Flight Level 220 in a Glider | New AS33 & ASG29 

You are really good Stefan. Thanks for being such an amazing ambassador of our sport! The number of views clearly indicates that your viewer's audience goes far beyond the glider pilots community. Keep on doing like this. Ciao

The song in the beginning combined with the footage makes it really special. Damn, I love gliding.

Flying on waves is always so peaceful! Love it! Thanks for sharing, Stefan!

Love the videos and flight commentary. As a K13 pilot on the south coast U.K. just blown away by your technology and adventures. Keep them. Coming

Nice one, hope you had heated socks! We had some good wave flights in Scotland this Autumn, but it was so much colder than normal. We climbed to 16,000' over Loch Tay and had to stop because the temperature was -22c and I was shivering despite being wrapped up. The next day we flew with heated socks and did 380kms working between 9,000’ and 12,000’ with an outside temp of -18, but had no problem. Hot feet make a warm body!

Stefan, deine Videos sind Klasse. Es muss fantastisch sein, antriebslos durch die Luft zu gleiten. Einfach wunderbar! Und moderne Segelflugzeuge sind einfach schön, ein Augenschmaus. Segelfliegen ist ein Traumhobby! Danke für alle Downloads!

wow i didn't realize these waves could be predicted accurately, so cool!

Hell yeah, a video I was waiting for. Already one of my favourites.Great stuff

What a feeling!!! Never being above 2.000 m in glider. Beautiful... Thanks for sharing this Stefan...

Nice Stefan! Please keep on posting. Love your videos!

I love your glider videos, please keep up the good work. I especially like the ones like this where you show footage from the cockpit looking down at the scenery and other gliders with you- very cool!

Great work, outstanding soundtrack as well!

Das Thumbnail ist on point!!

You are a Máster, thanks for sharing these amazing videos.

Brilliant video!!!!

Super cool, mal den Einstieg in die Welle zu sehen :)

That was definitely worth watching...thank you.

Great flight! Congratulations from São Paulo, Brazil!

What a beauiful view!!!

Simply incredible!

Amazing video!! Inflight shots from such a height look exceptional! Really loved the music as well :D

7:23 loved the bgm and the footages.. subscribed instantly 😊

Beautiful video

Richtig cool im Zeitraffer den Windversatz zu sehen. Einfach Mega!

Bloody great view, music choice was great too.

magic very nice video :) great job !

Excellent really enjoy the vids 👍🏻

It looks like a magic experience.

So beautiful

Hallo Stefan :-)) level 220 über Thüringen - auch mit toller Technik ist das eine Super Leistung ! als Thüringer erfüllt mich das auch mit riesiger Freude - das Welle fliegen hier so gut funktioniert . Habe 1971 in Leumnitz das Fliegen angefangen - hätte man mir damals etwas von diesen Höhen erzählt - hätte ich wohl gesagt - lass das trinken sein :-)) also tolle Leistung - ich wünsche dir allzeit gute Landung Gruss Jürgen - fliege derzeit in Vinsebeck - vielleicht kommst du auch mal zu uns an die Egge - auch geil :-))

Your videos are always so exciting. Hope I have a chance to fly free as you one day !

Great video!

This is amazing, I just went solo and hope to do this one day

Your new instrumentation is amazing. I like the app on the phone also.

Epic flight! Here's hoping that the restrictions lift soon so you can come and visit us here in Cape Town again.

Incredible

Hey Stefan. I love your videos and I may try to start this adventure next season. It would be really amazing if you dedicated a few videos to very basic fundamentals. From the basic instrumentation....pedals etc and their function, to how to apply specific techniques to fly better and safer. What are the clouds one looks out for etc etc. Today there is a serious lack of "how to..." In this glider space. I can find how to make concrete or cut a tree down....but I cannot find a serious video series on gliding from a to z. Just an idea :))

Gliders are incredibly cool.

coole Aktion, schönes Video 😃👍

Oh man, missing it so much! We are on lock down so we are grounded for a month. I see the rotors on the Pyrenees, this time of year we get strong southerly winds. Our club record is about 5 000m AMSL.

That must be fun!

Reminded me of my flight school days of '07-08 in KBFI

Fange nächstes Jahr mit dem praktischen Teil meiner Segelflug Ausbildung an! Bin erst 15 und freue mich riesig!!

What an awesome video! I am not aware of previous videos on your channel, that would explain, how you would prepare for such a flight. (besides oxygen) What do you actually need to do in order to prepare for such an intense flight? Keep making these awesome videos!

Back in the 1980's at least two members of the Wimmera Soaring Club based in Horsham, Australia achieved their Diamond Height badge in the Grampian Mountain Wave. (Max Hedt and Steve McFarland) ACT would only allow one sailplane at a time to fly in controlled airspace and re;eased 5,000 feet blocks of airspace at a time. The canopy quickly froze up and clear vision panels were installed. The sailplane used was the ES60 'Boomerang' made in Adelaide SA by Harry Schneider. The wave was from a small section of the Grampians right in the center of the main Adelaide-Melboune flight route and one could listen on the Club's base station to commercial airliners being vectored around the released blocks of airspace. I understand that if got b.cold above 20,00 feet.

Congratulations ! You have to come to Argentina. Best waves of the world.

Lots of nice lennies out there!

Super Leistung, ich beneide dich!

The AS 33... What a beauty!!

Great Video! Flying a glider above the clouds is my dream!

that is amazing..I loved it....specially at 7:00

Ein geiles Gefühl so hoch über den Wolken. Hatte das mal vor gut 30 Jahren mit einer grundinstrumentierten Ka8 ohne Sauerstoff. Habe mich von einer Wolke einsaugen lassen und als ich rauskam war und blieb das Vario auf Anschlag. Kurz über 5000 Meter habe ich freiwillig aufgehört, war dort etwa 1,5 Stunden. Die Ka8 habe ich auf knapp unter 60 KmH getrimmt, da wurde es richtig still. Könnte heute noch heulen, wenn ich daran denke.

Just WOW 😲👍!

Flying to that height was a dream of mine when i was gliding as a teen. The highest i reached was, 12.500ft in a thermal near Benalla Australia, but i wasn't wearing shoes so my feet were freezing.

Thank you for these videos! I've decided to join the local flight club and start working toward my sailplane license starting with the theory lessons in February. Meanwhile I am going to enjoy these videos! :)

Hey Stefan, does your glider require a transponder when you are up so high? Also, how long does the battery last in your glider? Thanks for sharing, I love your videos and adventures 👌🏼

Geiles Video!!!!

WELLE!!! yeah

Hi Stefan just came across this VLOG from 2 yrs ago I was based in W.Germany in the 1980's and flew Gliders with the (RAF GGA) Royal Air Force Germany Gliding Association. there were 3 RAF Clubs and 1 Army Gliding Clubs and we flew mainly in Rhine-Westphalia region. We did go South to Bavaria, Austria, Italy and France to Fly in the wave. We had in those days had a limit of FL100 in W.Germany and when flying in the Alps we had on Wave days, Sites clearances so that we could enter Wave and the Airways in that area. However we were very limited to where we could go due to the East-West Boarder and Buffer zone airspace that was in place. I noticed that the area you are flying in this VLOG would of been to close to be allowed in that Airspace in our time That Airspace was the buffer zone and you would of had a Military fighter sent up to see what you were doing back then. I have a question do you now have to fly with a transponder to operate above FL100 in Germany and I note on your Parachute shoulder harness you have a D-ring is that for a PLB/EPIRB for when you fly in the mountains. I love the VLOGs and in my day the Discus was a new glider and the Ventus T was also a good aircraft we just got the first Duo Discus in the RAFGSA as I was leaving the Military also nice aircraft . Regards C

Moin, Klasse Video! Der Controller hat Euch wahrscheinlich den Raum gegeben, weil er in diesen Zeiten einfach DA ist. Aber eines stell ich immer wieder fest: Unsere Controller sind echt klasse. Die letzte Saison nur positive Erlebnisse mit DFS gehabt. Weiter so, Stefan!

seeehr schön!

das im bett zu schauen ist einfach nur ein traum

Cooles Hobby!

AMAZING Do you have to use a transponder at these altitudes ?

Hi Steph, how much Time do you have with O2, and did you reach unbelievable speed at these altitudes ? I just remember a Friend of mine cruising at more than 600 knots ground speed with his "old" Citation coming back from USA. Or should you freightened to meet hard streams isn't it. However Thank you very much for you share beautyful pictures ! Stay Strong !👍👍👍

Und ich freu mich über FL100 in der Welle überm Königsstuhl xD

Nice to see your glider having nearly same registration as the one I was learning to fly on :) SP-2815 Bocian

Wieder mal geiles Video. Das ist der Thüringer Wald den du empfohlen hast? Sieht super aus

Wow so cool. So this flying high seems to be a new trend.

Beautiful!!! What rate of descent? TKS

Amazing flight ! Next time it will be 7000m 😉

Servus Stefan, wahnsinn, ich bin sehr begeistert! Das sieht klasse aus, ist sicher ein wahnsinnig tolles Erlebnis... Ich setze mich mit Hilfe Deiner Videos gerade zum ersten Mal überhaupt mit Segelfliegen auseinander. Ein Anstieg von 4 Metern pro Sekunde ist viel oder? So viel, dass es einem den Magen drückt... Wusste gar nicht dass das beim Segelfliegen so schnell geht, ich dachte man muss sich Meter um Meter erkämpfen. Was ich eigentlich fragen wollte: Ich sehe im Cockpit Links auch eine art "Not-Hebel" zum Öffnen der Haube. Trägt man denn als Segelflieger per se einen Fallschirm? Grus, Dako

What creates those waves? I had only heard of lee waves before...

How long does the oxygen last?

Hey Stefan ich habe gerade vor dem Video Werbung von Y Food bekommen. Mich würde es interessieren ob sich diese Proteinshakes auch fürs Fliegen eignen. Habe bisher immer Müsliriegel oder Bananen gegessen

how high could you go in your glider?

Jeez, Stefan, you organise some great rides ... then you share them with the world!! And then you go on to speak German ??? Where does the talent end? Great work and Keep It Up.

Sauber!

Which is the song you have used in last

Lovely, I did a 33.000 once over Minden...

What glider are you flying here?

this might be a stupid question, but when you're really high up, how do you stop the build-up of ice on the wings and control surfaces? like with bigger aircraft the speed of them doesn't let the ice build-up but here you're surely not going fast enough right?

Imagine meeting an airliner up there 👀

What type of request did you have to put in to get the clearance into that airspace? Seems pretty incredible to me that they let you fly in a bloc altitude. Anyhow, congrats for making it all the way up!

Come and fly at Denbigh Gliding in UK. We get to similar heights often :)

How many price of this glider And some normally people are bought thi device?

Wow. How much does it cost to fly gliders? How much is the training? If only my country has flying clubs......

I want to feel this

Ist das dein eigenes Segelflugzeug?

super ! 😄👍🇨🇭

Warst du schon einmal in EDQO oder EDQM ??

amazing view. how much this glider cost? it's look like more better buy this than supercar !

Was ist denn eigentlich diese Pfeifen/ Fiepen das man "ständig" hört? Tolle Videos, danke!

Meega!

Was that a Wilga tow plane?

Goil!

Unfassbar schön! Wie hat der Controller reagiert, als ihr als Segelflieger die C-Freigabe angefragt habt? Kommt ja wahrscheinlich nicht so oft vor :D

Wie läuft das eigentlich luftrechtlich ab wenn man mit einem Segler so hoch fliegt? Ab FL100 ist doch i. d. R. Luftraum C ..

Moin, an welchem Datum fand der Flug statt? Ist das Wellensegelflug "Laucha"?

What price of this plane?