A little geolocation from Mr. AV. Home point: Barcelonnette - Saint-Pons Airfield, Icao: LFMR. 1:34 Looks like the Sierra Lima is following the ridges of L'Aupillon 2916m. These “black” ravines are the Ravin de la Grande Combe gorge. And they are black because they are “Terres Noires” (black marls with brown patina: Oxfordian to Upper Bajocian). 7:39 Towing to the four-tower peak of Grande Séolane 2909m. On this slab of limestone lies a layer of sandstone with a dark patina, well dated to the Lutetian (Middle Eocene) by its large nummulites (sometimes very abundant), which finally support black flysch. 8:37 The peak of Le Péguiéou 2479m entangled with ski lifts. 10:23 Excellent shots from the northwest to the Pra Loup ski resort. On the horizon in the center is the sharp peak of Le Pain de Sucre / la Méa 2560m. 11:28 Oh... I recognize this guy at the controls of the helicopter! Mr. Matthieu De Quillacq.
Another fantastic collage of soaring! You are certainly flying in amazing locations and airports. What a wonderful experience to remember later in life! Thanks for taking all of us along, it is so grand to remember the days when I soared too! Just beautiful!!!
Beautiful. I really need to learn mountain gliding. Got my PPL in New York where there are mostly only thermals, but live in Utah at the moment and see the gliders on the ridges all the time. Super jealous
A very video that highlights the hours spent for just a few minutes of footage. Too bad the video couldn't have taken place in Saint Crépin. But I'm glad you enjoyed Barcelonnette and the Ubaye 😃
I didn't recognise your glider, who was he ??😂 Congrats again for your World title! I don t remember if i've already did it, but thanks again for sharing beautiful vidéos !
Someday I'll learn to soar, and I'll look forward to getting to meet you at a competition somewhere down the line Stefan! Your videos have inspired me, keep it up!
Hi Stefan, seit fast 20 jahren interessiere ich mich für die Fliegerei, bis auf Modellflug, den Gleitschirmschein und einige Mitflüge in Helis und kleineren Privatmaschinen hab ich den "richtigen Einstieg" aber nie richtig geschafft..... und heute war es dann so weit, die Segelflugazsbildung hat mit knapp über 30 endlich gestartet.... danke für deine Videos, mal schaun wies bei mir wird :-)
Yes, it was a little bit sad touching the stones. I don´t know exactly why this happened because I released the break exactly to avoid this. Must be slightly soft ground and a small step from the runway. At the end these are only some scratches...
@@SteFly Oh man, sometimes life just gives you stones. Are you going to keep the scratches until the next winter checkup to remember Barcelonnette on your preflight checks, or are you going to fix it as soon as possible? ^^ Iconic that stuff like this happens at the start of a season haha
This ULM helicopter doesn´t produce severe vortices which flips the glider or so. Of course we took care of it and usually the helicopter flew next to me, never before me. At one time I flew below the helicopter for a special shot and I didn´t notice anything. But the helicopter pilot also said to me, that I should not do this with a heavier helicopter.
A Barcelonette j'y étais le 26 et 27 aout 2023, j'ai visité l'aérodrome de vol à voile et Helisport (chez Matthieu ), une belle région, mais la météo n'était pas favorable. Tchüss Stefan ;-)
Haha, quite an incredible guy, he was my paragliding instructor. He was building his first helicopter in the paragliding school at that time. Thanks for sharing. Low passes over that terrain 🤩
Flying between Praloup and the clouds, that's something we usually don"t do 😉 Except for that one time I landed there, I have good memories of Barcelonette. Usually the place where you first hit 3000m (or not).
This is unbelievably gorgeous
A little geolocation from Mr. AV.
Home point: Barcelonnette - Saint-Pons Airfield, Icao: LFMR.
1:34 Looks like the Sierra Lima is following the ridges of L'Aupillon 2916m. These “black” ravines are the Ravin de la Grande Combe gorge. And they are black because they are “Terres Noires” (black marls with brown patina: Oxfordian to Upper Bajocian).
7:39 Towing to the four-tower peak of Grande Séolane 2909m. On this slab of limestone lies a layer of sandstone with a dark patina, well dated to the Lutetian (Middle Eocene) by its large nummulites (sometimes very abundant), which finally support black flysch.
8:37 The peak of Le Péguiéou 2479m entangled with ski lifts.
10:23 Excellent shots from the northwest to the Pra Loup ski resort. On the horizon in the center is the sharp peak of Le Pain de Sucre / la Méa 2560m.
11:28 Oh... I recognize this guy at the controls of the helicopter! Mr. Matthieu De Quillacq.
Thank you very much for the detailed location guide!
Beautiful sport, great landscape, perfect video cut!
Thank you for sharing!
Appreciate it!
Hi Stefan ! What kind of camera are you using to film your cockpit footage ? Specially here 4:58
It’s a GoPro 12
@@SteFly Thank you for your reply Stefan 🙂 Amazing content !
So schön zu sehen, wie weit du mit deiner Fliegerei gekommen bist. 🥲🕊️
Another fantastic collage of soaring! You are certainly flying in amazing locations and airports. What a wonderful experience to remember later in life! Thanks for taking all of us along, it is so grand to remember the days when I soared too! Just beautiful!!!
Thank you so much! Already after some month during winter, it´s great to see this again :)
Beautiful. I really need to learn mountain gliding. Got my PPL in New York where there are mostly only thermals, but live in Utah at the moment and see the gliders on the ridges all the time. Super jealous
Wonderful Stephen thanks for your superbe vidéo qui n Barcelonnette where I had so much great time !
Wonderful film Stefan, nice to see the camera-team and you working together.
A very video that highlights the hours spent for just a few minutes of footage. Too bad the video couldn't have taken place in Saint Crépin. But I'm glad you enjoyed Barcelonnette and the Ubaye 😃
Thank you so much for your help and your effort to make Saint Crépin happen. Barcelonnette was an amazing experience :)
That's so cool, well done!
Thank you, Tim!
Love the shot of you dropping ballast, very cool
That was great having the helicopter flyover after you touched down!
自分で操縦しているみたいで最高でした！ 動画ありがとう😊
what a nice place.. happy landings!
Mega Projekt und richtig schönes behind the scenes-Video!😍
Danke Dir! Freu mich schon auf die Aero und weitere Videoprojekte mit dir :)
I didn't recognise your glider, who was he ??😂 Congrats again for your World title! I don t remember if i've already did it, but thanks again for sharing beautiful vidéos !
Someday I'll learn to soar, and I'll look forward to getting to meet you at a competition somewhere down the line Stefan! Your videos have inspired me, keep it up!
Thank you!
amazing
Nice pictures, and if i had known that you stayed before at Vinon, I would have come for a meet & greet. 1h driving from my place. Fly safe!👍😊🇫🇷
Ah cool. It won´t be my last time in Vinon sur Verdon ;)
mountains near Barcelonetta looks so flat... Opposite to reality... Nice job, Stefan!
This one 8:10 looks scary to me but its a fantastic flying
Hi Stefan, seit fast 20 jahren interessiere ich mich für die Fliegerei, bis auf Modellflug, den Gleitschirmschein und einige Mitflüge in Helis und kleineren Privatmaschinen hab ich den "richtigen Einstieg" aber nie richtig geschafft..... und heute war es dann so weit, die Segelflugazsbildung hat mit knapp über 30 endlich gestartet.... danke für deine Videos, mal schaun wies bei mir wird :-)
Very cool…nice gliding!!! 😎✈️☁️☁️☁️☁️🇺🇸
AHH, the fuselage touching the stones 🥴🥴😂
Still prefer a safe short landing instead of a beautiful long one though haha
Poor glider
Yes, it was a little bit sad touching the stones. I don´t know exactly why this happened because I released the break exactly to avoid this. Must be slightly soft ground and a small step from the runway. At the end these are only some scratches...
@@SteFly Oh man, sometimes life just gives you stones. Are you going to keep the scratches until the next winter checkup to remember Barcelonnette on your preflight checks, or are you going to fix it as soon as possible? ^^
Iconic that stuff like this happens at the start of a season haha
What precautions do you take to avoid flying into vortices generated by the helicopter?
This ULM helicopter doesn´t produce severe vortices which flips the glider or so. Of course we took care of it and usually the helicopter flew next to me, never before me. At one time I flew below the helicopter for a special shot and I didn´t notice anything. But the helicopter pilot also said to me, that I should not do this with a heavier helicopter.
A Barcelonette j'y étais le 26 et 27 aout 2023, j'ai visité l'aérodrome de vol à voile et Helisport (chez Matthieu ), une belle région, mais la météo n'était pas favorable. Tchüss Stefan ;-)
Late October is already late for flying in the French alps. Until mid of September the weather conditions are usually good.
Stefan eröffnete die Saison mit einem Filmdreh. Barcelonetta ist schön, aber es ist immer noch kalt.
Das war letztes Jahr im September ;)
Are u coming to croatia this year?
Not planned up to now. My competition schedule is already quite full. Which airfield in Croatia can you recommend?
first, amazing soaring btw stephan
Thank you!
when do you think we will get the results
The final video is already online. 5 days of filming for 1:30 minutes video 😂
Was it Matthieu, local guru, in the helicopter?
Yess :)
Haha, quite an incredible guy, he was my paragliding instructor. He was building his first helicopter in the paragliding school at that time.
Thanks for sharing. Low passes over that terrain 🤩
Flying between Praloup and the clouds, that's something we usually don"t do 😉
Except for that one time I landed there, I have good memories of Barcelonette. Usually the place where you first hit 3000m (or not).
I don´t see a problem with these whispies ;)