Moments Like These (HD) - Some of What Makes Gliding Awesome

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  • Опубліковано 7 лис 2024
  • A flight from Talgarth (Black Mountains Gliding Club) in Wales which captures some of the essence of what, to me, makes gliding such an awesome sport. Soaring in the late afternoon as the sun sets, in wave or on a ridge is truly magical, and low level, high speed runs along a ridge are pure main line adrenaline. Try it once and you will be an addict like me! Music is Mohammed and Bohemian Like You by the Dandy Warhols
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  • @pierrelofinusound3020
    @pierrelofinusound3020 4 роки тому +6

    RIP MrBalleKa, your flights and YT channel Were Soooo inspiring...hope now you're flying in the endless soar in paradise...😢😢

  • @michaeldiamondz
    @michaeldiamondz 10 років тому +7

    Inspiring...enough to make me want to start learning the sport.

  • @jimfowler5930
    @jimfowler5930 3 роки тому

    Seeing your yaw string, hearing only the wind over your leading edges and "leaks" in your canopy, what fun it was. Makes one a much better pilot, as turning from base to final, you had better be where you needed to be....you have no power to call on to correct any miscalculations! Soared with the Soaring Society of America before going to USNavy Flight School....what a payoff!! Lived (many of) my flights all over with this video, Thank You!!!

  • @golfcharlie232
    @golfcharlie232 14 років тому +4

    Superb !

  • @jackbradley2210
    @jackbradley2210 9 років тому +6

    Just started training, can't wait for moments like these!

    • @josephstalin7065
      @josephstalin7065 4 роки тому

      Just got my licence. Can’t wait next season 👍👍👍

  • @wordreet
    @wordreet 12 років тому +1

    Beautiful skies! Just right for a shark to have a bit of flying fun!

  • @larrymansfield9393
    @larrymansfield9393 3 роки тому

    Man! That looks so fun and relaxing!

  • @Alix75011
    @Alix75011 14 років тому +1

    Hi Balleka,
    Really great video, one more time :-))
    And... I got nothing to say about the music choice, perfect !

  • @dollxaxa
    @dollxaxa 7 років тому +1

    (Hopefully!!) I will be starting my very first gliding lessons very soon, at a young age too! I'm seriously excited!

  • @trexx63
    @trexx63 13 років тому

    Beautiful! Great job.

  • @ignacioa6401
    @ignacioa6401 10 років тому +2

    Outstanding!

  • @Ghraladean
    @Ghraladean 13 років тому

    Thanks, nice video!
    I liked the wing cam, interesting to see how the wing is "working", this you can't see from a distant camera angle.
    Have fun gliding!

  • @GlennHolden
    @GlennHolden 13 років тому

    Very nice. Great job!

  • @FUMan661
    @FUMan661 7 років тому +7

    Unbelievable, I can't imagine how much fun that was. Ridge soaring right? I'm starting my glider lessons here in the states soon, awesome video!

    • @garrykennedy5484
      @garrykennedy5484 5 років тому +1

      So am I. I just finished getting my Hang 2 rating in hang gliding and am looking forward to this. I may be 52, but I'm not slowing down yet.

  • @27horses231
    @27horses231 4 роки тому

    SO beautiful ❤

  • @Andrew-xx4ht
    @Andrew-xx4ht 3 роки тому

    A Pity there is only one like available! 👍♾

  • @siliconebobsqpts
    @siliconebobsqpts 8 років тому +1

    Standard Cirrus? Very fun and sturdy machine. One quirk in a full slip stabulator control can disappear .

  • @PhotographyOleg
    @PhotographyOleg 12 років тому

    simply amazing!!!!!

  • @slugslugster9338
    @slugslugster9338 9 років тому

    Awesome - recognised the ground from paragliding those slopes (And when I used to run because I could). Spiral diving over the vehicle park for walkers. Also as a note the junction at the car park was the setting for the werewolf attack in American Werewolf in London, on the moors.....

  • @EKJ22
    @EKJ22 14 років тому

    @Balleka So Matt, are you just gliding around in the skys these days ?
    no more commercial flying ? Anyway, some very spectacular glider vids.
    some of the best I think on YT.
    Thanks for the ride Haustan

  • @mikevance1586
    @mikevance1586 13 років тому

    Great video and sound track. The second song is Bohemian You, also by Dandy Warhols. Cool glider with the shark teeth and eyes.. Great video for recruiting pitches. Would like to somehow sharpen up the screens taken by the tail fin camera, they aren't as high def and the other camera.

  • @GrantGrove
    @GrantGrove 6 років тому

    Fun flight....

  • @dutchflats
    @dutchflats 6 років тому

    Very sweet!

  • @FrostySharkSpain
    @FrostySharkSpain 12 років тому

    You remind me why I'm studying aerospace engineering and why I'm studying before after and during new year's eve xD

  • @mikevance1586
    @mikevance1586 13 років тому

    Thanks again, I am thinking of buying a ContourHD, any particular package you recommend, so that I have the right items needed to mount it on the wing or fin? having a drawing or picture of your mounting method on wing and fin would be useful. I was wondering if the Contour HD can handle a 32 GB flash memory card or if only a 16GB can be used. Have a nice day, Mike

  • @helipilot727
    @helipilot727 14 років тому +1

    Great video, I too was wondering what rule #1 was... I thought it was "fly the plane" but maybe my list is different :D

  • @colomike42
    @colomike42 11 років тому

    I was wondering why you mounted the camera outside. Now I know. Thanks for both question and answer. (I do like the camera mounted on a stick and stuck out the air vent, though.)

  • @astrokits
    @astrokits 14 років тому

    THANK YOU!

  • @colomike42
    @colomike42 11 років тому

    And while I'm commenting, gotta add I like the shark teeth on the nose. Reminds me of a fellow who grew up near where I did -- Claire Chennault.

  • @monkeetime
    @monkeetime 14 років тому

    excellent!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @Gudoozim
    @Gudoozim 14 років тому

    Nice one !

  • @CaptnF3L1X
    @CaptnF3L1X 13 років тому

    This is just...Awesome :D wow dude :)

  • @annmiles193
    @annmiles193 11 років тому

    freaking fab!!

  • @gliderpilotNL
    @gliderpilotNL 12 років тому

    Looks like flying a dream! I'd do anything to fly there. To bad that the place where i fly is as flat as a pancake.

  • @zemike1
    @zemike1 12 років тому

    wonderful............

  • @DjamKMF
    @DjamKMF 11 років тому +7

    Somebody... hold me, I'm jealous!...

    • @trevormills
      @trevormills 11 років тому

      Me too....

    • @batte280381
      @batte280381 10 років тому

      lol.. hello daniel.. nice to meet you here ;) its me siegfried :D

    • @DjamKMF
      @DjamKMF 10 років тому

      batte280381
      ;-D

  • @CipherintheMatrix
    @CipherintheMatrix 8 років тому

    Awesome. How did you manage to put the camera just in front of the leading edge of the wing? Extension?

  • @23bgm
    @23bgm 13 років тому

    VEEEEEEEERY nice video!! But what aircraft did you use? A dg flugzeugbau Ls10?

  • @mikevance1586
    @mikevance1586 13 років тому

    Can you post some pictures of the mounts you used.

  • @aussierowingchick
    @aussierowingchick 11 років тому

    I love youtube! Thanks for sharing.

  • @GustavoSilva101
    @GustavoSilva101 14 років тому

    nice video dude, hey one question: what cam do you use to record your flights? i want to put one in one of the wings of the glider i fly with but i have any idea where to buy it

  • @TheCryptKeeper8
    @TheCryptKeeper8 14 років тому

    Hi Again, I'm curious. Are you towing from the belly hook. It looks like it. I've not seen that before if it is. Is this normal at your club?

  • @davidg4474
    @davidg4474 7 років тому +1

    beautiful, even the music is OK

  • @AndrewSmart32
    @AndrewSmart32 9 років тому +3

    i launched a glider, at 4:30pm, 2 days ago, in late october......in the uk

    • @AndrewSmart32
      @AndrewSmart32 9 років тому

      nope, low clouds so i went up in their motor glider, videos are on my channel if youre intersted

  • @wongcg
    @wongcg 14 років тому

    One ques.
    How long can you stay in the air for?
    Rgds

  • @naturerelaxationhd
    @naturerelaxationhd 14 років тому

    awseome... wow

  • @andreybatyaev8989
    @andreybatyaev8989 9 років тому

    Какое аэродинамическое качество планера? Видео очень красивое.

  • @FrontSideBus
    @FrontSideBus 14 років тому

    Fantastic footage, this from ContourHD?

  • @captclivemason
    @captclivemason 13 років тому

    nice vid

  • @Zlin0035
    @Zlin0035 13 років тому

    HOLY SHIT! IS THAT PORTMOAK???? THATS WHERE IM LEARNING!!!!

  • @jeanorwin
    @jeanorwin 13 років тому

    Were you actually able to thermal / climb or atleast stay up that day?

  • @GoodAtHeart
    @GoodAtHeart 12 років тому

    1ST TRACK IS Mohammed by The Dandy Warholes

  • @simonpaquetdotca
    @simonpaquetdotca 12 років тому

    Is the glider a cirrus and you are following an AMS DG-505 Elan Orion?

  • @23bgm
    @23bgm 13 років тому

    @Balleka Thanks for the answer.

  • @jeanorwin
    @jeanorwin 13 років тому

    @Balleka
    Ah, nice! :-)

  • @willbertdsgc
    @willbertdsgc 12 років тому

    @Balleka I thought Rule #1 was to be cool!?!?!? all these rules of yours!! haha

  • @ChrisMarasP
    @ChrisMarasP 14 років тому

    That's not a shark, that's a bird, friend!

  • @funnyfpvfrance2438
    @funnyfpvfrance2438 7 років тому +7

    😢rip

  • @PhotographyOleg
    @PhotographyOleg 12 років тому

    What's the title of the firts song?

  • @dbrunone
    @dbrunone 12 років тому

    Look up the tail number. Schempp-Hirth Standard Cirrus. Nice glider, not quite an LS10....

  • @timluns
    @timluns 10 років тому

    Not a pilot... beautiful wish I was one

    • @Juhujalp
      @Juhujalp 10 років тому

      being one and feeling so lucky!

  • @tenderthoughts
    @tenderthoughts 9 років тому +5

    Rule #1. Empty bladder before take off? LOL!

  • @ashburggraaff1109
    @ashburggraaff1109 11 років тому

    left your wheel down :p

  • @Ripstop_pilot
    @Ripstop_pilot 11 років тому

    soaring noise becomes very boring if not irritating to a mere spectator. wind noise is just rubbish. nice music choice. love the vids as always.

  • @colomike42
    @colomike42 11 років тому

    Not be be facetious (er..) but isn't rule number one to get down in one piece? Seems important to me.....

  • @helomotoful
    @helomotoful 13 років тому

    Nice stuff! I fly with the cadets check out my vid. This is soo awesome! Are you IFR rated and how much flight time do you have?

  • @saildapper2001
    @saildapper2001 12 років тому +1

    Nice video, but a couple other rules are: (1) never cover up the sounds of soaring, either make that the only sound, or if for some bizarre reasons you are adding music, mix it as a minor background, leaving the soaring sounds on top, and (2) the best video is over-the-shoulder through the cockpit. Greatly enjoyed the video anyway.

  • @cbfsoar15
    @cbfsoar15 9 років тому +5

    your gear is down

  • @merv148
    @merv148 13 років тому

    Needs winglets...

  • @colomike42
    @colomike42 11 років тому +1

    And every glider landing is dead stick. Bet power pilots hate to be reminded of that. Oops, just remembered you are both, Balleka....

  • @tommywarts8918
    @tommywarts8918 11 років тому

    You mean you guy's don't have PF and GnR in your ears when you are flying? And you think you're cool?