175 Mile Cross-Country in a Ximango Motor Glider

A nice glider flight from Bermuda Dunes to Pinion Flats, Toro Peak, Thomas Mountain, Hemet, Santiago Peak, Palm Springs Tramway, and back to Bermuda Dunes. Total flight time: 5.1, Engine off: 4.5.
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[@Mysemantics]

Ha, from the video's title I expected to see you motorize all the way, but you showed us pure glider pilots some good stuff. Best to your enterprise and hope to come visit in cooler weather.

[@palmstopinesgliding1449]

Thanks Michael. I go cross country engine-off whenever I can. However, some of my vids are motor-on the whole way... flying low over the San Andreas Fault or the Salton Sea, for example. Cool (relatively speaking) weather starts in October... Hope you can make it!

[@GeorgeKalb]

Awesome video. Thanks for posting. Been wanting to get into gliding for a long time and looks like the perfect machine for where we are located.

[@daviddunn1923]

Cool video😎! I am amazed how long and far you’re able to glide!

[@mendozaconsultation]

Pretty cool. The piperel sinus I seen also is a nice glider. Was wondering how you know were to find thermals for climb.?

[@TheSoaringChannel]

Killer video! One suggestion... Try thermaling 50% left vs right 😊 you've got a new subscriber

[@Sugarsail1]

Great flight you might want to turn your VOX delay down on your head set if you have an adjustment for that, it's clipping the beginning of everything you say.

[@kudraally6492]

Just out of curiosity, how much fuel did you use for this flight?

[@supermanreturns3659]

that mountains so close... what a suicide. scared )))

[@csaviation9013]

Is there any particular reason you flew from the right hand seat instead of the normal left hand seat?

[@palmstopinesgliding1449]

Yes. I'm used to having the stick in my right hand and operating spoilers, throttle, gear, and pretty much everything else with my left hand as is the norm for gliders. From the left seat everything is on the "wrong" side. I tried the left seat a few times and hated it.

[@csaviation9013]

Ah that makes sense!