A collection of cool shots captured during a spectacular two weeks of soaring in the Southern French Alps. We were able to put the cameras on a number of gliders to enhance the awesomeness.
Other News
Old UK Gliding Magazines Online
by Bill Elliott •
Thanks to John McCullagh, Assistant Editor of Rising Air, Lasham Gliding‘s newsletter, we learned that Lasham’s newsletter archive is online. John also referred us to an online archive of Sailplane and Glider (predecessor to the BGA magazine Sailplane and Gliding), Gliding, and Sailplane and Gliding up through 2000. This archive was developed and is maintained…
European Soaring Season About to Start! A Lot to Look Out For in 2012!
by Bill Elliott •
The first gliders have been put on the strip and for some enthusiastic pilots the x-country season has started in Europe, after a nice cold and for some, pretty long winter. Nearly March 1st now and the metereological spring starts and pilots can enjoy some bumpy, strong spring thermals. From Ocana in Spain, Fayence in France and…
HD Video from B4 – “Gliding is so Freakin’ Fun”
by Bill Elliott •
Hi everyone – I’m Bruno Vassel IV (B4) flying out of Utah, (western USA) and have really enjoyed making soaring videos since 2007. Inspired by Juan Mandelbaum’s amazing film A Fine Week of Soaring, I started taking a video camera with me while flying first a 1967 Phoebus, then ASW-20B and now an ASW-27B as…
[HD Video] On Top
by SC Admin •
Video of the best shots of the 2009 season from Sion (switzerland). The video was forwarded to us by Ben Johnson of Shenandoah Valley Soaring. Most scenes were filmed during late august 2009, from 10’000 to 21’000 feet using a Panasonic Lumix fx35. The gliders are a Nimbus 2c, Duo Discus and DG-505. The video was edited with Final Cut + some after effects tryouts.
Soaring Safety Articles
by Bill Elliott •
Here are two good articles I found on the web related to soaring safety that I would like to share—PF .
[HD Video] Soaring into the Grimmingwelle
by Bill Elliott •
Werner goes up in strong northerly winds (Nordföhn) first soaring the upwind hill, then catching the lee thermal of mount Grimming to catch the wave…
Condor and Minden
by Bill Elliott •
I got an email from Aaron, fellow pilot and Condor flyer, after his return from a recent flying vacation to Minden, NV. Aaron didn’t have any mountain, ridge, or wave experience prior to his arrival there, but he did the soaring equivalent of “But I stayed at a Holiday Inn Express” – he prepped for his adventure by flying the Minden scenery in Condor. For “the rest of the story, here are Aaron’s own words, along with links to videos he shot while there.
[Video] Soaring Over the Birthplace of Aviation
by Bill Elliott •
Come ride along with Buddy Denham in his ASW-20 and get a bird’s eye view of this memorable experience in the birthplace of aviation!
Bitterwasser Airfield Tops OLC List! And…”They don’t do things here, they live it,” says Jeroen about Chaves!
by Bill Elliott •
It can’t go wrong anymore for Bitterwasser to be on top of the statistics for the best airfield on the OLC list for the 2011/2012 season. They call it themselves already, “a record year,” and so they should. Several flights of over 1200 km and too-many-to-count 1000 km flights, as well as other very enjoyable…
