It is hard to imagine that gliders could comfortably cruise less than 1,000 feet above the desert floor at ground speeds often over 140 miles per hour for over 20 miles with nowhere to land in sight! Note the completely unlandable terrain both above and below the ridge making for spectacular scenery but scary flying. This was a very fun day of flying! Thanks for watching, Bruno (B4).
Tag Archive for SSA 2012 Convention Videos
SSA 2012 — Mountain and Ridge Soaring in Northern Utah
by Bill Elliott •
Northern Utah provides a unique opportunity in the USA to truly fly “in” the mountains. Logan has often been compared to Rieti, Italy, Saint-Auban, France and Omarama, New Zealand for the true mountain and ridge flying experiences. The skills and techniques required as well as the potential for long cross-country flights will be explored.
SSA 2012 — Interview with Banquet Speaker Barry Schiff
by Rand Baldwin •
SSA 2012—How Fast, How Far? What the Sierra and Great Basin Offer Us for Maximizing Mileage in Mountain Wave
by Bill Elliott •
Gordon Boettger has made some remarkable—and record-setting—flights in the Sierra wave, at first with his Kestrel and more recently with Hugh Bennett in Hugh’s Duo Discus. Gordon lives about five minutes from the Minden airport, which is an ideal launching point for long distance wave flights in the Sierra and Great Basin.
SSA 2012—LX Zeus Flight Computer Demo
by Rand Baldwin •
SSA 2012—SSA Strategy and Tactics for Growth: “Let’s Go Gliding!”
by Bill Elliott •
Here’s a message about an exciting new program for growing our sport from SSA Chairman Al Tyler and a How-We-Can-Do-It presentation by Bill Daniels.
SSA 2012—Designer Martin Heide Introduces the ASH-31Mi
by Bill Elliott •
Women Soaring Pilots Association Raffle
by Bill Elliott •
SSA 2012—The Arcus: An Interview with Tilo Holighaus
by Bill Elliott •
Our colleague, Robin Clark, interviewed Schempp-Hirth president Tilo Holighaus about the Arcus in the SSA 2012 exhibit hall.