Glider contest flight in Logan, UT averaging 80mph - Part 4 of 10

July 21, 2010 Logan, Utah contest for sailplanes / gliders. Part 4 of 10 videos. This video shows that sometimes it is best to slow down in some parts of a cross country soaring flight in order to get the fastest total average speed.

Pilot Bruno Vassel IV (B4) is flying a 15 meter ASW-20B sailplane from Logan, Utah up into Idaho and back into Utah. The 2 hours of video were divided into 10 parts for easier viewing. This video shows flying around many of the most popular turn points of Logan Utah used for soaring contests including: Sedgwick Peak, Sherman Peak, Oxford Peak, Gun Sight Peak, the Wellsville Range, Willard Peak and the Logan Airport.

The 15 meter Nationals will be held in Logan Utah in 2011 and hopefully this video will help pilots who have not flown in this area to get at least a feel for the region. Thanks for watching and for your comments.

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• Bruno
• Vassel
• soaring
• gliding
• glider
• sailplane
• Logan
• Utah
• contest
• flying

[lhitchins]

@bviv What ever you were doing that day it seemed to be working. In the UK we usually get 4-7kts max and cloudbase is around 4000 - 6000ft, local airspace is usually from about FL55 up. So flying cross country here you climb to CB or thermal dies out set off, get low and repeat. Also it is very rare to see the whole sky going up as it appear to in your vid. Anyway great flying Bruno, my RAM mount arrived this week and I will have a new camera on order ready for the soaring season 2011!!

[bviv]

@lhitchins Great point! I completely agree with you. I need to have the discipline to keep the hard fast rule that unless the rest of the flight is running the ridge over 100 mph you MUST stop and turn if the vario goes over 10 knots. Thanks for the good reminder. We all keep trying to figure out how to fly faster and farther. :) Bruno

[lhitchins]

@simonpaquetdotca LOL

Although you can see clearly in the vid he decends a long way under the cloud base on a few occasions. Great flying, my only critisism it that when he hooked up the 10kt'r in the bowl near oxford peak instead of wandering around he should have cranked it over and aimed for the stars

[jameswilgeroth]

I agree with simonpaquetoca - throughout the flight you had very favourable lift! A combination of excellent piloting, task tactics, and favourable lift sees this as a truly excellent flight!! If only conditions in the UK were so favourable (our cloudbase sucks!!). Keep up the good work!!

[simonpaquetdotca]

Is that me or you were climbing all the video? I did not see your vsi go under 0 very often