Tag Archive for Chile

Flying at Vitacura

This is the gliding club of Santiago, Chile. Best known as where the 2010 Sailplane Grand Prix was filmed, it’s right on the freeway in the suburbs of Santiago (note the freeway sign right next to the wingtip). The Andes are in the background. The mountains are much closer than what these pictures show. In…

Chile Soaring Grand Prix Video

This post marks the beginning of a new category, Great Soaring Videos, for the Cafe that we hope will be enjoyable.  Sean Fidler posted a link to this one on RAS last week.  As he said, This is a great one.  It is shot in up to full screen 1080i so it is by far…