About a month ago Sebastian Kawa and his Everest Gliding team returned to Pokhara’s airfield afoot the Himalayas. While the Polish expedition took a Christmas break in their home country the ASH 25 Mi had spent the shortest days of the winter in Nepal. Sebastian Kawa is now busy checking out the soaring conditions around…
Thanks to reader John Koch for recommending this video. Released on February 18th, it features spectacular videos of world champion Sebastian Kawa soaring an ASH-25Mi over the Himalayas.
A few days ago, probably while in the United States Gordon and Hugh were preparing for their next long downwind dash from Minden, I received an e-mail note from Poland: The Kawa-Team is busy preparing their next trip to the Himalayas where in November 2013 they had fought the elements to be the first sailplane…
The English bestseller is now also available in German so the world’s biggest soaring community can finally enjoy the Champion’s biography in their native language. The Polish glider pilot, who won numerous World Championships and European contests has a lot to talk about: In the first part of the book he gives an interview where…
Reading his book “Sky Full of Heat” I stumbled across a passage where the Champion was talking about soaring in the Himalayas. It sounded as if nobody had been there before, and as if Sebastian had already considered trying some soaring over the highest mountains on Earth? Half a year later a friend sent me…
Usually in March the Northern Hemisphere’s pilots slowly get their equipment ready for the new soaring season, and Southern pilots prepare for the fall. The 2013 Helli Lasch Challenge was hosted in March at the Tswalu Kalahari Reserve in South Africa. The current World Champion in the 15m and the Standard Class Sebastian Kawa was invited to join the…
Coming soon—a book by World Champion sailplane pilot Sebastian Kawa! “Eight time World Champion and his secrets of success: passion, knowledge and experience. The most extreme side of the extreme sports. Sebastian talks about sailing and flying, his first flights and first competitions, wins and loses, gliders and avionics, safety and taking necessary risk. How to plan cross country flights, how to use thermals, where to look for them, how to win competitions and tons of other tips from the world’s best.”
