Secondo me il pilota del traino s'era un furlan che te voleva copà😂 Scherzo! Finché la puoi raccontare ben fatta! Grazie per la condivisione! Ottimo spunto di riflessione

Noch einer, der es nicht kann. Warum ist das über unseren Köpfen erlaubt?

I am surprised that you have not landed out. You had plenty suitable fields. And also who did put those barriers on the grass?

Are you still flying gliders?

it was not necessary to hit the trees and it was dangerous.

When flying a glider, every single landing IS an emergency landing, as you have no opportunity to 'go around'.

A idiot

Should have turned towards to airfield way earlier

On final wouldn't it have been better to slide more left to that green field? It looked like a good spot to me?

maddoia, hai STRUSCIATO gli alberi nel finale?? Bel culo, bravissimo....

Why Emergency Landing? You have landed like unexperienced pilot, too slow, too low and too short. In other words you hit in airfield and avoided threshold markings.

Thanks for sharing. I love how any gliding video seems to attract gliding experts to the comments like wasps to pints of lager in a beer garden on a summers day.

It was so weak tow plane, less than 100m after 2 minutes, should be at least 200m with single seat glider.

Thanks for posting, Gaining more altitude before releasing and getting into emergency mode could always help, fixing into landing on the airport is also a lesson, you had plenty of options. for landing.

I’m sitting in a big comfy chair in a quiet and peaceful house, likely the safest I’ve ever been in my life, yet that tree strike still caused me to engage level 5 sphincter pucker and drop my phone. Thanks for posting this and regardless of anything else, I’m happy you got down safe 👍🏽

Mai andare da soli ... potevi restarci, nessuno ti avrebbe aiutato. Poi non si capisce se hai recuperato la bici

That was a close call on those trees... i cant speak italian so I cant understand much. the returning high on our club is around 60 meters, i felt that you guys kept low for too long. Anyway, every situation we come out in one piece is a learning one... congratulations

It’s cool to see you show off your arborist skills with the glider.

Bad Pilot

They are fun to fly. Sure wish tires of the correct size were easier to find.

I think it can be very valueable to post such videos for others to learn from the mistakes.

The lesson I took from this clip is to always trim your nose hair when filming with a wide-angle lens from over your shoulder.

It looks like an emergency training turned into reality. In any case, there were enough fields to land an ASK safely prior to this tree encounter. It is a worthwhile video to learn from, as it highlights just how much one can get hooked to the idea of having to land on an airport ...

Please. If you do not speak English in the video, please do not use it in the title. It’s just click bait.

As others have commented, very surprised you either didn’t climb higher on tow to get back to the field safely, and even more that you pressed on regardless of the ‘picture’ to the airfield looking awful, with other field options available. Very lucky you didn’t hit more sink or get spun by the tree branches you hit!

trees at the approach to the runway ??? what was the tow aircraft doing ? low flying???

I prefer pilots that don't rely on luck..

Even worse when the front canopy is not locked properly. The sink rate is huge if it opens in flight.

All glider landings are “emergency”. 😀

Picking walnuts this way is just more fun

Thanks Fabrizio for sharing.

In my days of instructing on K21 we used a New monic Code CB SIFT CBE which stands for C- Controls full and free and working in the correct sense B- Ballast check cockpit weight and balance limits and and ballast weights if fitted are secure also check with outside person Tail dolly is removed . S- Straps Locked and tight and check other pilots by asking them if so if flying Duel. F- Flaps full range of movement and not interfering with other controls. T- Trim Full range of movement and set for Take Off C- CANOPY Checked Locked in two positions and the Emergency lever Tell Tale Wire is secure and lever is in the correct position, Push lightly upwards to ensure canopy is secure in K21 apply pressure on Rear canopy also to ensure locked if an outside person is there get a second visual check done to ensure locked . B- Brakes Air Brakes / Spoilers open and closing together and Flush and Locked. E- Eventualities If student and instructor this is a pre take off check of commands and who will fly the aircraft if an emergency happens or what the instructor wishes the Student to do if something happens this is Re affirming the briefing prior to getting into the aircraft. Then the Launch Cable or Tow Rope is asked for Now you have a Second pair of eyes asked the Outside person to Confirm Tail Dolly is Removed and if solo this is when you ask them to Confirm Straps are locked and secure and the Canopy is down and visual check it is locked correctly

Since I didn't see it posted yet: the reason his cockpit is entering a dimensional rift is because of the rolling shutter effect from the digital camera.

No go around in a glider. Boom

Wow

If you were flying on LSD should be the title

From what I remember in ASK21 is kind of easy to let the rear canopy stay unlocked. There is no clear visible indication there for the front pilot. Nice reminder to who uses ASK21. Rear canopy opens to the back. On first thermal bump it will catch wind and break off hitting stabilizers - it is a t-tail after all. One may have very bad day after that. I will say good decision. Any damage to the glider? Thanks for sharing.

risking the treeline was ballsy. pilot wasn't fazed at all when the trees gave his plane a few beauty scars tho. great pilot!

Very interesting and thanks for sharing. 1. How was it possible to lock the front canopy on an ASK21 with the rear canopy not locked? Normally there should be the "rocker arm" which prevents locking the front Canopy when rear canopy locking pins dont push the "rocker arm" down. EDIT: Just saw your reply on another comment. Bad club management when the locking mechanism isn´t repaired till now. It´s just a broken spring. 2. The rear canopy was still attached after landing? I thought the rear canopy would break away, in case of a intentionally opening on a rescue bail out. Were the hinges/tubes bent afterwards? 3. Indeed you were lucky with hitting the trees only "slightly" and flying a forgiving ASK21. Good Job on landing, especially evading the runway posts with going between them ;) 4 Did you realize during the flight what happened? Probably yes, because of windy cockpit. But did you get it that this gives you extra drag? Did the aero-tow bring much less climb rate as usual? Minus 1-2 m/s on final is more than usual, but not as bad with having a concave anemometer bowl in the wind. I´m asking because of the comments on taking the field in front of the trees and the airfield. 5. Talk to the land owner of the trees and cut them down. If not managable, i heard that copper nails in the tree trunk or battery acid in dry season are not preferred by vegetation (and drinking water). Sometimes these bad woodpeckers peck a tree so hard that its water running part the cambium is destroyed * IRONY OFF * Thanks again for sharing. Afterwards it is easy to analyse and come up with good advice, but when you are in the situation, you don´t have much time and additional stress. Should something arise on my flights with some sorts of panels extending in the airstream except the airbrakes, i will now definitely be sure to consider the extra drag.

I had a scary first solo in a 2-33 just last week. During aerotow we went through a huge rotor vortex and I got nervous and disconnected from the tow plane. While flying back to the airport at pattern altitude I encountered a lot of wind shear. I flew my downwind leg in a headwind causing me to lose a lot of altitude by pitching down to keep my airspeed high . I flew a very uncoordinated base to final and overshot the runway and then bounced the landing three times. Scariest day of my life, but I’m lucky to have kept flying the plane and kept my airspeed up. A video of my solo is here kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZpWbdqaAjKtgq6c

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'Your ASK 21 glider'?! .....lol......This was terrible in too many ways...

How is it possible that you can lock the front canopy without the rear one secured. Schleicher has standardly build a mechanical leaver in the Ask21 where the bolt of the rear locking mechanism pushes the leaver down that allows to close the front leavers because their bolts can now move backwards. Have you removed this system and if so why

how is there rolling shutter effect on something that isnt moving?

Tooo legendo

He should have carried out rear cockpit checks before getting in or have a ground crew member doing the rear checks as he went through the cockpit checks. The Ground Crew should have had a final check of the aircraft before putting the cable on. He could have got the tug to drop him back over the airfield before releasing. He also could have landed in a lot of better fields than going between some trees to get back onto the airfield

Too many armchair pilots here! Although he hit the trees, the glider pilot got it down without killing himself. Thats means he done a good job! I dont think people understand the serious of the situation until they are put through it! It takes balls..

It's great that you share this so others can learn. I feel like a lot of other people would try to hide this mistake.

Live and learn....thanks for posting.

My CFI would ream me severly for that. How do you take off without the canopy locked? CHAOTIC. How do you land without first establishing an overshoot situation? If in doubt, land out. The only correct call there was that luck saved his arse!