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Long glide back to Uvalde

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Uploaded by on Dec 4, 2006

This is un-edited footage of a portion of a long straight glide back to Uvalde, Texas. I'm flying in my 1966 Bolkow Phoebus B1 sailplane. I was attempting to fly to Larado and back but couldn't fight the 20 plus knot headwind flying South so I turned back early. Modern gliders use water ballest to penetrate the head winds and fly faster.

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  • Do you ever scan the rivers for tubers and drop water balloon bombs on them?

  • At 3:35 the altimeter finally unsticks..lol.

    I thought you were holding alt. a little too well.

    Nice country for soaring out there.

  • The altimeter--left-hand gage-reads 6,000 feet. Depending on g-fly's altimetry, above the ground or standard sea, he is 6 to 5 thousand feet above the ground.

    The video is a lot noisier than any glider sortie I've had.

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  • at this point how high were you? u look something like 2000-3000 ft?

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