Nothing is better than a tow pilot who is also glider pilot. :)

What is his name?

Hi Rick! Next time no music, promised!

@@henryluebberstedt7819 That is ok, I’ve had complaints about my LX9070 vario being too loud 😃 in my Stemme S12.

Yes, why do people put awful "music" over their videos. I often have to stop watching.

​@JohnyG29 you can just mute the music....

@@Th3Butcher76 But that will mute the Vario too

Thank you so much, Greg! I saw a few videos of yours. Looks like you are a "late" student pilot as well :) Whre do you fly? Greetings from Hamburg!

@@henryluebberstedt7819 hey Henry. Yes, I am a “late” student pilot also. 😂. Flying a glider is the purest type of flight and I love it. I fly in Elsanor, Alabama which is near the Gulf of Mexico in the US. Our tow plane has been out of commission since June but will be back in service in a couple of weeks. I’m looking forward to getting up again. Fly safe and I will watch your adventures.

Well, then come over to Hamburg and stop by our gliding club. ;-)

Thank you so much! Don't worry, next season starts end of april :-D

Genau genommen ist es keine GoPro, sondern eine "Insta360 One X" :) Meine GoPro verwende ich so gut wie nicht mehr. Ja, das mit dem Höhenmesser ist blöd, der Junior bitet leider keine andere Halterung für die Cam. Die Perspektive mit allen Instrumenten gleich am Anfang des Vidoes entstand zufällig, als die Beschleunigung beim Start, die Kamera umkippen ließ. Der Flug dauerte 1:40h. Es war mein dritter Start an diesem Tag. Die Flüge davor endeten bereits nach acht Minuten. Frustriert klammerte ich mich also beim driiten Versuch an das Hallendach des Supermarktes und kurbelte dort elend lange,

Thank you so much! I like your work as well, esp. this special cinematic look.

Hi Paolo, sorry for me late answer. Yes 3 of them is a bit overdone :) The plane belongs to my club an is used for training only. I guess there was an empty slot in the panel an they had a vario as an unsed spare part.... Happy landings!

Soaring basics are absolutely useful for bomber guys: big wings, high altitude and no engines after an AA-missile hit ;-D

@@henryluebberstedt7819 😂😂

Hi Mike, I use the "Insta 360 One X2", a 360 degree cam. The perfect cam for almost everything. Just hit the record button and reframe it later, My choice for the cockpit, www.insta360.com/

Hi Matthew. Yepp, a third one. I have no clue why there are 3 varios in that plane.

Easy to fly, very agile, hard to stall, you can circle with 80 Km/h on a radius of plate s to say. Huge and very effective air brakes! PZL has made a very beginner friendly little plane. Perfect for the first steps into cross country. BUT: In falling air the Junior drops like a rock. Recently I barley made it back to my airfield. I was at 320 meters, the field was in sight, around 700 meters away as the air fell with +3 m/s. Within these 700 meters I lost +/- 170 meters altitude.

Hey Tom! Schön Dich hier zu sehen/lesen!

Hi there! I took off by winch. The glider is hooked at a 1200 meters long cable. The cable is pulled by a powerful motor winch. From 0 to 100 km/h in 3,5 sec. - feels like a super sports car. You can see the winch an the take off procedure in this videos: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rNyqZNedmNvHe5s.html

Hi Kevin. This red string is for glider pilots a most important indicator. The sting shows from what direction the air stream hits the plane. Keeping the string more or less in the middle (even in turns) is the goal. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yaw_string

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yaw_string

Oh no! Its to late to correct that :-( Well I had my problems with reading and spelling the names of some villages. These two weeks in poland were the best of the entire gliding season!

Hi Lovro, ehm, who is Gus?

@@henryluebberstedt7819 Gus from Breaking Bad, he is one of my favorite movie characters and you reminded me of him. really interesting video. I started studying engineering and found myself interested in aerodynamics. Gliders seem like a really interesting hobby. I am from Croatia and he we have a lot of paragliders. How long do you think it takes to start flying on your own.

@@lovropavlicevic6321 Breaking Bad is one of my all time favorites shows as well! It has blown me away from the first episode. Croatia, what a beautiful country. Welcome to Schengen btw :-) Some of my oldest friends are from there, they flew as kids from the war, came to Hamburg and we went on the same school. To glider flying: A great but time eating hobby. And its a good because inexpensive starting point into aviation. In Germany its only a very small step from glider licencene to TMG (motor glider) and from there right to PPL for ultra light. Flying a glider is diffrent. You always have to watch your engery status, you have to fly clean and "read" the clouds. Every landing is special because you don't get a second chance. There is no motor, no "going around". If you are in a hurry you can spend you anual vacation at a glider flight school. With a bit of luck and a lot of learning for the theory exam you are done within tree month. The usual way is a membership with a glider club. Bigger clubs are often certified to train flight students. It takes two to three seasons to the licence. After around 35 - 50 flights you get the prmission to fly alone within the airspace of your club.

@@henryluebberstedt7819 Thank you a lot for so much useful information. It is lovely to hear about your life experiences and thank you for informing me from the first hand about the path for an average flight student. I will be free this summer holiday and put all my effort into getting that license. Around september I will upload a video on my progress. Thank you so much for repliying.

Yes and No. The main challenge is finding lift and transform your altitude into a route to your target point. Once I flew from Hamburg to Berlin and back - around 600 kilometes without an engine. But just circling on one spot can be boring.

@@henryluebberstedt7819 cool. Thank you. I am doing a flight this weekend and plan to get started.

Its a polish SZD-51 Junior. This singleseater is the workhorse in many flght schools and glider clubs for flight students. The Junior has forgiving flight characteristics and doesn't tend to stall that quickly.. Good plane to get some experience for longer flights.

Thats a device called e-vario. A variometer indicates the pilot if his plane is flying in uprising or falling air. Rising air is a high tone, falling air a low tone. It helps glider pilots a lot to find thermals. A thermal is a stream of warm rising air.

@@henryluebberstedt7819 oh, now i understand, thanks you very much

A thermal is a stream of hot air rising from the ground. Its the "fuel station" for gliders. www.boldmethod.com/learn-to-fly/weather/how-thermals-work/

First think about towing costs (by winch cable or by tow plane) 🤔

I know that feeling. And, what are you waiting for?

@@henryluebberstedt7819 Video of "How to fly a glider"

@@Patrick42567 Ok, I see. I've just taken a look at your channel info. You are on some sort of "mission". Patrick, I wish you all the best for your project. May I give you an advice: Complain in complete sentences. Make your mission clear in one or two lines. Speak clearly about what exactly bothers you. Godspeed!

Ja, diese 360-Cams sind schon echt cool. Und Übelkeit trifft im Segelflieger viele, auch Fluglehrer :)

Yepp, you are right. Sorry!

Hi David, yes the headline is a bit exaggerated. I hope you've got at least an idea of how a glider stays in the air. I'm doing training videos for my glider club. These clips are not on YT. Maybe its a good idea to change that. Stay safe! Henry