I couldn't stop laughing...

..and stand-up comic.

guy made this scene so much more funny

Thats what makes it funny if I moved into a new house and thought "wow this place is great" and I just turned to my window and saw @1:48 im moving out that day

Agreed

Any time Gerard is in a scene, even if he's in the background like at a wedding, make sure to watch him. He makes the funniest faces. He just cracks me up!

Didn't he play the Accordion in one episode at a wedding

@@jamesfield1674 yes , that and also a couple other scenes too.. played the prefect role in all 🙂

That is to jettison the canopy in the very unlikely case that you have to bail out. In gliding, especially competition gliding, gliders often fly close together in thermals which creates a risk of a collision.

Funny you should say that. His real name is Albert Einstein. His dad had a sense of humor too, apparently. Super Dave Osbourne was Brooke's brother.

I don't think so. I didn't know about an 80's YYNOT.

It was planned, yes. Speed was about 35 knots above cruise, not pushing. The Swift was flying slower than normal too. The wings unloaded when I hit a 'bump' just before pulling up so a great illustration of typical wing flex in this ship. Others, like the J3, flex much more. Will do formation with a Glassair, a very quick aircraft, soon.

Try it for yourself... and then report back to us.

@@Frigate356 negatory sir

Never heard of formation flying? Gliders regularly fly within 100-200 feet of each other in thermals and regularly fly in formation between thermals. Anyway... I suppose you can report the Blue Angels eh? LobotomiesAreUs.com

People like you ruined flying.

A cupla peas short of a full pod are ya?

did you not watch the video

It's got a very good polar for Cross Country application - good cruise performance. Glide ratio is 50:1. Controls respond well for an 18M ship - not heavy feeling. Good slow flight characteristics for thermalling. I'm still in awe of it. There are some articles you can Google up - reviews/test flights by experienced pilots. It's certainly all I could ever ask for performance wise.

Unfortunately no. COVID-19 restrictions are keeping me in Canada. Next November, I am hoping.

@@Frigate356 let me know when you're here. I'm in fort Lauderdale, and I'm getting the same glider as yours.

It is easier to get a gliding license because you don't have to learn somethings in gliding that you must in powered flying.. Flying itself is not that difficult at all... it just takes instruction and practice. Glider pilots end up having better flying skills because there is more emphasis on actual flying. You may be surprised to know that many military pilots, astronauts started off gliding. Neil Armstrong started as a glider pilot and then went back to gliding after his astronaut career. Gliding is also costs a lot less. When you get your glider pilot license, you can progress to whatever level you like. Just basic gliding near the airport.. or you can become a cross country pilot and go out exploring well beyond the airport... up to many hundred miles.

The outboard 3 feet on each wing has extra dyhedral but no winglets on this model. If there is a mod available, I don't think it would improve the performance enough to justify the cost. It already has a 50:1 glide ratio which is a dream. Going to the 15M config costs about 10% in performance so I always fly 18M config. Yes, nice straight forward panel, thanks. I also bring a backup Nav unit (a phone running XCSoar). Cheers.

@@Frigate356 thanks the reply. Seen your videos in Florida - nice!

@@SkywaySoaring Thanks. Unfortunately all I have is a phone cam! Hoping to get a GoPro and proper mount for next season. Stay tuned for some much better stuff 🙂

Keeping in mind that I have only been gliding for 3 years (33 years as a powered pilot) with experience in only 4 gliders (ASK-21, DG500, LS4b and Lak17b)... I absolutely love the Lak17b. It was love at first sight and at first flight. I was very fortunate to have the opportunity to buy this one which is in pristine shape. There's not a lot of them around, in fact, I've never seen another one. The flying characteristics are very good in all envelopes and the performance is impressive. 50:1 glide ratio and the polar is lovely (great cruise performance). It rigs/derigs nicely with a one man rigging system. I'm based in Canada. I had it in Florida last year for some late season flying. But like I said, I don't have much to compare it to. I did do a lot of research before committing to the purchase and I didn't find anything bad, pretty much all positive, so, it was hard to say no to the opportunity. Good luck. If you get it, reconnect with me to share notes. Cheers !!!

@@Frigate356 thanks for the reply. I'm looking at one, but it seems that one of the wings has developed a spar bump. Not sure what the consequences are; will have to investigate further.

Interesting story not sure what you mean by "Pushed to Maximum"

Really interesting as back in the days, gliders weren't made of plastic but of wood, so gliders couldn't really go as fast as they go now. Now, they can reach up to 300 km/h whereas those old ones practically don't go over 150 km/h. So how could such an aircraft outrun a powered helicopter? Could you give me a source, because I'm really interested in the story

Well, plastic glider has been around well before the fall of the wall. The top speed of a LS4 (typical glider of the eighties) is 270 km/h.

@@Mike-01234 Typically a glider will have no engine. The way one controls speed is by utilising the elevator. By pushing the control stick forward one deflects the tail up and hence the nose down. (The elevator goes down). This causes the glider to descend and pick up speed. Unless you’re inverted. Then the opposite would apply. So in a glider and all aeroplanes, elevator controls speed and if the aeroplane has an engine, the engine controls rate of climb or descent. And if in straight and level flight (no up or down elevator), the engine speed will control the aircraft speed (slow or fast).

@@Mike-01234 VNE velocity never exceed