Gained 14,000' in 21 thermals while turning and another 2,300' while flying straight. Since the forest is mostly closed due to the recent fires we have to stay West of area I do much of my usual flying. Even when they let us return a lot of it will be charred. I'll be glad if I can fly above snow again this winter.

¡Thank you!

@@petertobolsky4898 I knew exactly what I was doing.

@@michelvliegt Thanks Michel. I sold this glider to another local pilot who flies it whenever he comes out. Cheers, Jonathan

Thank you!

Thanks goes to David Gilmour and his daughter for doing a great cover of Montgolfier Brothers, Between Two Lines.

@@NelsonsWings the music came from kzbin.info/www/bejne/fJaVfGWGrNCksKM I was delighted with how clear the video came out. I was too tired last evening to narrate the video and tell a story about the flight. I woke up sick today which explains why I flew sub par. I didn't even see my buddy Tom on his Photon until I was giving him a wingtip wedgie. He had seen me coming and was ready. We laughed about it in the LZ. There were some big flights by two PGs I had briefed before they launched. It's nice to pass on some experience just as many others have done for me. I am officially a has-been these days.

@@vrezhtumanyan4714 Thanks Matzo Bro!

@@parrishfloyd5684 thanks Parrish. We are blessed.

@@TheDAVE858 thanks!

@@BunkgoVideo Thanks. I look forward to our next doorbell camera production. 🤣

@@warrenwalker4972 well bless your soul! I really enjoyed Kenny so much. I had a really great flight today maybe because we saw each other on the freeway and we're both Kenny's friends.

@@warrenwalker4972 here's where I went kzbin.info/www/bejne/iX2xkpilorqkeJI

No hurry. No altitude to circle. Rebar not visible from beyond 50ft. This field requires an effective drogue 34.310714, -118.373671. I sincerely hope you are merely curious. Cheers!

@@Robbo1966 Thanks! I've forgotten about so many flights. Which would you like to see reposted?

@@NelsonsWings I feel the same way and I have been doing this since 1973 after first getting interested in 1964.

@@NelsonsWings I believe it has been used for hike and fly. We no longer have access to the road up. That was a long time ago. The homeowners at the bottom are difficult and don't want strangers driving on their private street to the gate.

@@GlideLA wow I only now saw that this was from 2014! Before I even started flying. That also explains the retro 4:3 aspects ratio LOL

That's correct. I can descend extremely fast without any excess airspeed. It's import to be mindful of the 3X rapid descent on base leg turn!

@@garrykennedy5484 Reminds me too

Thanks. Enjoy these highlights. kzbin.info/www/bejne/a4faonivf9GlpZo

Thank you

Hi Eugene, I hope you get to do some form of gliding flight. Cheers, Jonathan

Great story! Thanks for writing it.

@@macmaulwurf2151 for which the pilots is most grateful

@@bigtruccon2wheels617 Mother nature called and I answered

@@NelsonsWings Monday had really fun air. Lots of texture but with smooth edges.

@@charlescurry620 I wear that badge with honor sir! My highest was 7,000 ft and I did not want to go higher because the turbulence increased with altitude rather than the opposite.

@@postfrontal Thank you! Hopefully, I get a chance to fly the same or a similar route this season. Good days are just ahead.

@@allen423100 Thank you. I think we've known each other over 10 years now.

@@GlideLA oh dang thats right. shit that went by fast 😬

@@Aerocrvalley thank you

@@no_elzee if I'm able to fly back I will. Otherwise we can share an Uber

@@GlideLA I like that answer!

Thank you!

Thanks. I was lucky. Dave did a great job with his drone too. The full clip was 4-1/2 minutes.

@@GlideLA 👍👍👍😊

@@jonirlbeck Thank you sir!

@@freeflyer Thanks

@@MrSteve90266 Susquatch shot it in 4K with his drone. It took me about 10 minutes to do the edit after I got the 3.2 GB file from him this morning.

I'll try to answer your questions in the next few days. Thanks.

@@GlideLA Thank you so much! Please take your time. I know I’ve asked for a lot of info. Be safe!!

@@hubbysswee Here's the short version. The glider is controlled by shifting your weight so you essentially tilt it to go faster, slower and turn. Every glider balances and responds differently just like any other piece of sporting equipment. The intermediate and advanced gliders have a rope that allows the sail to me loosened or tightened which allows the glider to fly better or turn easier depending on how tight the sail gets. That beeping is from my variometer which tells me how fast I'm going up. It make a low pitched sound when I go down faster than I want. It's actually a flight computer with built in GPS. I need to know my glide angle in order to reach my destination or a safe place to land. The computer is all electronic. I have been in the sport since 1973 and started with all mechanical instruments. I recently bought a vintage variometer and altimeter that was in perfect shape from an Offerup ad. I will modify the mount and fly with it for old time's sake. Flying prone (face down) puts a strain on my neck so I built a special bungee system that reduces the weight on my neck by 2# or so. This allows me to fly many hours. We have emergency parachutes in case the glider fails for any reason but these have to be manually deployed and done correctly in order to inflate properly and in time. I always fly with a GPS tracker so that my wife and others will know where I am. It has an SOS beacon that I have to activate manually and it will send a distress signal out for search and rescue to look for me. I never fly without my glass signal mirror because everything fails and it can save your life. I have already been rescued once by using the signal mirror. There's more. Much more but hopefully this answers some of your questions.

@@GlideLA This allows me to fly many hours” certainly perks my ears way up! Extreme sports people, we’re incorrigible aren’t we! All kidding aside, thank you for your extensive and informative response. There’s always more info that can be shared, you’ve answered my questions superbly. I had to watch your video again just to live vicariously through your skill. I’m off to binge watch the rest of ‘em! Again, thank you very much!! Be safe and God bless!

@@hubbysswee . Jon’s being modest. He has put together & implemented so much within the HG community, camera mounts & shots extraordinaire to his stand-out videos that track & have the coolest hanging music. From windy Chicago & (was it?) attaching sails to skateboards to moving west (young man!) into the thick of the HG scene. Mr. Vicarious Icarus dominates. Ha -he’ll even cruise the flat lands, where most fear to tread, to the airport & land his WW T-2 (or was it a 3?) for a pale ale (or 2?). Or go up to Utah or was it Idaho for a running ramp launch into the atmosphere, gaining for some 10K+ feet alt. comp. rides. Or hang from Falcons over the snowy ridges that encircle LA, setting err down not an option. He even back-tracks to beyond Lancaster & Rosamond airport into the Mojave & above the pickled aircraft of yester-years. & on & on . . . Honestly, I don’t know how he isn’t an instructor along with kite (“wing”) sales via himself. Perhaps he's an engineer & such is below his pay grade. But then, . . .

IDK. Already made when I buy.

I was wondering about you the last time I flew. Hope all is well.

Roaming the front country from the ground, watched a golden eagle this morning and a bald eagle this afternoon, both near the mill creek visitor center. haven’t turned in my wings yet.