pete helliwell

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@BobJones20001 3 ай бұрын

Great vid Pete. It's a pity Ben is so awkward in front of the camera, but hey, he got plenty of practice in the 2 years after this vid. And a few Porters always seems to help

@elpeluca06 3 ай бұрын

Hufff eso no es para cualquiera!! Brillante!! 👍🚀🚀🚀

@donaldpayne1376 5 ай бұрын

Good on ya Pete. We're rooting for you

@donaldpayne1376 5 ай бұрын

Go Pete :)

@huwparsons4069 5 ай бұрын

Another cracking soundtrack. Love it! Once in a lifetime might have to become my landing anthem

@TheDAVE858 5 ай бұрын

Where is that?

@ecclesheat 5 ай бұрын

Laragne southern France

@pressleycaliforniacustoms9526 5 ай бұрын

Epic

@freeflyer 5 ай бұрын

My biggest fear is hitting a turbulent air parcel just before the flare. How would you handle if it happens?

@petehelliwell 5 ай бұрын

Always try your best to keep the wings level. Sometimes you have to use the flare energy to put in a correction so you are level. In that case though you have to be ready to run hard! But prevention is better than cure, land as far down wind as possible from any obstacles for the cleaner air flow, you will avoid the turbulence then. And finally, don’t be scared of it, everyone drops a glider and bends something at some point, your reactions will be better if you are not scared 😉

@freeflyer 5 ай бұрын

@@petehelliwell Yesterday, after 94km of flight I've approached pretty stable until the flare moment and something rotated my wing 30 degrees on yaw axis tried to correct and flare at the same time and that was my first broken upright in ten years 😄 I watched my landing video many times and I think I didn't have a chance 🤔 I'll share it soon.

@TheCameronEvans 5 ай бұрын

What an epic landing, showing us how it's done. legend!

@pressleycaliforniacustoms9526 5 ай бұрын

Epic dude! That glide ratio is sick

@Liger._King 5 ай бұрын

I'm sorry but it makes no sense to post a video that is fast-forwarded for the entirety of it. You don't have to show everything. Just record it at normal speed and entertain your viewers.

@petehelliwell 5 ай бұрын

Apology accepted 🙏🏽 thanks

@확실하게하자 5 ай бұрын

다리 없는줄 깜짝

@Jesse_Dhue 5 ай бұрын

Nailed it

@olivermoffatt4638 5 ай бұрын

Brilliant landing, Pete

@ThomasLowFlyer 5 ай бұрын

That LZ has a way of handing out surprises, especially on a North day. Great job running it out.

@soggybottom3463 5 ай бұрын

Excellent, thank you! 👍👏👏👏 ("easy as that", eh? hmmmm...😅😅)

@wEcksWhy 5 ай бұрын

Nice landing in Cromwell @ the Chafer beatle reserve

@wEcksWhy 5 ай бұрын

okay that's it.... I'm going to buy a hang glider

@wEcksWhy 5 ай бұрын

where is this

@CreativeChallenge2025 5 ай бұрын

Probably the best hang gliding soaring video. Thanks for showing people how beautiful hang gliding can be.

@JudahForeverKingdom1727 5 ай бұрын

Bang

@H.Najafabadi.P.369 6 ай бұрын

لندینگ و استال عالی

@H.Najafabadi.P.369 6 ай бұрын

لندینگ عالی .

@freeflyer 6 ай бұрын

That was quite relaxing to watch 😎🤘

@Theworldofhanggliding 6 ай бұрын

Not a lot to work with in terms of cloudbase. Looks quite buoyant in between thermals, though... Beautiful scenery. When was this ?

@freeflyer 6 ай бұрын

Do you need zero wind to do this kind of landings? What is needed to consider before doing it? I'm planning to learn and try it soon.

@petehelliwell 6 ай бұрын

Zero wind is ok but not necessary. You can do it with tail wind too (and that will help you to take off again). The steeper the slope, more tail wind can be tolerated, the shallower the slope the less tail wind can be tolerated. When you first start trying them flying at speed is your friend but don’t sacrifice handling and control of the glider while changing in to the upright position for every bit of speed possible - smooth but quick is better than lots more speed and a wobbly approach. It’s not necessary but it would be interesting to wear a heart rate monitor for your first few 🤪🤙🏽

@safurian 8 ай бұрын

Great video, nice narration! Thx

@safurian 8 ай бұрын

Great hang-landing! Where is this beautiful site? NZ?

@petehelliwell 7 ай бұрын

Yeah. In New Zealand, Coronet Peak

@Yacht-building 8 ай бұрын

When is the best season to fly there?

@petehelliwell 7 ай бұрын

Good spring days come out of Oct-Dec. Nice summer flying Jan-Feb

@attilaplasch6814 9 ай бұрын

Bravo!!

@Wolf-xu1fj 9 ай бұрын

Why are you pulling the string?

@sakk0134 10 ай бұрын

Hi just curious to know know what altitude meters or feets you maintain when you cross country for a safe glide slope ( to avoid tree 🌲 mountains) and what average speed??? How much time taken to complete?? Thanks My place only 4000 feet altitude allowed because of military so I have to keep landing sites options all along the cross country journey. WW Falcon 4 195. I am also attaching an DIY ehelp electric harness so get me to thermal or get me home option in case of emergency.

@ShotReverseShot 10 ай бұрын

Nice! What's the location?

@oldwaitekauri 10 ай бұрын

Did you film the tasks this year?

@Topdogpinup2-gu9cs 11 ай бұрын

Thank you I'm an old hang glider pilot from the 70s and I'm getting back into after 40 years of home built and GA aircraft so that string had me questing what it was doing but I kind a guessed it had to be moving the cross bar. I see the effect of it now thank you. I am going to get some lessons here in Florida but this is all flat here so it will be a tow up launch most likely out of Wallaby. So I hope to progress bake to where I once was we had ratting system back then and I was almost a hang 5 when I started flying ultralights in the 80s with my new wife.

@bustedkeel 11 ай бұрын

Wicked skills! I end up on my belly too often doing uphills.

@petehelliwell 6 ай бұрын

Maybe one day I will upload my bloopers reel 😅

@chestyoz9725 11 ай бұрын

Ben Kellett commentary ?

@petehelliwell 11 ай бұрын

Haha, well spotted

@B-RadzYT 11 ай бұрын

Do you circle in certain areas to gain altitude on wind currents??

@SteelDoesMyWill 11 ай бұрын

Yes, when we enter a thermal which is a column of warm air that is rising, we make circles in the thermal core and gain altitude. They are invisible but if you could see them they would look similar to a tornado (but not nearly as violent, lol). They twisting air column is narrow when close to ground but it becomes broader as it gets higher and is clear of terrain.

@delta_yeah 7 ай бұрын

@@SteelDoesMyWill I see them more like a water fountain, or the smoke after a nuclear blast. Goes up in a column and at the top spreads and even goes down outside

@javiergarrote5048 11 ай бұрын

Can I ask a question? To get to that height are you dropped from a plane or jump a very tall mountain?

@SteelDoesMyWill 11 ай бұрын

Launch from a mountain, it doesn't have to be a tall one. What we need is thermal lift, so on days of ideal weather conditions we can climb up to cloud base like Pete is doing here. We are never 'dropped' from planes (very dangerous), but we have method of launching called aero-tow that is similar to the way sail-planes are launched. For Hang Glider pilots who don't have a mountain launch available we can be towed up by an ultralight aircraft.

@javiergarrote5048 11 ай бұрын

@@SteelDoesMyWill Oh, ok thanks for replying.

@oldwaitekauri 11 ай бұрын

Looked like a primo day. Hope there's more ☺