Gliding Introductory Flight - HD Cockpit Experience 

You don't hear the noise don't you

Yes, I thought exactly the same thing. There are so many pilots, including advanced ones, who are constantly twitching on the stick on the smoothest of days and it just wastes energy. Easy habit to break if picked up early.

@@richarddavis7778 i was always a little ham fisted

Have hhhhh

What do you do I'm air cadets

in swedish, the word for gliding, "segelflygning" literally translates to "sailflying".

It gives you an indication if the plane is yawing or straight. If the string is in the middle the glider is straight.

I wondered that too. Im a student glider pilot and I've learnt that the wheels of the towplane should line up with the horizon , but it this case they seemed to be way lower than that. I don't know why tho..?

Yeah, they definitely looked like they were on low tow. Great video

I read on Chapter 12 of FAA Gliding Handbook (FAA-H-8083-13A) that there are two acceptable tow positions for the glider: "High tow position", at the same altitude, or, "Low tow position", just below the tow plane wake. Discussing this matter together with other pilots at the club, I arrived at the conclusion that maybe, flying at a lower altitude can help to reduce induced drag, mostly on the towing plane, resulting in a higher vertical speed or a lower fuel consumption. This is because the downforce required to compensate the wing pitching moment will then be (in part, at least) be provided by the vertical component of tow rope tension.

In Australia we transition to low tow at around 300ft above ground for the reason that if we come into a powerful thermal the glider will climb quickly, faster than the tug, and if you are in high tow you could quickly lift the tail of the tug which forces the tug into a descent, which makes the problem worse, and it can be fatal for the tug.

@@InnovativeWrapsAu Great, logical answer.

I thought that but he is not down in the prop wash, maybe camera angle?

The GoPro might be distorting the view a bit but it did look quite low. I usually try to line up the mains with the horizon or the wings

It,s the same in car driving. The steering wheel must be handeled gentley in higher speeds. When the Glider is operating in thermal it will be flowen in lower speeds. Than the stick has to moved more to bring the glider in bank and holding its nose at the horizon . You has no reason to be arfait to oversteer the plane. When the glider is fast , you need more force to move the stick. In landing sometimes you need full movementrange of the controls.

D. N. It is competency based, at least here in Australia it is. We have two 737 captains learning to fly gliders at our club.

maybe you have bad hearing ^^

Believe it or not in the US some people have they're pilots license with Parkinson's, I think it like 12 or so have a class one medical certificate which would medically allow them to fly for an airline.

Yes he did. What is the 'hahah' for?

In gliding you neednt a classic runway. A landingstrip of grass is enough.

Yes and there is a reason for that. You can't taxi off a runway like you can with a power plane. You have to get out and drag it. So at an airport with both glider and power operations the glider will operate parallel to the paved runway and power planes will operate on the paved runway. You will notice he also took off from the grass.

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