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- Опубліковано 3 бер 2023
- Part two of Brushy goes flying in an 18 metre DG1000 at Balaklava Gliding Club. This second flight was so much fun! I got to take the controls of a Glider & even thermal it for the first time in 22 years. That's an insane amount of time since I've flown a glider.
It seems obvious to say I didn't film while I was in control, I don't have a go-pro. Only my phone. what an amazing experience & I'm glad to know that I can still fly & Thermal in a glider I've never flown before! For those that don't know, It's vastly different from flying an all metal glider like the Blanik or IS-28 (my favourite when growing up)
The aerobatics were fun & reminded me why I love aviation so much. There is nothing else in this world like it. Enjoy the video. Sorry about the wind noise (it was hot today) & for those of you who bother to read all this, go flying!
A huge thank you to Balaklava Gliding Club & Ian, my flight instructor for the day, I will be back.
@02:43 with my Instructor flying, I stopped the video just before he gave me control, my fist time flying a Glider in 22 years.. We were at 2, 200 Feet AGL. @02:45 (After I flew for 10 minutes or thereabouts) we were at 3,400 Feet AGL. The fun happened after that. Gliding is amazing! It is the absolute basic & best knlowledge one will ever learn in Aviation, hands down.
Practising the various manoeuvres is exactly what we all need to do more. You made it look easy and it appeared to be relaxed and most importantly fun. Flying the DG also helps
Yes, it is the basics of Avitation for sure. I have often questioned this to many GA folk. Gliding will teach you everything about energy management no matter the Aircraft. I was not PIC during the manouvers as I was filming, but I did do all my areobatic trining when I was flying regularly out of Bond Springs, NT That was in All metal Gliders being the IS-28 & the trusty old Blanik. Been too damn long, I need more! The only other Glass Glider I flew was the Concrete Swan ha ha.
Things I don't say in this video, my gliding experience mostly came from flying Blanik's & IS-28's Out of Bond Springs, NT. Altitude minimum's for Aerobatic's were much higher due to the landscape there, hence some of my comments during the flight. I had the pleasure to fly this Glider, first time in 22 years, none of it on film. I hope they are flying tomorrow because I have the time to do this again. Only two days left to this year that is 2023.
#219 Says greetings from Maryland USA!
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Love it!!!!!
I really hope you watched all of it, There is nothing better I've ever experienced in Aviation. A Bloke has stories untold.
very nice Brushy. I've got about 15 minutes in that DG. Very nice to fly.
Thanks mate, First time I got my Butt in a Glider in 22 years, the second flight I flew for about 15 mins myself & caught a good thermal over the salt flat up to 4,500' Damn I miss that Thrill! The Old boy looked lke he had fun in CT too
For all of you Aviation & Car lovers out there how much fun is getting sideways? A Side-Slip in a Glider is essentially the same principal as Drifting in a Car. Adverse-yaw, Reverse-Mosses, call it what you want, it's fun to experience. I love Aviation, I want more of this, always. What do you want? For me, there is nothing else that can top the feelings & emotion of Flight.
Nice flight Ian
He did fly well! Only my second flight in a "Glass Glider" I got to fly & Thermal etc for 10 mins or so, not recorded as I was flying ha ha. He said to me this was the highest he'd been in a long time (I climbed us up to 4,500') or so before we had some fun ha ha.
DG do make very nice gliders- We have a 1001 Club Neo arriving 2024 :-).
First time I've flown in one, I found the seating position a bit odd but not uncomfortable although I did feel like my sight (Outlook) was a bit compromised. For my first flight in 22 years one does not complain! It was Fanbloody tastic!
Great little video! I am familiar with the HASSLE check ( we add another S) but what is the big check? In the UK we use CBSIFTBEC. Great height on the launch!
Cheers! CHAOTIC is a Pre takeoff checklist. Controls, Harness, Airbrakes, Outside, Trim, Instruments & Canopy. FUST is Pre Landing. Flaps, Undercarrige, Speed & Trim.
@@brushitoff503 ah I see, we use Controls, Ballast ( ie weight of pilots and a check for lead to we are sure we are within limits) Straps, Instruments, Flaps (set for take off or “none”) Trim ( to make sure the aircraft is trimmed in case of a cable break) Breaks, Eventuality ( remind ourselves what we are going to do should the launch fail!) and Canopy.
Quite a different set of checks.
Stay safe and fly high!
@@markcourtney7251 Cool! Yeah we go over all those things as well in the pre brief. Wish I had time to go for a flight when I was there in 2019. Went all over the country though. Was at Duxford for the 75th D-Day, so many DC-3's!
Your yawstring noped out in the middle of the spin.
ha ha yep! Well it happen in the recovery stage but all the same
What are the instruments on the dashboard?
Left side is the "Speedo" in a sense, measured in Knots (about double Kilometers per hour) On the right is the Altitude (Tells you height above the ground) Below & Centre is a fancy Variometer that does many things & Below & to the left of that is an Analoge version of the Vario, but's that all it does. (A Vario tells you when you're in sinking or rising air) Gliders use the rising air currents (Thermals) To gain Altitude & fly. If you've never flown in one I suggest you do. Nothing else compares. It's freaking awesome!
@@brushitoff503 Thank you
If youdve kept the stick coming back you'd have made 3 grand easily 😆🤣
Ha ha, I wasn't flying that portion, when I did take over I flew straight to the Salt Flats & thermalled up to 4,500' Once again first time flying in 22 years, I still got it, took a while to get used to the site picture & the DG but not long at all. Gliding is freaking awesome! Best thing I've ever expierenced hands down!
@@brushitoff503 yes sat here on my PC about to go on a call I wasn't jealous at all. A strong thermal just delivers every emotion you can think of and is often very hard work. Whats not to like. Keep em coming matey. We fly Wednesdays Fridays and at weekends and vicariously as much as we can.
@@Flying2ZC Ha ha I bet you wern't! The thermals down here are very different from where I used to fly up in the NT but so is the landscape. Makes me wish I had the technology to record & share those experiences of years gone by. Many stories never told. I work in Communications, it didn't exist back then in the same way. Where are you geographically?
@@brushitoff503 Based in UK north West and a member of the Bowland Forest Gliding Club. We are a winch only ridge site
@Richard Peake Nice! Was there in 2019 for the first time. Was at Duxford for the 75th. My origin, not my birth place. Never got the time for gliding there. I wish I could have.
Wondering why you have a " co-pilot " Frank ?
Ha ha because I haven't flown a glider for 22 years bud! I never ended up going Solo before life got in the way 🤣
I'm sorry but using that vario is cheating 😄 We have the same one.
ha ha ha! Mate I learnt to fly with steam gauges, this was a treat!