Flying to Corsica in a Glider - From the Alps to the island, and (almost) back
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- Опубліковано 10 лис 2023
- 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 - Спорт
Wow! A few days ago I came across a wave flight along Adriatic coast from Slovenia almost to Albania and back, also 1000km and now this! Such a distance over the sea in the glider. It requires a great knowledge, confidence and a great set of balls. Congrats!
Wow this is absolutely insane. Would you mind making an explaination video about the weather forecasting you did and the size of these waves and how large they get? I'm a paragliding pilot but can't really wrap my head around this phenomena and how you predicted it. Thanks for sharing this!
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!!! Well done Yves! What an achievement! You have just become my hero. As a glider pilot this would be my dream flight. On behalf of all glider pilots - a special thank you to the Italian authorities for being so accommodating.
Congratulations to your amazing glider-flight to Corsica while surpassing 1000km in total. Cheerio
I'd appreciate a video on how you deal with controlled airspace in your glider!
Good question. Check out at 7:15 where he describes his conversations with Marseille and Italian air controllers.
Just saw my old house in Pietracorbara from your glider 😮
What a trip! Thanks for sharing this amazing adventure ❤
I don't think I've ever seen better views from a plane.
I have flown in gliders in the UK but never thought that this was possible. I have lived and worked in Switzerland and travelled all over Europe and the terrain of the alps is truly inspiring but to fly over them in an unpowered plane is incredible. Well done!!!!
Absolutely crazy! As a former glider pilot myself this is unfathomable.
Awesome
Awesome flight, congrats!
So ein unglaublicher Flug. Herzliche Gratulation.
wow, that is really pretty amazing..
As a paraglider I have to say, kudos for this incredible achievement.
Don't know much about gliders but great achivement!
Amazing !
Wonderful performance!Most sincere congrats and cheers !
Also Sardinia: checked! WoW
I would not have expected you to come back! Absolutely amazing videos and breathtaking views! Great job!
Amazing flight and incredible video! Congrats!
Congratulations for this achievement and thanks for sharing these incredible moments! Cheers!
Thank Yves, stunning views and great commentary.
This is by far the most awesome flight I have ever seen!
Great man, what a flight!! Regards from Sweden!
Wow, what an awesome flight!!! First saw it on OLC, thanks for sharing the flight here!
Congrats Yves! Such a stunning achievement your flight! keep pushing! Greetings from Brazil.
This was an incredible video! Thanks for sharing.
Outstanding!
amazing!
Congratulations Yves that is fantastic flight. Thank you for sharing and many more flights like this
Amazing flight!
Amazing trip, well done. Thanks for sharing.
This is amazing!! Thanks for sharing :)
You moved me. My dad was a glider pilot. On long flights looking for thermals. And doing aerobatics too. Thanks.
Amazing 🤩.
Congratulations! What a flight, well done Ives.
Epic! Thanks for sharing!
Incredible, congrats!
Amazing! Congratulations!
Epic Adventure! Congratulations, Yves. 👏👏👏
This is incredible.
Congratulations for this amazing flight.
Wooow!! What a flight! congratulations! 😃
Wow! This is an impressive adventure
Bravo! Amazing flight
Awesome... Just Awesome.
What an awesome flight! Congartaulations!
Amazing flight and amazing video!
This is fantastic! 🤩🤩
Congratulations Yves! Great flight. Just a few years ago I would never have thought of the possibility of flights like these. I like the wave and fly from Turin and Aosta, but never such complicated flights. The road opened by Claus and Batpiste and you will hold many surprises for us.
IMPRESSIVE, congratulations!!
As a paraglider pilot myself, I can only say WOW!! AMAZING!! Well done!!
Thanks for the journey!
Epic! Thank you for sharing your flight.
Great video Yves!
This is absolutely amazing. Thanks for sharing.
What an awesome flight and video. Hope I´ll get to fly someday too :D
I live down there thank you for the visuals! Stunning
That was awesmoe, I wasn´t even aware that such long trips were feasable.
Nice!!!
Wow! What an incredible flight!!😲
Bravo!
Fantastic! Congratulations!
Its incredible, i really appreciated the video !
Stunning photos😍
Thanks Yves for sharing this kind of experience ! These flights make me dream... It's very well explained . Remember that's New Zealand isn't far away from Australia ;)
Spectacular
Wow, very impressive!
Impressive !
Affengeil! So cool 👍👍
nice video !! keep it up
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 ...
How did you handle all the class A airspace and restricted areas in that section of the alps?
Wow incredible feat, congragulations, keep up the excellent work !!
Congratulation with 1K subscribers! And with the Great Flight!
I've never ever said this before, but here I go: That was EPIC!
I can't wait to get my license!
Congrats! Great water chellange.
Wow ! I didn't even know it was possible. Awesome
wow respect this is sooooooooo crazy
Would never have thought this possible!
Dream Flight
Unusual and surprising considering those outstanding pair of balls. Bravo.
Nuts !!!! Whoa 🙂
totally badass...
Propre.
Oh man.. so much eye candy.. the buzz of getting cleared to FL240 would knock me unconscious before ever getting low on O2. An extended cut with 2x or 4x speed please❤
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
Nice
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.
Incroyable 1000km, avec un mistral en corse bien fort. belle balade l ami !
Geil gemacht Yves! Grosses Kino, gratuliere! Bis am Samstag an der Segelflugkonfrenz 👍✌️
wowwwwwwww dayum
What a great flight! Must be very special to cross these stretches of sea!
Btw, your date of flight in the description isn't correct 🙂
Great job bro
Congratulations.
Megaaa! gratuliere!
Greetings from Vevey , nice project
A wunderbare Flug muess das gsi sii! Guet gmacht! und Hopp Schwiiz!
Very Nice. I will try to recreate your flight on the MSFS 2020 Flightsimulator (using a Discus 2c FES). Thanks for Sharing