glider is sinking (it very commonly is), we can gain altitude. The more altitude we have, the longer and further we can fly. Pilots of powered aircraft look at their fuel guage to know when they need to think about landing. Glider pilots look at the altimeter. That's our fuel guage. Gliders are also designed with long, efficient wings that allow the glider to glide for much longer distances than an airplane could without an engine, even when there is no rising air to be found. Approaching an airfield with no engine is not difficult, as gliders have spoilers for glidepath control. Spoilers are like boards that pop up out of the wings to make the wing less efficient so that we can land. So... we can, in fact, "goose the speed" if we need to, by retracting the spoilers. I hope this explains some of it! Also, the Soaring Society of America has great information about the sport of Soaring on their website. Check them out at www.ssa.org Cheers! AirFoiled
Thank you so much for your interesting tutorial. Now, next time have someone shoot your casual chatty photo aside plane...on cockpit...on plane. You know, my husb was pilot/owner of his own plane..took me back and forth to Block Island (tricky with vectors) til I thought "My God, he could have a heart attack. Then what would I do?" You know what? He did end up having heart attack. Just not in plane..
Fun little airport. Have flown out of there myself.
Come out more often! You can always see a variety of different aircraft here. Weekends are especially fun!
Lucky you guys got good flying weather in February!
Winters here are never boring…. It can be 80 degrees one day, and 40 the next! I wish summer were like that, too.
I was at Boerne Stage last week doing some SIM work for my IFR. Nice video!
Thanks! The instrument rating definitely widens your flying opportunities. I especially like taking off in dreary weather only to break out on top to see the sun.
@@airfoiled Agreed. I file every flight I take!
I did my Silver-C last season in a DG-1001S (solo of course).
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It is very nice video! It is nice experience.
Thank you, Miray!
Great vlog
Nice one Sir. You really fly high . Keepsafe and fly safe 💙 Shortys
recently started playing condor 2 sim and been looking around for videos to watch. really appreciate the full walkthru/text on these first flights.
Thanks for the feedback! Let me know if there's any particular type of video you'd like to see or any features you think would be good to add!
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Awesome video! I’d love to try this sometime…looks like a ton of fun!
It’s a lot of fun for sure! Let me know if you find a place near you to try it!
@@airfoiled What is the cost of glider training at this port?
Wow awesome vedio
Thank you!
For decades I advocate not to wear those look-out limiting devices (baseball caps) in any cockpit, especially in gliders.
This was early in her training. She doesn't use such a hat in the glider anymore.
Great video Richard!
Thanks, Joe!
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Love these videos Richard! Im gonna come out to the flying club one of these days!
awesome way on how to fly
Thank you for checking it out!
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Nice vlog..
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Oh wow nice so high
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@Airfoiled would love to use some of your glider video for an mzeroa video next week with your permission.
@CoachRaythePilot You’re welcome to use the video. Let me know if I can help in any way!
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Interesting but I needed to know who the voices are. Was one man flying it and another a passenger? Why does one want to fly a glider? (Is there some particular joy with such?) Also, it would seem to me (since I know nothing about it), there would be no room for error as in approaching the airfield for touchdown because you can't goose the speed if need. Am I right in that? How doe gliders stay aloft for so long (is it just controlling wind vectors and by 'just,' I don't mean to minimize?)
Hello Colleen, thanks for your interest! The voices were myself and another pilot. We took turns flying on this day. Pilots like to fly gliders for the same reason that sailors like to sail sailboats. We could fly or go boating with an engine, but we go without the engine for the extra challenge. The challenge in both soaring and sailing is in interpreting weather conditions and figuring out just how best to utilize the forces of nature that are always present. For sailors, it's the wind. For glider pilots, it's rising air. Rising air can come from the sun heating the ground, which in turn heats the air above it, which then rises. Rising air can also come from air being forced up mountain slopes, or even waves that happen higher in the atmosphere near big mountain ranges. Where I fly, we look for "thermals" (warm, rising air). Most often, we only need to look for cumulus clouds... those puffy white ones on a nice day that look like cauliflower. They mark where the rising air (thermals) are. So, we know that if such a cloud is in its building stage, there will be rising air below it. As long as the air is rising faster than the glider is sinking (it very commonly is), we can gain altitude. The more altitude we have, the longer and further we can fly. Pilots of powered aircraft look at their fuel guage to know when they need to think about landing. Glider pilots look at the altimeter. That's our fuel guage. Gliders are also designed with long, efficient wings that allow the glider to glide for much longer distances than an airplane could without an engine, even when there is no rising air to be found. Approaching an airfield with no engine is not difficult, as gliders have spoilers for glidepath control. Spoilers are like boards that pop up out of the wings to make the wing less efficient so that we can land. So... we can, in fact, "goose the speed" if we need to, by retracting the spoilers. I hope this explains some of it! Also, the Soaring Society of America has great information about the sport of Soaring on their website. Check them out at www.ssa.org
Cheers!
AirFoiled
@@airfoiled Great response!
Thank you so much for your interesting tutorial. Now, next time have someone shoot your casual chatty photo aside plane...on cockpit...on plane. You know, my husb was pilot/owner of his own plane..took me back and forth to Block Island (tricky with vectors) til I thought "My God, he could have a heart attack. Then what would I do?" You know what? He did end up having heart attack. Just not in plane..
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Bummer: Thermals don't assist on taxi. It's that a Texas problem, or should I expect that locally too?
Taxiing is either pushing by hand or pulling with a golf cart 😂
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