Glider 500km triangle flight

[909kick]

I see you punched through class A airspace...which is awesome by the way. Do you have some sort of waiver from the local FSDO to allow you to do that?

Great videos...keep them coming!

ps - I am jealous you got to drive a Ferrari...that is one item on my bucket list.

[bviv]

@909kick As for the Ferrari, it was just a complete blast. :) Are you going to the soaring convention in Reno early February this year? Bruno

[909kick]

@bviv Nope. Sounds like fun though. I got a small taste of soaring a couple of years ago at Hemet Airport here in southern CA. But the geniuses at Riverside County shut down the operation...even though they had no right to. The airport was receiving Federal funding. Slight oversight. Needless to say the operation moved out before this was publicly known. Oh well...maybe some day the operation will return.

[bviv]

@909kick My GPS altitude shows above 18k but if you look at the altimeter, it clearly shown at 4:14 I never went above and the difference between the instruments. My GPS altitude in this glider always showed between 500-800 ft. higher than my pressure altitude. It took an aggressive push down but it worked. Check again. I would not be posting busting Class A on youtube. Since I have a transponder I have always been real careful to stay below. Bruno

[starozy]

You stated 500 mile course in audio, but description is 500 km. km is correct?

What is the device on mounted on top of the instrument panel? Looks like a radar detector :)

[bviv]

@starozy If I said miles I wasn't thinking. km's is correct. :) The little device is a collision avoidance system to keep me away from the big jets flying around my area.  Take care, Bruno

[tobihei1]

i look forward to our next season in germany nearby berlin *,*

[bviv]

@tobihei1 I dream of coming over there and flying in Germany! Some day for sure. thanks for watching. Bruno

[tobihei1]

@bviv you're welcome in Dessau at any time :D

[marc8243]

Bruno... thank's for another great video. Small question: there is a double beep at 0:25. This double beep occurs at various times on your videos, but I don't recognize the tone. Is that from your Mountain High? Something else? Thanks!

[bviv]

@marc8243 That way my SeeYou Mobile glider program telling me that I was not centered in the thermal because I was too busy being distracted trying to video and talk. :) Thanks for watching and your interest. Bruno

[10Charly47]

Hello glider pilots! Ein super video!

Where sich man, lautlos won the way of peaks and ridges like an eagle, is one of the last great adventure of our time!

Regards, Charly

[Dimitry999]

That just not fair, i wanna fly there too! Beautiful region and weather, awesome vid.

[batmeins]

Beautiful videos, very inspiring. Thank you!

[thepilotboy]

Hi, I am interested in flying and I think I will probably either get my start with gliding or ultralights. I am sorry for asking, but are you on oxygen or is it necissary due to high altitudes?

[bviv]

@thepilotboy :) Funny question.  No - While I look like an old man the oxygen is because out here in Utah we fly long times above 12,000 ft and we are required to use oxygen at those altitudes.

[carsten357]

Yo Bruno!

I am a 19 year old glider pilot from Denmark, and i must say that your videos are a huge inspiration ! keep up the good work :D

[cibaca1]

how long took this flight?

[bviv]

@cibaca1 The flight ended up being 535km and was flown in 4:55.

[AdrianCelestine]

Fantastic.

[michelarjuna]

1800 FPM???? holy shit that 9 m/s

I'm happy to get 2 ms (300 fmp)

[jacoherbst]

Enjoyed every second of the 9:50 video. Thanks! Please see my comment on the other video (spinning). The beep sound every so often? ;-)

[MINICLIPGAMER]

I see you have spot :D

[MrTumnus8896]

Thx. That dwarfs wherever I fly. But 13,000ft agl thermalling is awesome! Beats me by about 7,000ft in southern England

[MrTumnus8896]

18,000 ft ASL, what's ground above sea level?

[bviv]

@MrTumnus8896 Ground level is around 5000ft in the vallleys and the mountains go up to around 12,000. Utah is amazing to fly over.

[gummess]

nice vid. Showing what its all about. 5*

[miseethi]

Thanks for this very nice video.

[fabisegelweb]

Jeeeeeeeeeee haaaaaaaaaaaaaa

awesom Im Fabian im fliyng gliders in germany and

I love flying gliding is fun ;)and I wish

many happy landings

[markramina]

How i wish to be flying right now, instead of sitting here in front of the computer :)

[pilot5054]

@markramina

Totally agree :-)

Keeping my finger crossed for the weather tomorrow!

[1SILE]

Nice video and nice image quality.I'm very jealous of the very high altitude clouds and strong thermals :-) (in my country clouds arround 2000 m and thermals max 5 m/s).Good luck!

[vasama]

Thank you for not using any music background!

[vasama]

18.000 feet in shorts?

[vasama]

A super video! I'm flying there, every year, with a 172 from Moab, Canyonlands.

[SpeedbirdDK]

Very nice video! How did you get that fish-eye effect? I miss that when I fly, I can never get the whole picture :-)

[bviv]

Just glue on a wide angle lens right onto the camera lens housing. It works! Just be prepared when your wife sees what you did to her camera... ;)

[vdosc1]

dviv, very nice. Keep on with the good work. Tanks :-)

[atreewithnolife]

true thanks

[asigravitate]

You've got me convinced, this is definitely something i am going to be doing very soon

[atreewithnolife]

Im 57 now , when I was 30 I did my gold distance but never declared it ! doh! just wish we had this technology , wow! and whent to 20000 ft with no oxygen, no chute, no radio, no cell phone, wood and fabric glider, a k8, no warm clothing, no sat nav, no drink bottle hmmmm , just a yaw string, alt , vary , asi, lol! , still got gold hieght cuz had a baragraph , wow!

[Rudi146]

hello atreewithnolife, it is still fun today to fly the wooden stuff beside of the modern sailplanes - actually it is real flying without the modern technology ..

[epoman16]

very nice video and good quality i love soaring

[bryngwynbach]

Superb inspirational flight, thanks :-)

[premde]

Nice video! I see from your web site that you use both a Kodak Z1285 (in the cockpit) and a DXG-567V. Was this video taken with the Kodak?

[bviv]

Hi Paul - My Kodak camera broke (after one of my flights the lens would not retract) so this video was taken with the DXG.

I found that the DXG also gives a slightly better final picture quality than the Kodak after using editing software to improve colors - go figure. I am sure that there are tons of much better HD cameras out the but at under $60 the DXG does a good enough job.

[kakadz89]

It's just fantastic video! Nodoubt it's the best movie about gliding I ever seen!

[rexa007]

Fantastic 5/5 :)

[alfsrc]

Well Done! Nice altitude. Whats you airfield altitude?I must get that lens onto the DXG. It shows so much more!

Cheers

Alf

[Ybuqc]

Yes, gliding is freaking fun!!!

Keep posting video like this, it's amazing !

[steffenelberg]

Nice video Bruno. Would love to fly in that area....Steffen

[helipilot727]

great video... just recently soloed and moving into cross country. nothing that nice here in florida :(

[GliderGuy50]

Bruno, Very nice! Thanks. Martin (WT)

[poemt1]

sweet video - makes us jealous in Tennessee..

MP

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[divingworld66]

glider over Utah it's seems to be a great experience!