First time gliding Apr 11th
Posted by Louisthechampion@reddit | flying | View on Reddit | 33 comments
5000ft base record for age group
Posted by Louisthechampion@reddit | flying | View on Reddit | 33 comments
5000ft base record for age group
JeffreyDollarz@reddit
Soaring is absolutely wild. I highly suggest every pilot try it once.
elkab0ng@reddit
I did try it once, and it was humbling. No go-arounds!
Great_Ratio_6532@reddit
Do you measure release time to touchdown time?
vtjohnhurt@reddit
That time is more informative when your're just starting and struggling to 'stay up', and it's always noted in log books, but it means less with experience. When you have experience, Average Air Speed is one of the best metrics for measuring proficiency (assuming you always fly in similar performance glider types). The aim is to minimize time spent circling while maximizing average speed in cruise. So average speed over the duration of the flight rolls both of those metrics into one number. You record an .igc file in flight and programs like https://www.weglide.org/
There's complicated systems to score 'tasks' based on difficulty. https://www.weglide.org/ also scores your flight, and that score is used for online contests.
Great_Ratio_6532@reddit
Thanks! I've only flown in a glider once, and not as PIC. I tend to think of the times when things go quiet as an emergency... but have thought of gliding as real flying, with more attention paid to the details of flight efficiency.
An old acquaintance flew from State College PA, to just north of Atlanta... and back(!) on a single Jeep tow off his mountain top place in State College.
Quite a feat. When I was flying (maybe I still could) I was happy when I got the plane back on the ground without breaking anything.
vtjohnhurt@reddit
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Striedieck ?
Crazy_Wild_Optimist@reddit
Yes, him. I guess I read about his politics about a decade ago, but had forgotten. My friend worked with him in the seventies) at the gliderport, and my friend was quirky, but not as odd as Karl apparently was.
Mad_Rooster_7164@reddit
Nice! What’s a base record? A record for the airfield? How are you launched and to what altitude?
toshibathezombie@reddit
I think OP is a royal air force air cadet (UK version of JROTC) and if my memory from experience serves me right, that's a grob viking
They are operated by VGS squadrons (volunteer gliding schools), I guess similar to CAP in America?
Vikings are usually launched to 1000-1500ft iirc.
The cadet here was with an instructor if it was he first time, usually get about 20-30 mins air time before landing and switching out with another cadet.
I can't speak for all VGS squadrons but my old one was winch launched and had to stay below airspace above
Mad_Rooster_7164@reddit
thanks for the clarification!
tedder42@reddit
thanks for the clarification!
Acceptable_Sky_2018@reddit
Are you in Civil Air Patrol? Because I would expect them to offer this type of opportunity
vtjohnhurt@reddit
CAP has discontinued all glider OPs in the US.
Acceptable_Sky_2018@reddit
Oh. I am in CAP. It did not hear that
toshibathezombie@reddit
RAF air cadets - it's like JROTC. the gliding squadron is a VGS (Volunteer gliding school/squadron) which is akin to CAP
WORSTbestclone@reddit
RAF Air Cadets by the looks of it, so a similarish scheme.
Louisthechampion@reddit (OP)
Unfortunately not I would consider joining if its that kind of job that gets you more air time.
Lower-Pace-2089@reddit
That's not flying, that's falling with style
psychothymia@reddit
I would beg to differ Desktop only link.
devin3d@reddit
East Midlands?
theothergotoguy@reddit
RAFAC rules!
IAteTwoPlanes@reddit
I’m assuming this was a cadet flight. Soaring is great fun, I’m a cadet but I do all my gliding in a civvy club, still fun though!
psychothymia@reddit
This is the kind of content that we need more of here, congrats!
EliteEthos@reddit
Who pulled 9.5g?
greenflights@reddit
The person who landed last. Grass is rough and bounces the G-meter needle about.
Tony_Three_Pies@reddit
Nice! Extra impressive doing it without legs!
Louisthechampion@reddit (OP)
Thats what makes me special although it was tricky reaching the rudder pedals with tiny stubs
ApoTHICCary@reddit
Glad to see Lt. Dan is getting experience his dreams come true.
WarkMahlberg69@reddit
But you ain't got no legs Lieutenant Dan.
Yellowtelephone1@reddit
Nice Grob! Brings me back to when I learned how to fly.
ultra_sabreman@reddit
How did you manage to pull 9.5 and push -5 Gs all in one flight lol
Beautiful_Exchange_3@reddit
Soaring is amazing and addictive. It’s like you’re in competition with yourself to go further each time you go up. Thermals can be pretty nasty at times. You only get one shot at a landing so the stress is there at low altitude all the time.
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