Impossible to watch this video without a smile of satisfaction. As in life, you have to choose the right one every moment ...
@spalkin
4 жыл бұрын
Flying in a motorless plane over beautiful country that would take weeks to traverse on foot...priceless!
@lithium25693
4 жыл бұрын
actually its very expensive
@cornwellharley4458
4 жыл бұрын
lithium25693 who said a thing about price
@EirikAnd99
3 жыл бұрын
@@lithium25693 Actually it isn't expensive. I have been gliding for a year and have spent unter 400€ in total, all costs considered.
@Niraol
2 жыл бұрын
@@EirikAnd99 how much does it cost to buy a glider?
@EirikAnd99
2 жыл бұрын
@@Niraol Depending on the glider it can cost from 10.000$ to 300.000$ and more.
@joshuapatrick682
2 жыл бұрын
Stefan is my hero, first pilot I’ve ever seen who wears a parachute and I admire that!
@wilkoone9155
2 жыл бұрын
A parachute wouldn't have been much use at that altitude! Amazing flight, I have done a lot of x-country glider flying but never that over such a long distance - Respect!
@joelmulder
5 жыл бұрын
This looks so amazing! Flying this fast and low, with so much visibility and only the noise of the wind is simply amazing. Too bad being low without an engine scares the crap out of me as a non-glider pilot.
@MelindaGreen
3 жыл бұрын
Being low is fine, and being slow is fine, but being low *and* slow scares the crap out of me. I guess he can land out on any of those grassy fields, but that sounds really unpleasant too.
@PaulAnthonyDuttonUk
5 жыл бұрын
How much does the anti gravity option cost? It seems to work well. :)
@stephansalas1464
4 жыл бұрын
IT's free! :) aka wind
@calikalbocalikalbo6082
4 жыл бұрын
@@stephansalas1464 What wind? I hardly heard lift at all from the Vario.
@FlowcastYT
2 жыл бұрын
@calikalbo calikalbo Ridge lift its pretty interesting, won't necessarily get you much altitude but will allow you to maintain your altitude as long as you follow the contour of the mountain. Someone like Pure Glide could give you a good explanation.
@thespudbud9910
5 жыл бұрын
Your videos are the reason I started gliding 🕶
@ElyesBoudhina
5 жыл бұрын
hi there i have a few questions ,how long does it take for someone to learn how to glide , and does the FES system prevent you from major accidents that could happen like losing altitude ? meaning is there something worry about ?
@thespudbud9910
5 жыл бұрын
@@ElyesBoudhina Hi Elyes, learning to glide can easily take months to over a year, it depends on how often you fly. I haven't flown any gliders with an FES (Front-Electric-Sustainer?)system so I cannot speak from experience. I can imagine flying with an FES system is a confidence boost though.
@ElyesBoudhina
5 жыл бұрын
@@thespudbud9910 So what can you do if you glide with no FES and encounter an emergency situation ( because the way i see it, if you glide with no FES its seems like it would be like jumping from an airplane with a faulty parachute is it not )
@thespudbud9910
5 жыл бұрын
@@ElyesBoudhina Find a good thermal or ridge, pray or look for a healthy field to 'land' XD
@ElyesBoudhina
5 жыл бұрын
@@thespudbud9910 when i was watching gliding videos that was the first thing that ran through my mind => security how can i survive if shit goes south , is the seat ejectable ? can i have parachute ? i just can not get into something that does not have back up plan and FES just killed it . cuz with out it i think you are willingly rolling dice on your life .
@MrMavnkaf
5 жыл бұрын
I bet it was fun for you! No words = high concentration!
@JonHeckendorf
5 жыл бұрын
Not often, I need to be in the cockpit when watching someone soar. But, ridge and slope soaring always gets me excited and I need to be flying with you on this flight. Very nice, predictable, and safe flight. Great job and fun watching you fly.
@latinokooll7
5 жыл бұрын
Amazing how calm and relaxed you look with very few but decided moves on the stick, it's a pleasure to see you fly! Amazing scenario too! Keep posting and happy flying.
@gladysfirey6508
5 жыл бұрын
At 8:05 watch the bird take evasive action!
@tinchote
5 жыл бұрын
He didn't have FAlarm.
@krzysztofpel2078
2 жыл бұрын
That soflty mountened landscape with a relaxing beeping sound in background make me trully relaxed.
@carlbraden2794
5 жыл бұрын
Wow that was intense and amazing - really enjoyed the flight and expect to repeat numerous times - thanks mate!
@footsy420
5 жыл бұрын
Nice flying. Low flights make for great videos and I am a new pilot, not comfortable with being close to anything. I only recently stopped being afraid of clouds.
@anonymxs._7570
5 жыл бұрын
Low and slow in a glider is risky, isn't it? But if you *ASG* me, it looks absolutely stunning!
@airgliderz
5 жыл бұрын
Not risky, but fun, light Ridge lift can stay up a long time and Ridge lift you are allways pretty low and close to the rige to stay in the lift, especially true on mild ridges like the ones he is flying over. Love having no engine. He looks like he has lots of landing spots. Gliders like his have good glide ratios, as in over 40:1 so you can glide a long way. A glider recently reset the sailplane altitude record climbing at 500 to over 1000 fpm to 90,000 feet asl using natural super smooth mountain wave. A RC model glider with 9 ft wingspan hand launched off Ridge using dynamic Soaring off the downwind side of a ridge flying in a circle many tulimes accelerating to a world record of 545 mph, this type of Soaring pulls way more g's then a human can withstand, imagine flying in a circle of less then 100 yards diameter at 545 mph, accelerating from had launched after 4-5 turns to 545mph! Or fly in a sailplane race to one to two defined turn points over a 109 mile plus triangle in a glider averaging from 45 to over 100mph
@SteFly
5 жыл бұрын
Yes, that´s correct! Nice integration of ASG :D
@svesom
5 жыл бұрын
@@SteFly Perfect Playground for my ATOS VR..
@wianenslin2384
3 жыл бұрын
@@airgliderz wow that is a lot of great info thank you so mutch 😁💪
@stewiepid4385
5 жыл бұрын
Great example of ridge lift! Subbed.
@biagiocozza8875
3 жыл бұрын
Beautiful flying, over beautiful scenery, very well done.
@Blackhawker91
5 жыл бұрын
wow, was eine Landschaft, gut geflogen! Ein Traum!
@isbestlizard
4 жыл бұрын
I love that you had Clangers for company the whole time too :D
@bentleyblower
3 жыл бұрын
Bravo Stefan, you have incredible courage, skill and faith in your ASG29 sailplane and I fully expected the nose to fall into the trees at any second. There was no safe landing area, without incurring damage as you traversed that inhospitable shallow ridge and several times, I found that I was forgetting to breathe. The clip ended too soon, as I would have loved to see how you climbed away when the ridge ended.
@SteFly
3 жыл бұрын
At the end everything was safe and easy to glide back to the airfield. Finished the task and landed ;)
@motionsic
4 жыл бұрын
Awesome flying! Thanks for risking your life to put up this video!
@ANNEH0EKSTRA
5 жыл бұрын
Situation at 4:50 looked scary.. no altitude. Nose towards the hill. No energy at 90kph. 1 error (bump and set the flaps wrong) and then the situation is not fixable. Stunning views.
@SteFly
5 жыл бұрын
Yes, that was no comfortable Situation! The wingloading was very low and the ASG29 still flies with 70 - 75 km/h, so a small margin was still there.
@MauritsHebels
5 жыл бұрын
I’ve seen several comments of you stating that what you were doing was particularly risky. Now you comment again that a situation was not comfortable. Where do you personally draw the line between risk & reward? You seem to put yourself in those situations relatively often. Aren’t you afraid you are going to push it a little bit too far at some point? Don’t get me wrong, some people are willing to simply take more risk (there are a lot more dangerous hobbies out there) and can deal with those more risky situations better, but just like Anne said, all you need is a bump and you could potentially cross the line because of some ‘bad luck’. As long as you are aware of the possible consequences it is ok imo, but I would like to know your point of view on this.
@lautoka63
5 жыл бұрын
@@MauritsHebels You're not the only one wondering this. I do have concerns that other, less-experienced pilots in lesser gliders may try to emulate this.
@johngalloway156
5 жыл бұрын
@@SteFly Far far too little potential and kinetic energy reserves over such a shallow slope
@odrabravo
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the ride!
@fingerhorn4
3 жыл бұрын
Very skillful flying, always with an escape route to the right when getting low. Sometimes looks on the edge of impossible but you are very good at finding lift. Great video!
@GLsoar
2 жыл бұрын
The first 5 minutes was scary!! And I have a ton of experience!!
@JanKowalski-kz5rq
5 жыл бұрын
I checked that this ASG29 (registration number: D-2915 ; manufactured in 2007 ; construction number 29015) from Germany - HAS NO SUSTAINER MOTOR ! It is a clean glider without propulsion and this guy who flies it on this film has balls out of steel.
@freddy7700
5 жыл бұрын
👍 👍 👍 Das war ein Meisterstück, Stefan.
@ndrjskrbnk
4 жыл бұрын
swallow at 8:05 ... unbelieveable how good the glider flies under right conditions, with a good pilot and nerves made of steel. :)
@jgmendes3664
Жыл бұрын
I can imagine what a sight from the ground !!!
@ddevcic1
4 жыл бұрын
Tactical flight (low level flight) with glider. Respect!
@SuperReasonable
5 жыл бұрын
For the first 5 minutes I was squirming in my seat, but it’s amazing just how relaxed I got with flying so low after a while.
@jgmendes3664
2 ай бұрын
It is easy... you were not there...
@tombrennan3973
2 жыл бұрын
that was spectacular Thank You !
@jchors2947
4 жыл бұрын
Bosnia is beautiful. The terrain reminds me of Eastern Oregon. It looks like power lines were not a problem out there.
@msnpassjan2004
4 жыл бұрын
2:26 Wish we could have seen how you pulled that next stretch off.... impressive !
@Robbo1966
4 жыл бұрын
agree too many cuts, and what about the landing
@favoriteblueshirt
4 жыл бұрын
14:07 Just time for some internet banking.
@Salahudin-
4 жыл бұрын
Nice to see my home country from this point of view. Cheers from Germany!
@Bobpaule
4 жыл бұрын
Big risk taking here. Glad it ended well.
@jvbenjamin
9 ай бұрын
wow. this video made my day!!! awesome flying!! :)
@Janet_Airlines802
3 жыл бұрын
Its amazing how far they can fly, so cool.
@shankarsr1
4 жыл бұрын
This is the best eco-friendly way for this terrain.
@ebernator6179
5 жыл бұрын
Your Camera Perspective is so nice. You literally think this is a computer game or smth .D
@ftsboys9825
4 жыл бұрын
Imma need one of these if there’s ever a zombie apocalypse it’s so quiet and stealthy lol
@haraldschallerl2973
5 жыл бұрын
Hallo Stefan! Ich versuch immer von dir was zu lernen. Heute habe ich gelernt oder besser gesagt erkannt: " D i e Nerven hätte ich nie." So fliegen Weltmeister! Chapeau!
@onniasikainen777
5 жыл бұрын
Cool video. I hope you don´t get hurt some of these days.
@skysurfer5333
4 жыл бұрын
Another Beautiful Example Of Dynamic Flying!😀👍
@pops9190
4 жыл бұрын
Sorry, but you need to educate yourself on what dynamic soaring (flying ) is. This is not it. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic_soaring
@jgmendes3664
2 ай бұрын
This is NOT dynamic soaring...
@ijnfrt
5 жыл бұрын
Looks really cool, wish I could fly like that
@kitesurfjerry
5 жыл бұрын
Wow! Amazing flying.
@SoaringMidlo
5 жыл бұрын
Beautiful video and amazing flying. Your name comes up a lot at our Virginia airport.
@Wild_Dzik
4 жыл бұрын
Coś pięknego :)
@WRXMSK
5 жыл бұрын
I've sh't bricks while watching this video :) It's truly amazing!
@erikisberg3886
5 жыл бұрын
Amazing video and excellent flying, watched it twice! It seems like the lift was very smooth but weak.
@bradjackson9489
5 жыл бұрын
For sure your videos are spectacular!! But with no narrative they are not the complete package. Tell us what you are doing, what you are thinking, and what your “plan b” is, if what you are doing does not work. Also would be good to mention your land out options. Looking forward to more of your flights.
@allan8490
5 жыл бұрын
That was "Plan C" , Plan A high and happy,Plan B on the top's and having to find a good climb Plan D, turn out and land in 20 seconds
@MelindaGreen
3 жыл бұрын
This was great! Very meditative. Did you cut out sections just to shorten it? I would like to request that you also upload the entire raw footage, the longer the better.
@kreshta8231
5 жыл бұрын
Thank you Stefan
@MrPectus3
5 жыл бұрын
good video
@ronanburke7222
3 жыл бұрын
When I get my pilots license, one of these are top of my list
@joshuapatrick682
2 жыл бұрын
In glider flying I am curious as to how much elevation you can get on pure momentum and mechanical input alone. Can you maintain a phugoid cycle indefinitely?
@j2b261
4 жыл бұрын
Beautiful video, Stefan.
@keithhow3006
4 жыл бұрын
Wow....how does he keep that in the air at that altitude....fantastic.
@romeromf
3 жыл бұрын
Very nice vid
@AlaaAlaa-dj8jx
4 жыл бұрын
nice lam from lraq انا من العراق
@xXUntiledXx
5 жыл бұрын
Pass auf dich auf diggah 😁👍
@chillywit
5 жыл бұрын
Got the pucker factor going in me.
@lorenzofornari
5 жыл бұрын
some parts of the video are scary because we don't see the valley on the right...!
@thepilotF
4 жыл бұрын
Even tough, you run out of altitude once.
@MardkoMBR
4 жыл бұрын
Quite risky and challenging, bravo !!
@grahamariss2111
5 жыл бұрын
"Ballsey" flying!
@calvacoca
4 жыл бұрын
Incredible ride !!! 😯😯😯👍😍😊
@andalusienrolfito3382
5 жыл бұрын
sensationell..! 👍
@streetracingsyndicate9512
4 жыл бұрын
It is beautiful there. Nothing more to say
@BendigoAerial
4 жыл бұрын
That's some awesome flying.
5 жыл бұрын
Hallo Stefan, ich bin einer derjenigen der einer Anzahl von Schülern für 25 Jahre das Fliegen beigebracht hat. Selbst habe ich vor Beendigung des aktiven Fliegens eine DG 400 geflogen. Inzwischen bin ich 79 Jahre alt und mich würde interessieren wie hoch du über Grund warst bei diesem Flug. Oder anders ausgedrückt, woher nimmt man in einer solchen Situation das Vertrauen, dass alles O K ist. Mein Nervenkostüm hast so etwas nie erlaubt. Danke für eine ehrliche Antwort!!
@SteFly
5 жыл бұрын
Hallo Rüdiger, die Höhe über Grund kann man in dem Video schon relativ gut abschätzen. Das Vertrauen kommt daher, dass ein Flugzeug bis zu einer bestimmten Geschwindigkeit fliegt und ich das Wetter für längere Zeit beobachtet habe. Das heißt nur sehr schwacher, wenig turbulenter Wind und kaum Thermik. Dadurch gibt es nur noch mich als potentielle Fehlerquelle und die Wölbklappen können die Mindestfahrt im Extremfall noch einmal minimieren.
@browntrousersmoment
4 жыл бұрын
Fantastic!
@vintagedgglass2544
5 жыл бұрын
4:32 had me shook! How did the glider keep going uphill!? Nice flying :) Condor style...
@fivemeomedia
5 жыл бұрын
im not a expert in this at all but i think its heat bouncing up the hills that create lift i think its called ridge lift if your interested in googling it
@blakerwalk
4 жыл бұрын
@@misterpspdude incorrect. Not thermals. Ridge lift. I saw no thermals in this video.
@robertpurdie6889
4 жыл бұрын
@@fivemeomedia My own experience alone here, provided that the warmer air is rolling up the slope its effect resembles in a way, the ground effect. Very slight drift correction is essential in order to traverse and with the wind direction immediately behind you its like skiing uphill. Try it. Get out and fly the mountains. Its more than challenging your skills. Be safe. Good luck. Foxtrotkilogolf.
@supergrooover
4 жыл бұрын
Very nice! Tad long edit though :) when I fly my PG I love the bit you're doing, milking every last drop of lift to get just a little further. Was wondering, in these conditions, should you not find lift, are you always having a suitable landing field within glide or do you take the risk of a tree landing?
@devisddf
5 жыл бұрын
Gorgeous! 😍
@MAGApepe
6 ай бұрын
nice,,, can you even notice the difference between the flap settings ??
@sztruce
3 жыл бұрын
Grandiosso!!!
@tadeksmutek5840
5 жыл бұрын
Danke, Stefan, für so ein schönes Video, aber ich muss ehrlich gestehen, dass diese Art und Weise des Fliegens nicht für meine schwachen Nerven (und selbstverständlich für meine noch geringe Fliegererfahrung) ist. Mein persönliches Regel ist aktuell - wenn ich niedriger als 300 m. AGL bin, dann alle Manövern sind nur zur Landung.
@stephenmiller5004
4 жыл бұрын
The Vario registers what?...minute changes in altitude ?....by changes in air pressure? This is a stunning video of a pilot with full confidence in his ability and of the glider
@scottstoll-dn2yx
4 жыл бұрын
I think I know the secret the camera's not showing. That hillside to the right goes down quite a long ways, so if he gets into trouble he can bail out to the right and extend by matching the descending angle of the hillside until he can catch some wind again. That's probably why he has the confidence to do what he's doing. He has an escape route.
@user-ci1hg4yp1y
5 жыл бұрын
Очень круто, спасибо! Very cool! Thanks!
@Adi-ts9jl
4 жыл бұрын
Welcome to Bosnia🇧🇦❤
@Taumata
5 жыл бұрын
Looks like openvario isn't it?
@seba_m
4 жыл бұрын
Amazing low n slow flight, its a great experience flight a glider
@sushiromifune7096
4 жыл бұрын
I only play engine plane simulator on PC. So, don't have the power at the low altitude in the video, it will feel crash. Gliders are amazing!
@locossanity
5 жыл бұрын
welcome to Bosnia :))
@GatorNick
5 жыл бұрын
Ridge lift game 👌
@cimetovsan
2 жыл бұрын
Would love to see you fly in Montenegro
@bushydray
4 жыл бұрын
gliding... quiet..... peaceful ........ except R2D2 wont shut the F up in the back seat lol
@steveedwards4495
3 жыл бұрын
Hi great video. I know nothing about gliding so wondering where your lift is coming from to stay airborne?
@screaminlordbyron7767
4 жыл бұрын
Did you end up finding anything with that metal detector I could hear?
@costazurra
4 жыл бұрын
amazing
@11hr59
3 жыл бұрын
What is that creaking sound? Canopy? This is a bit worrying for me... Something is flexing too much. PS nice vid.
@pops9190
4 жыл бұрын
Oh man! you cut if off at 16:02? I needed to see you make that jump to that beautiful Massif and drift peacefully back to cloud base? or did you abandon it? This is rock polishing at its absolute finest! Pretty late in the day... did you get lucky and make back to cloud base? We need to know! Fantastic composure and fantastic flying, Love your stuff.
@J_Philio
4 жыл бұрын
FS2020 looks nice
@Sokolik88
5 жыл бұрын
Отличный полёт, я думал всё, вот сейчас он точно в долину будет спускаться, но упорно вверх по склону забрался, хотя это скорее особенность полетов на данной местности.
@blower2006
4 жыл бұрын
Is there a parachute? Also imagine the sensation of flying without the cockpit glass( i know it would mess with the aerodynamics)....
@Rez-N-8
4 жыл бұрын
I’ve only flew thermals in the US. Would love to fly ridge lift some day!
@gilnemesis3547
4 жыл бұрын
Impressive flight, seems unreal, i've never Seen such a soaring, unbelievable, i'm stuck !👀🧐🤔 How Many hours do you have in gliders?
@amarhasanovic1850
5 жыл бұрын
Sieht echt krass aus... War eine aussenlandung keine option?
@SteFly
5 жыл бұрын
Eine Außenlandung versucht man halt zu vermeiden. Ich hatte am Anfang versucht in eine Welle einzusteigen, um den flachen Hang zu vermeiden. Zu der Zeit war der Wind noch stärker, allerdings hatte ich es nicht geschafft. Anschließend ist auch der Versuch in der Thermik zu fliegen gescheitert und ich bin am Hang geflogen. Im Endeffekt hätte man das gleich machen sollen, so hatten das auch die Tagessieger gemacht. Eine Außenlandung wäre in dem Tal schon möglich gewesen...
@kfler1983
5 жыл бұрын
Ich hätte aus dem Grund nicht Außen gelandet, weil es da immer noch überall Vermint ist.😂😂😂
@Ken_Dalton
4 жыл бұрын
It always amazes me at actually how far a glider can go when traveling as low as this I think I'd be in panic mode every ten seconds looking for an L.Z😂.., really awesome video man! The odd but of commentary would be nice tho aswell, about what's Goin thru your mind as a pilot when flyin in different situations such as this one. I'd be interested to hear qn I bet others would to. Just my thoughts ✌️
@SteFly
4 жыл бұрын
At that flight I was so focused and had no capacity left for commenting. Every small mistake would have been fatal.
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