Videos

Video – Flight of the Archaeopteryx

by Bill Elliott • October 26, 2013

We hope you enjoy this beautiful video by Ruppert Composites of the versatile Archaeopteryx.

by Bill Elliott • October 15, 2013

Thanks to Caio Zamboni for sharing this video — Ed. Check out this simple video. It shows a place called Luis Eduardo Magalhaes in Brazil that just hosted the national championship. It is a soaring paradise! — Caio (ASH-31mi)

by Bill Elliott • October 2, 2013

I would like to share with you a spectacular HD soaring video from the Norwegian mountains last week. The video was made at the autumn soaring camp at Bjorli, Norway. Even though the great wave conditions we were hoping for never materialized, it was soarable every day the entire week, with some good thermals most days, and ridge lift and weak wave the other days.

by Bill Elliott • September 14, 2013

Thanks to Frauke Elber for informing the Café staff that the hour-long documentary, Babajaga – Hexen im Aufwind! (“Witches in Updrafts”) is now on YouTube. Using the 2005 Women’s World Championships in Klix/ Germany the film shows the uphill struggle the women fought to get their international competitions, which began in 1947 in Poland, recognized as a World Championship.

by Bill Elliott • July 16, 2013

We hope you enjoy the video from this year’s soaring above the fjords in Western Norway—some of the most spectacular terrain in the world!

by Bill Elliott • June 9, 2013

Thanks to Caio Zamboni of Brazil for sending us a link to this beautiful 14 minute video celebrating his first flight in his 21 meter ASH-31 Mi. The video was made during the Brazilian national championships in Bebedouro.

by Bill Elliott • April 29, 2013

Last week, during the Experimental Aircraft Association’s (EAA) annual Sun ‘n Fun Fly-in in Lakeland, Florida, AvWeb reported on the ElectraFlyer-ULS, an electric powered motorglider designed by Randall Fishman of ElectraFlyer.com. The prototype was on display at Sun ‘n Fun and factory-built copies will soon be available for sale. The ElectraFlyer-ULS was featured in a presentation…

by Rand Baldwin • April 26, 2013

For many years, the Stemme S-10 has been a star attraction in the exhibit hall at the (now biennial) SSA convention. At the 2012 SSA convention in Reno, Nevada, we asked Alexander Papenberg of Stemme USA to give us a tour of the Stemme S-10, arguably the most beautiful and luxurious touring sailplane on the…

by Rand Baldwin • April 16, 2013

If you’re a regular visitor to the Café, participate in Condor virtual contests, read Soaring magazine, or fly in U.S. competitions, you surely recognize the subject of this interview. Frank owns a Ventus 2bx and is one of the most active competition pilots in the U.S. Frank is also an accomplished user of the Condor…