Cool gliding video

[tonycondon]

this ones pretty neat. awfully low...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aumO0ZHwAro

 

[RotaryWingBob]

this ones pretty neat. awfully low...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aumO0ZHwAro

That's pretty neat, Tony. Those guys think they're in helicopters, getting that low?

I like that last sequence shooting the hole in the clouds -- that was really good video!

 

[tonycondon]

i guess so bob. i know i certainly couldnt pull that off in my glider. mines way too light and way too heavy. they've got excellent glide ratios and weight on their side, plus a lot of ridge lift. going through the clouds was pretty cool too!

 

[Lance F]

It's just all energy management. OTOH I hope they were in G airspace for the cloud work (yeah, right)

 

[tonycondon]

im 99% sure that the video came from Europe Lance. Cloud flying is fairly common over there, so they have the benefit of my doubt