Flying to Mexico Border in my Glider 

Today was my first day of gliding and it was amazing. Thanks for inspiring me!

Holy cow that is amazing weather. I hope the comp is the same and you have a great time.

Brazilian Teams! The Best Friends and the Best Pilots!!!

Amazing flight and excellent work and a Masterclass in soaring to boot!! Thanks for sharing Stefan!

Damn, you landed as if you've done that before! ;) Gliders are just so cool these days, just mad to think you are flying faster than many motorized GA airplanes and helicopters, sure, you might need to do some circling and stuff to get altitude at times but still, its amazing! :D

Wahnsinn, was dort bei den Temparaturen für Wetterverhältnisse anzufinden sind.Davon können wir in Deutschland nur träumen. Mega-Flug, verständlich, dass Du bei den Temperaturen irgendwann körperlich am Ende warst. Aber nur 14 Mal kurbeln bei über 550 km und Vorflug mit fast 200 km/h hört sich fast schon unglaublich an. Mal sehen, wie es weitergeht, freue mich auf die nächsten Videos von dir.

This is awesome! Welcome to Uvalde. My mom, grandpa, son and I watch y’all land every evening. My son is obsessed with all planes lol

Verrückt wie du bei 40°C+ fliegen kannst, mir war gestern bei 33°C schon fast zu warm um zu fliegen.

Great pilot and glider. Nice movie!

glad you already meet my friends from Brasil!

what an amazing world

Good seeing you and your glider in person today. I am one of the tow pilots at the Uvalde WGC. With your self launcher I guess that you will not need my service!?😂

Awesome!.. This is what your AS33 was made for! Going FAST in super conditions! [EDIT, removed my remark about Oxygen, this flight was max 2500 meters, noticed in Weglide :-)] About conquering the heat.. I have seen glider pilots in these very hot conditions wear bright white oversized long sleeve shirts to keep the heat out of their body, where the sleeves sits very loosely atound your arms with lot of air between the sleeve and your skin. The blue jeans shirt you wear in this video was quite tight around your body and would not keep the heat out. Just think of the Arabian people in the sahara desert...They all wear wide long white dresses that sit loosely around their bodies.. It is just the best way to keep the heat out. Also as a hat, I use a Hypercool baseball cap or bandana when it gets above 30 degrees celcius. Just Before flight soak it in cold water, and during flight the silica gel slowly evaporates the water, keeping your head cool, this takes about 3-4 hours... A small wet towel around your neck also helps... If it gets so hot I always take a wet towel with me, and the hypercool cap. This really helps! Anyway, Please take good care of yourself! a Happy pilot wins contests!.

Sounds really tough with the heat on the ground! Probably still hot when coming lower for landing in the evening? Running a little AC unit off the batteries would be amazing! Since it's just 1kW for an efficient electric car, should be a bit less still for the small cockpit (even though it has a lot of sun coming in). So 10h or so of AC should be possible with a full battery charge! Maybe pitch the idea to Schleicher 😄 Would be great to dry the air as well in moist conditions to stop the canopy from fogging up.

Best of luck Stefan, looking forward to optimising the Larus when I’m back in Australia.

Hey, have an awesome contest week, I'm jealous for sure! That was an awesome final glide. I had a great flight over the cascades on 08/08, Team flew with Ron Clark. We had a race to finish at the end, not quite as fast as your new Bird though, that glider must be a dream!

Great video. Gliding at its ultimate. Nice seeing jetplanes after final taxi.

Great 👍 But bumpy as hell… flew dozens of times over the same lands back in the mid-eighties first in small Cessnas (172 / 182) and later in a Piper Aerostar… have fun Stefan! Holm & Rippenbruch 🎉

Great flight, excellent speed. The air conditioner is a great idea for this conditions.

very nice! I have delivered via overseas container shipments (1980 ish) era, the French made gliders to Canyon City airport. Stephan, thank you awesome aviation footage indeed! E. :) likes here! 🙂

Great training flight! Hope you do very well at the WGC, Stefan. 😊👍

Stefan - maybe one day do a video on how you physically prepare for that kind of heat! In florida we see 37-39°C on the field. If you get low during a flight, it gets really uncomfortable really fast. Which can be unsafe in itself. I see you're wearing pants and long sleeves. What type of material is it to stay cool? Also, do you bring ice packs or anything like that with you?

Habe ich das richtig gesehen, du hast Mexiko und einiges entlang der Grenze verpixeln müssen? Oder es war Zufall in meiner Videowiedergabe :-)

The AS33 is the nicest is'nt it? Steve? You'll make it. 👍🍀

y its bad ass for sure! :)

Come to Cabos !!! Wanna meet you

Hey Stefan. Good Luck! :)

May I ask; where do you mount the 360 camera in the glider?

Mega Stefan, viel Erfolg mit Deinen Tasks! Hattest Du schon mal einen Unfall? Wenn ja, wie ist das abgelaufen und was ist Dir dabei so durch den Kopf gegangen?

Hi Stef, you should Ask for an AC option...😂

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Could you elaborate on the ballast? What does more ballast do? What did you mean about the weather in Germany?

Like we say in Brazil : “Alemão é gente boa” !

likes here rock on boss

G,day Stefan from Sydney Australia. Just couldn't see the border wall in the video. Why do you carry water in the wings? Is it called the ballest, like a ship on the ocean? Moreover is for stability in the roll axis? 🌏🇦🇺

What camera do you use if you mind me asking? Im thinking about buying an action camera to record my flights too!

Mexican Border or Birder of Mexico!

Is the weather good?😊

Are you adding flap when ascending in a thermal?

Stephen, why not fes?

Excellent soaring in Texas!!! History abounds there also. Have a magnificent time Stefan! A chance of a lifetime to soar at an old giderport! Keep us posted.....Toodie

Texas looks like Namibia.

Cool, how close to Mexico are you allowed? Can you cross the border?

I'll be on soaring spot for two weeks. Very curious if the JS-5 can defeat the EB's.