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.
Do you ever scan the rivers for tubers and drop water balloon bombs on them?
JustinWarrenGraham 2 years ago
At 3:35 the altimeter finally unsticks..lol.
I thought you were holding alt. a little too well.
Nice country for soaring out there.
Smartathanyou 4 years ago
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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cc9drvr 4 years ago
at this point how high were you? u look something like 2000-3000 ft?
evangelionbh 4 years ago