Videos

[Video] A Fine Week of Towing

by Bill Elliott • July 25, 2012

A regional soaring race, as viewed by a contest tow pilot flying an A-9 CallAir, a.k.a “Sparrow Commander.” Perry, SC, Region 5 North 2012. Enjoy!

by Bill Elliott • July 20, 2012

Jonker Sailplanes produced this outstanding video to introduce the brand new 21 meter JS1C.

by Bill Elliott • June 24, 2012

Thank you to Neita Montague for sending this very nice video to the Cafe.

by Bill Elliott • June 21, 2012

I stumbled onto this video on youtube, showing the LS factory in Egelsbach in 2011, many years after LS was closed down. It brought back quite some memories, as an LS customer and LS8 pilot, I have been at the factory several times, met Walter Schneider and Wolf Lemke and have walked through the manufacturing…

by Bill Elliott • June 19, 2012

300km north of Adelaide, South Australia, soaring along Wilpena Pound http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riuFJ_xQw24 by Matthew Scutter

by Bill Elliott • June 7, 2012

Thanks to Bruno Vassel and Andy McKittrick for creating an exciting video to promote the SSA’s “Let’s Go Gliding” campaign. The Vimeo version of their 2-1/2 minute video can be downloaded in several formats, including versions suitable for mobile devices. I (Rand) downloaded versions for my iPhone and iPad so when someone asks me about…

by Bill Elliott • June 4, 2012

We hope you enjoy these higher resolution videos of Concordia’s first and second takeoff and landing. The videos were recorded by Soaring Café Publishing Editor Bill Elliott, who used a camcorder generously loaned to us for the occasion by Jackie Perry. Thanks Jackie!

by Bill Elliott • May 23, 2012

Video is in German, contains interviews with several Schleicher employees and clips about a sunrise glider flight and some other GA flying.

by Bill Elliott • May 23, 2012

This video is a couple of years old, but I think it is worth sharing. Parahawking is coming to the USA. These are a few shots of training a Harris’s Hawk to fly with a paraglider. More to come! Music by Asche & Spencer, http://tinyurl.com/a-s-soaring Please click SHARE or copy this link to send this video to…

by Bill Elliott • May 9, 2012

Terry Delore flying his ASH 25 Zulu Foxtrot with Yvonne Loader 29/4/12 in Haka valley over Ritchie McCaw country. Video taken at 12,000 feet, hook cloud develops quickly into a funnel cloud at cloud base, the cloud was spinning fast although the video quality does not show it. The funnel cloud was about 1000 ft…