Cross Country Gliding. 106k Task to Banbury and Northampton from Husbands Bosworth (UK)

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Cross Country Gliding. 106k Task to Banbury and Northampton from Husbands Bosworth (UK)

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Highlights of my first cross country gliding task (106k) from Husbands Bosworth (HUS) to Banbury (BAN), then to Northampton South (NOS) and back to Husbands Bosworth (UK). Aerotow launch to just over 2,200 feet.
This video is just the highlights and a shortened version.
Glider is my own private glider and is a Standard Cirrus based at Husbands Bosworth (The Gliding Centre).
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@skimbo72 5 жыл бұрын

Nice one - thx for posting 👍

@marlonscloud 5 жыл бұрын

Wow. Nice flight

@richardtorr-T7 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks 👍

@MichaelHenfrey 4 жыл бұрын

Very cool. I did a trial lesson many many moons ago at Husbands Bosworth, Been thinking about going back recently for another go as I do love being up in the air. Always fascinated by the cross country gliding though, I do wonder how often they have to land in a random field somewhere

@richardtorr-T7 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your feedback. I’d definitely recommend getting in touch with our club. Google ‘The Gliding Centre’. A very friendly bunch of people and you’ll get the bug again. Go for it and say hello if you join 👍

@TimHarrisonatVoice 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Richard, is that a portable navigation aid you have in the cockpit? Thanks

@richardtorr-T7 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Tim, which video are you watching as the older ones I had an ‘Oudie 2’ which is mounted on a cradle on the right side. I now have a 7” display fixed in the centre of the instrument panel and have sold that device. It was good but the OpenVario is better in my opinion.

@andygray4418 2 жыл бұрын

Is it true that hours in the glider and exams count towards your ppl if you wanted to do it with aeroplanes?

@richardtorr-T7 2 жыл бұрын

I believe so, as some of the exams are very similar if not the same. But the basic flying skills are developed in gliding and should be second nature so this leaves you more capacity to ducks on the specific PPL power stuff. I’m not an expert thought !!!

@andygray4418 2 жыл бұрын

@@richardtorr-T7 yeah I guess it would make sense. Flying time is flying time. Its like 10x cheaper to hire a glider for an hour than it is an aeroplane. A place near me in Lincolnshire is offering them at 0.25p per minute for single seat and 0.45p per minute for 2 seater. Winch launch at £10. Even with a 2 seater you can get a good 7 hours flying time under your belt for every 1 hour it would cost in a aeroplane.