Thanks! I use an Insta360 X3 camera.

@@BenHirashima Do you attach it to the canopy using a suction cup for shots over your right shoulder?

Glad you enjoyed it! You should get back into it sometime.

The seating position is very reclined, and I have a good seat cushion. It's damn near the most comfortable seat I've ever sat in.

Thanks! I use stock music, but it takes a lot of time to sift through the junk to find the good tracks. The effort is worth it though.

Gliders climb by circling in thermals, which are columns of warm rising air.

Yep, pretty much. Check the description for a link to getting started!

Yes, most glider pilots wear a parachute

Almost 9 hours

Those are all great questions. Thermals are caused by the sun heating the earth's surface unevenly. Some spots, like rocks or pavement, get hotter than others, and cause a bubble of air above them to get warm. That bubble will break away and start rising, forming a column of rising air, which is a thermal. Gliders circle in thermals and get carried upward by the rising air. Since thermals are caused by the sun's heating, they form only in the day, and don't really get strong until around mid-day. There are areas of cold air that sink, too. They are often found around the outside of thermals. If a glider enters this cold air, it will begin sinking, but that is often a sign that there is a thermal nearby. Wildfires definitely do create thermals, and they are strong. Sometimes, a special cumulus cloud called a pyrocumulus will form above the fire. They look just like the clouds that often form above regular thermals, but there's a column of smoke under them. The smoke lets you see the shape of the thermal. I'd suggest Googling pyrocumulus to see a photo of one. There can be thermals in the winter. You're right that any temperature difference will do it, even cold vs less cold. The problem with winter thermals is that they don't go very high, which makes soaring cross-country difficult. Temperature inversions in the atmosphere are what determine how high thermals can go. In the winter, the inversion tends to be relatively low to the ground, limiting the height of thermals.

That's true, the Tahoe area is world-class for soaring. Check out Minden airport, just south of Reno. There's a lot of glider activity there. There's also Air Sailing, which is a glider club 40 minutes north of Reno, or TTSA at Truckee.

A few seconds, usually

It's a glider. There is no motor. It's propelled by air currents called thermals.

Yes, the clouds usually have thermals under them

I'm planning a video about how gliders work. Stay tuned!

No AC is necessary. The air is cold up high, often below freezing. The greenhouse effect from the canopy keeps me warm.

Flights of over 3,000km have been done in gliders.

I like to keep my eye on any mudspikes in the area. You know, just in case. JK it's a compass. :)

It's just some stock music. Glad you like it.

​@@BenHirashimahave you got a pointer? A name, a title?

It has been done. Even 3000km has been done.

@BenHirashima how about the world record being like 1800km read that somewhere?

Thanks! I use a 360 camera on a pole that I stick out the window. The camera software edits out the pole automatically.

Hi. I use an Insta360 X3 on a 1 meter pole that came with it.