Surfing the Coast of New Zealand by Sailplane
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
- Cruising along the coastline with 250 kph and doing a lowpass at the beach. That´s the definition of Epicness!
I can´t be more thankful to experience this in real life.
A huge shoutout to Smeg NZ and Auckland Gliding Club for making this happen!
Smeg: www.smeg.co.nz/
Auckland Gliding Club: glidingauckland...
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When the plane said :OoOooooOoOOOOOOOooo o oooOoooOo
I Felt that
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it's called glider
@@nichtverstehen2045 it was a joke
😂😂😂
From a viewers perspective it doesn’t get much better than this, beautiful rolling hills one side and the rugged west coast ocean the other. Visually stunning!
There is still some better footage available from this day ;)
Cool because I’ve just about worn out the big TV watching this one!
And mere seconds from a terrible terrible death. Exciting indeed.
@@VarietyGamerChannel no death
@@VarietyGamerChannel he would survive
Flying a glider appears to be the ultimate in range anxiety!
or the opposite if you think you can fly forever
I don't think the sound of the variometer helps. It would stress me to no end.
Made my day... 🤣🤣🤣
@@Federation42movies in practice, it doesn't. the frantic beeping is actually a good sign.
Ministerium für Startsicherheit It's pronounced mayday.
That low-level pass was one gutsy move. Pure flying moxy.
There are no old Bold pilots, but plenty of old ones.
It's R2D2 in control of your plane?
Yes he is very informative
The loopy beepy sound is a signal to tell you if you're flying through an updraft or not. When it makes the droning sound, it means you have no lift and are therefore descending (slowly). When it beeps, you're flying over/through a patch of upward air, which gives you lift and lets the glider climb in altitude. The intensity of the beeping tells you how strong the upward lift is. I learned that playing Microsoft Flight SIm a few weeks ago, ha!
hateclub how fast do you descend, dangerously?
Beep beep beeeep
the beeping informs the pilot of how much lift the plane is getting from rising / falling (hot & cold) air currents
what many people here seem not to understand is how extremely efficient such a modern glass carbon sailplane is. for example take his low pass. he could have continued for many more seconds in the ground effect and only lose 5-10 km/h speed (or a few meters altitude from where he started his descent).
0:30 "CRAZY!" The glider was just 2 meters above the waves and somehow he was able to avoid taking a swim or walking home. Amazing flight. BRAVO!
Fabulous, from a hangglider point of view! You can do things I can only dream about, even though I’m doing coastal flying too.
5:48 absolutely beautiful. That wind though :D
The only outlanding strip appears to be the beach. You appear to have been very confident about the cliff updrafts.
Oceanic weather patterns are very reliable up there.
I absolutely love the sound of a variometer. What a beautiful video! I would have loved to experience this.
Puckered me right up when you got into the turbulence on the back side of that full turn that went behind the ridge line. Stephan's response: "I thought that would happen." Classic.
That is awesome footage. New Zealand has a great variety of soaring possibilities!
New Zealand is awesome!
New Zealanders are of the Israelite tribe of Manasseh, with those of England, Scotland, Australia, Canada. Brothers of those of Ephryim who founded the United States of America.
@@senatorjosephmccarthy2720 How Do you know?
@@senatorjosephmccarthy2720 This is clearly a channel for people interested in soaring, rather than the unnecessary division of the human race according to pseudo-science and conspiricy. I'm genuinely interested in what you think you are achieving with your previous post.
One of the best videos I have seen for a long time. Never tried this kind of ridge soaring and my heart was in my mouth for much of the time. You had great faith in being able to find lift - I was never in the same league - thank you and well done.
some sailplanes have electric backup, however sailing the cliffs wind ramp is done by seagulls everyday and its amazing
New Zealand must be amazing for gliding, I wish I can fly there someday...
Incredible flying. And the landscape is just stunning. It's like a blend of the Faroe Islands and the Oregon coastline. I hear New Zealand is a windy nation, especially in the zones between the two big islands. Those hills obviously have helpful updrafts. What a place to fly.
250 KPH!?!? Taking an exploratory / introductory flight is my 2020 goal list - it’s been a dream to earn a gliding license for about 10 years!
do it. one of the best decisions of my life.
In the US you can glide from Maine to Georgia and back again. By way of the Appalachian Mountain Ridge in the spring time.
I don't know about Georgia and back but I do believe I read about someone flying a glider over 1000nm in NA.
That is if you don’t sleep or empty your Texas catheter.
Well damn !!🤔 🤬🖕🏽
Endless free power on the day, the beach low pass was superb. I paid even more attention when he flew behind the hill!
Wonderfull experience ! Amazing scenery ! Clean, smooth, vibrationless flight...Thanks for sharing
One of the items at the top of my bucket list. Loved it!
google your local gliding club and make it happen!
Epic. I fly PPG because I love the low flying side of things, but I’ve never seen glider ridge soaring like this. Very cool.
Ahhhh 60fps goodness. That is such a beautiful Video!
Ridge running looks so fun and I would love to try it at my club since we are right next to the dunes but sadly I have to wait until next year when I get my license. So it's very interesting to see these videos of other locations and scenarios.
so thanks for the high-quality video!
Thanks a lot! Ridge running is so much fun, but you need to be careful.
Yah . But if I hadn't seen many of your videos perversely.....I would be wondering IF you lived to fly another day!! I didn't see many suitable landing sites. You should have given Ben much better advice! Like: The air never killed anyone but the ground DOES! Or:there's alot of BOLD pilots and alot of OLD pilots BUT VERY FEW OLD BOLD PILOTS!! From the first director of region four of the UNITED STATES HANGGLIDING ASSOCIATION my favorite saying is: the most beautiful view is from cloud base no matter where you are!! Fly safe Ben.
@@donbeuch1982 You couldn't be more right, I have been very safe during my still relatively short flying career but sometimes, of course, you have to take risks even in places like this where you are flying at a low altitude with very few landing possibilities because the rewards you get from it are great as you can see in the video and there are ways to make these risks smaller such as flying in groups or having a sustainer etc.
@@SteFly Definitely, have fun at the competition and fly safe!
@@benjaminedwards3086 i would like to recommend very good reading material:
'The Risk of Dying Doing What We Love' and the follow up articles are great.
chessintheair.com/risks-and-risk-mitigation/
Well worth your time, especiallly when you think you have to put yourself into danger to be a succesful and satisfied gliderpilot.
Man!!! you're freaking me out with these low passes!!!!!!!!!!! Really trusting the winds of mother nature here.
Looks amazing great job!
Big up to my fellow KIWIS...Happy New Year...
Thank you ;)
I wish I had the balls to do that low pass, over rocks and sea! Amazing.
Yo! I'm pretty sure i saw you lot flying over karotahi while I was kitesurfing!
Top - nice ride to know this beautiful country - congratulations and thanks for sharing with us....
Stefan, thank you so much for taking us along!! Yes totally EPIC!!! Sitting inside with freezing rain here.
Thanks for all the cool videos - my flying is restricted to sim flying in Condor, for which I build scenerys. Can't wait to get back to the real thing!
Beautiful!
watching him so close to the ground and knowing that the thing has no propulsion on it's own makes me incredible anxious, like they are going to crash any minute
Just the name alone Sailplane sounds ultra safe.
This is actually a really good ridge soaring video.
I believe I saw you guys fly over Muriwai Beach and my heart stopped when it felt like you nearly buzzed our roof as you went out over the cliff. Thought you might clip a wing! Told my brother in LA who then was served your post. Amazing footage ... magical place ... incredible flying!
Haha, nice!
Beautiful! Thanks for sharing!
I am so blown away, this is just so incredibly beautiful. I want to fly with you...
Ahhh slope soaring great stuff always chasing the wind....
Slope soar the Port Hills in Canterbury, NZ. A perfect slope is available regardless of wind direction. ;-D
The DS crowd get their kicks on the same slopes.
Beautiful! Nice sloping, excellent videography!
Holy cow! That is an amazing view!
OMFSM Microsoft Flight Sim 2020 graphics look so good.
It is a lifelong dream of mine to fly a glider, doing it over gorgeous NZ landscape would just be the cherry on top. Those ridge lines perpendicular to the dominant winds sure make for an awesome soaring playground, from my limited NZ and simulator experience.
Just for anybody wonder what the beeping is, it's a device that detects if your going up or down.
more precisely, gaining or losing total energy (0.5*m*v^2 + m*G*h)
I know you guys have crazy glide angles and energy retention, but watching the video made me super anxious as a paraglider 😅
Incredible landscape! thank you for sharing those hard to reach flights!
Awesome Stefan. I remember that. One of the best experiences ever.
Just awesome! Thank you 👍🏼
Amazing video Stefan,
So far I only have 22 minutes gliding done with Piako gliding club but I am planning on much more once I find the time!
Stunning views, great video quality, real flying.
Thank you!
Hope you enjoyed our beautiful country mate, very cool to see you flying in nz
Nice video, just epic scenery. Feel free to make your way over to east tennessee and come experience gliding thru the Appalachian mounts on border of TN/NC.
I live in that area and fly gliders. Where are you referring to?
this made me so happy
Great stuff. I used to hangglide on that beach. The lift is super reliable.
I fly under simular circumstances in southern Sweden. But when I run out of lift, I just land on the beach or on the hills, because I fly a paraglider. But heavens - what would you do?? Do you have an electric help motor, a landing strip nearby or are you just stinking good at flying?😉❤️
The beach looks empty, they could land there surely?
henkeH2 always JATO the heck outta there xD
@@BigBoootyBass Land on the beach? You mean crash into the cliffs?
OOOOoooooweeeeee!!!!!!!!!!! That's some flying!!!!!
Das ist mal ne andere Art von Hangschrubben . Schon beim Zugucken fühlt mein Bauch die Aufwindkicks . Toll . Da muss man wissen ,was man tut . Aussenlandemöflichkeiten scheinen ja nicht so üppig zu sein . Guten Rutsch ins neue Jahr .
It's amazing to think how big this planet is, we can't even see the curvature of it
cockpit looks like a game while the ground looks real
I am so scared for you that the wind dies out suddenly. This is risky!!!!! I want to see the entire flight.
then you land, one way or another!
@@w00dyalien That's true. I fly hang gliders, but always have my landing zone in glide distance. Not sure where he would bail out sometimes.
@@garrykennedy5484 got your point, true... but navigating away from your 'typical' landing zones is part of the adventure - yes, there is a risk to lose or at least damage your machine, just don't get killed and enjoy the time! I never tried hang-gliding, I think it opens a lot more possibilities/flexibility despite the lower range and speed.
That was insane. That’s why I fly a paraglider. I can stick a landing in a tight spot if I’m flying XC
These glider planes are absolutely insane
Amazing 😁 👏🏻
Stefan, do you ever see any RC gliders slope soaring there? Looks absolutely ideal. Maybe even some dynamic soaring on the backside of some of those hills! I used to fly RC gliders in California...this made me miss it. Unbelievable scenery...looks like I have to visit NZ now!
Wow! Stefan, you are happy man! It's very, very beautiful!!!
The new Battlefield game graphics is amazing !
This is awesome no engine just flying in the fresh air. I would love to try to fly on this thing
So amazing. Crazy
WOW... I need to go there... awesome. Thanks for sharing
@Kevan M Allison He did that on purpose because he saw that the ridge line was diminishing. That glass ship is so slick all you have to do is to push the nose down, and gather speed, then ease up for altitude.
awesome! I hold my breath until hear every high beep! :)
Watched one of you guys from Drury do a touch and go at Kario from my Moyes around 97, I felt very slow and draggie😕
Nice flight, thanks for sharing.
Amazing flight.. what a long ridge run on on the coast. Epic place to fly!
I love that with all that technology they still use a string on the windows to see where the wind is coming from.
More to see the position of the glider relative to the air around it, but yeah it is and forever will be our most important instrument!
The best thing about a string is it doesn't go flat and never needs updating!
you also see strings attached to smaller helicopters or aerobatics planes.
On gliders it is important to have the smallest drag possible. The string also helps to use the rudder coordinated with the ailerons.
Fantastic video, done lots of this in the Uk, why did you turn left near the end and go behind the cliff in the bad sink?
Breathtaking view! Amazing video and Happy New Year!
That north of Raglan? Two guys did this on hang gliders yesterday, one way from Karioi SW corner. One crossed the Waikato and made it to Manukau heads, then back to Kario surf club. Never been done before.
Yes I think so. 👍🏼
How do people in NZ get into gliding (either hang gliding or under a sail) I'm in the waikato, don't seem to be many options here
Nathan chalecki There is a Gliding club based at Waharoa Airfield
@@nathanchalecki4842 for hang gliding search Facebook for @Skyrider. Sean is based in Raglan and did the flight to Port Waikato on Sunday
There's a lot of power in those ridges and the thermal difference. 👌👍
Great to see aviation videos from NZ
amazing scenery, NZ is just Beautiful
next up must be some wave flying 😁 you have too much fun
That would be great. But here in Auckland it is not so common... I will prepare for the competition and get into thermal flying
That must be the number 1 thing to do in life 👌❤
The beeping would drive me nuts, I would open the canopy and jump in the sea
Turn it off. Watch the vario. Flew for years and never heard a peep.
Fly. Vario free. Just feel it🤩
There's a button for people like you. The 'off' button on the vario.
Not suitable for being a pilot, I can tell. Too much bitching.
@@houstonhelicoptertours1006 lol
Thx for sharing, just awesome
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Stefan Langer - can conditions change quickly in these types of locations where the lift drops so low u r forced to land asap? also are there days in these types of locations where lift is so low u can't fly sailplanes there at all that day?
Wow that's low along the beach, and no engine to get you back up outa harms way. Exciting! 👍
And that folks sums up the attack wing capability of the RNZAF!
so amazingly awesome...
I was about to visit NZ to walk from Shire to Mordor. Now I have to consider flying glider instead of walking.
Amazing plane, thanks for showing.
But I'd have to silence the beeping. But if you can tune it out, good. What an adventure it must have been.
Hi Stefan, what made you decide the lowpass was safe? It was only 220kph, and you only pull out to 70-80m with a negative vario indication, and a part with bad ridge. Just curious to have your opinion! 😄
Splendide,
merci beaucoup l'Ami !!!
Was that mostly ridge soaring? Wind coming from the sea?
ont lache pas le manche moi qui fait du parapente sur la cote , le planeur c est le top ca fait rêver .merci pour ce beau vol.
was in nz in 2015/16 and 2019 for visits and its beautiful
Even the glider is excited
Wow, awesome! I would love to go for a ride when I visit NZ
I did a bit of cliff soaring yesterday on my Paraglider, but you guys have incredibly glide ratios on those sailplanes. 😮
Sailplanes have a slightly better glide ratio :D
Awesome!!! Love the recording!
Should a glider pilot head towards the mountain if the top of the mountain is covered with clouds??
I take it that you got back to Drury, but what a great flight.
My kind of flying!
When you turn the sound off , it's really beautiful to watch .