Thank you for sharing. Very educational and a little funny at the end. Glad you are OK. Its because of this video i always fly with a safetyline and HMS. It has happened to my mate in Germany and he could ancor himself, get out of the harnass make a safe decent to fly again. Dont leave home without it.
Amazing video Joe! Your one lucky and funny Pilot! I was waiting for a blood curdiling scream at the end or even worse silence! But instead a priceless! "well I'm on the ground now"! fair play for keeping a cool head the whole way through, scary experience even on video!
All he had to do after the riser twist came undone is let go the left break and the glider would recover, 1-2 for or maybe 1 is a better choice for you Joe.
I have watched this video over and over in grate detail. The locked in spiral was a result of the pilot holding on the left brake (1:18), Im guessing he was holding the riser with the brake loop around his wrist in a state of shock (understandable).If he had gone hands up at 1:03 it looks like all would have sorted itself out. This is not a criticism of him at all just an observation from a comfortable computer chair.
His final words on the video are priceless "im on the ground now"!!!
Thank you for sharing. Very educational and a little funny at the end. Glad you are OK. Its because of this video i always fly with a safetyline and HMS. It has happened to my mate in Germany and he could ancor himself, get out of the harnass make a safe decent to fly again. Dont leave home without it.
TheNovaAxon 1 year ago
Amazing video Joe! Your one lucky and funny Pilot! I was waiting for a blood curdiling scream at the end or even worse silence! But instead a priceless! "well I'm on the ground now"! fair play for keeping a cool head the whole way through, scary experience even on video!
mkblaze 2 years ago
Flippin' Heck. No way, that was scary as hell. Glad you are OK though.
iftyshifty 3 years ago
Or you could have pull even more left break after the glider has undone from the riser twist and you would look like a SAT hero.
SplitPhase 4 years ago
All he had to do after the riser twist came undone is let go the left break and the glider would recover, 1-2 for or maybe 1 is a better choice for you Joe.
SplitPhase 4 years ago
wow great video, thank you for sharing it with us , i think we can learn a lot from it.
upnupnup 4 years ago
You can see the glider trying to fly...
Great Post!
AMAZINGPROSTATE 4 years ago 4
I have watched this video over and over in grate detail. The locked in spiral was a result of the pilot holding on the left brake (1:18), Im guessing he was holding the riser with the brake loop around his wrist in a state of shock (understandable).If he had gone hands up at 1:03 it looks like all would have sorted itself out. This is not a criticism of him at all just an observation from a comfortable computer chair.
His final words on the video are priceless "im on the ground now"!!!
0eden0 4 years ago 7
funny somehow ^^
"i'm on the ground now"
sarcastic???
GeilerEisbaer 4 years ago
I admire Joe for being calm in this situation but I think it's bad idea to pull breaks when the glider is entering strong thermals.
peanutbuttersly 4 years ago
3:21 "I'm on the ground now"
fight2flyphoto 4 years ago
Ca c'est un gros vrac... on comprend pas tout ce qu'il se passe mais ce qui est sur c'est que j'aimerai pas être à sa place...
Goeland42 5 years ago
houhouhou ! excellent !
cyrillemarck 5 years ago
Joe had a rough day!
sameerhalai 5 years ago 2