Cloud Flying in Sweden

DISCLAIMER: Cloud flying with a glider is prohibited and very dangerous. In Sweden it´s allowed with a special license. Please fly responsible!
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[@janehollander1934]

3:42 for fellow viewers who are a little obsessed with maps and locations. To see where Stefan Langer was flying during his trip abroad. And who used the Closed Caption [cc] option, on this video, to hear the name of that particular Swedish lake. And like me got "Lake Vernon" in the translation... The 🇸🇪guy was talking about Lake Vänern (probably the biggest lake in Sweden). Which is situated to the North East of the city of Gotenburg. You are welcome 😁✌🏻#MapNerd

[@MineDude69]

Not probably, it is the largest lake in Sweden!

[@aaronpahler5410]

So sick, you are living an absolute Dream and take us all with you! Thank you man, keep it up and stay high and/or fast 😉

[@tomarmstrong1281]

Many years ago I was flying with a friend in his Stearman. We were going to a nearby military airfield, in lowering cloud. I was in the front cockpit. We were on a four mile final with clearance to land but advised of patches of cloud at around seven hundred feet QFE. The runway was not yet in sight but the ADF was tuned to the airfield beacon and the needle was centralised. As we descended the visibility became noticeably worse. To break off the approach, or continue? We were not yet at published minimums, so with the ADF firmly centralised we continued and saw the runway dead ahead at exactly MDA. After landing my friend complimented me on a well flown approach. ."It would not have been possible without your ADF" say's I. It was the only piece of electronic nav' equipment in the Stearman. He looked at me and said "I thought I told you it doesn't work". Any instrument rated pilot will quickly spot the cardinal mistakes I made.

[@TheSoaringChannel]

💀💀💀💀

[@CLdriver1960]

‘Did you turn on your turn & bank indicator?’ he says as he goes into cloud🤣 Nice video, I wish cloud flying was legal here!

[@SteFly]

The pilot switched it on earlier, I was just a pessenger in this case 😂

[@TheSoaringChannel]

Where do you fly again? USA? It's actually very much legal. See my comment above. There's an SSA article from Shawn Knickerbocker, an FAA DPE, about this subject. I can look up which one it is. Just make sure any instruments you use are certified for instrument flying. If they state "not for instrument flying" like the LXNAV, then you can't use it. But the majority of GA experimental instruments are legal to cloud fly. You also need an airplane instrument rating to do so, and maintain recency of flight requirements in actual or simulated conditions.

[@CLdriver1960]

@@SteFly understood. That comment just got me laughing! I am a retired airline pilot and wish cloud flying was legal here in Canada. In the 50’s at our club, 2 members got their Gold Altitude inside of a TCU (not at the same time) Very interesting story!

[@CLdriver1960]

@@TheSoaringChannel I’m in Canada. It’s unfortunately not legal here. Hope to see you at Treasure Coast this winter!

[@TheSoaringChannel]

@@CLdriver1960 aha! Sorry to hear this. To be fair: there'd be those few who would cloud fly in unfavorable conditions in the winter and that's all that needs to be said about that. LoL I'm going to talk to our glider chief instructor about doing my IPC using view limiters. After that I'll make sure to stay current per the regs. During the summer time here in Florida: cloud flying is suicide due to the very high lightning activity we get at that time. But during spring and fall it is sublime, gentle, and completely absent of lightning, much like Stefan's flight. It's a sure shot way to get a diamond climb here in Florida and it has been documented and even made records here using it. All legally - even though some who aren't rated SWEAR it's illegal.

[@lautoka63]

What a great thing the internet can be: a Kiwi can watch a German and a Swede flying while talking English. Well done, Stefan; you'd be welcome back on this side of the world.

[@tomarmstrong1281]

Good point. Many people still do not accept that we live in a globally interconnected, and to a large extent a globally dependent world. That was not the case when Hitler could send invading armies across state boundaries. The rest of the world being unable to do much but watch. Putin will not have that luxury.

[@louisfkoorts5590]

That clouds 🌥, Man! Scary. But it's beautiful the way it's done here. 👍🏻👋🏻

[@skizzofly]

This is what i call a "Quality Flight" ,not so many km, but a bunch of pure emotions!

[@darlingtonmachona2010]

Good view,love your adventure

[@droneviewssrilanka4409]

wow man......this is one of the coolest videos i have ever watched..keep it up.......love this channel

[@8OrangePants]

Love your videos, brother! Cool experience for those of us not allowed.

[@majojose307]

Beautiful

[@Rickenbacker69]

Hey, I know that lake! Nice to see you up in our neck of the woods! Well, close, I fly out of Örebro to the northeast, and I hope to get my cloud flying endorsement any year now...

[@leobesa2887]

I hope he stick his hands out and tried to touch the clouds haha

[@thepilot9796]

Nice video...I have been could flying in the USA for over 25 yrs......

[@ImtiazAhmad-lt3kg]

Love your videos

[@jamex7704]

Geleg scho geil - aber so ohne künstlichen Horizont stell ich mir des echt ned einfach vor😂

[@SteFly]

Ist bestimmt einiges an Übung notwendig

[@b_wisniewski]

Great as always. Come to Poland. We have nice landscapes too 😉

[@rheinbit]

What a laundry room... The view in the ferry was better, :-) ... green, Roger

[@ilkemyildiz3046]

It's beautiful, jeez man is this your only job? So no 9-5 daily job but only gliding?

[@petpot1962]

Was thinking the same, if it is then that is truly living !!! How much fun can one person have, I'm green with envy 😭

[@victorwargnysoaring806]

if i am not mistaking he has his own company called Stefly, wich makes flight computers with xcsoar

[@ilkemyildiz3046]

@@victorwargnysoaring806 Wow, didn't know, thanks mate.

[@deadmanschest4322]

pretending to fly into clouds... i bet he was on the ground and we heard old audio playback for the vario ;) Flying a glider in such sight conditions, this must be a creepy feeling (I never got into a situation like this when I was flying myself)

[@robertlock6041]

Hi Mr Chest, cloud flying is mostly just cold and damp. Horrible!

[@homeistheearth]

How do you fly into clouds? Have you aquired permission by ATC? Is it required to have a transponder? I know we have an astir cs with a very bad turn and slip indicator with a gyro, for cloud flying. But here it is not allowed without permission from ATC.

[@MyChannel-bh6sc]

In those EASA countries where cloud flying is allowed, you don't need any ATC permission as long as you fly in Class G airspace. Transponder is not required. In Finland for example, most airspace outside of TMAs and below FL95 is Class G. If you want to enter controlled airspace (e.g., fly higher than FL95), it's much easier to get a clearance if you have a transponder.

[@nestortafah3311]

Waow....great

[@naseefaamindato4670]

i want to try it.. in the.future

[@itchy108]

Very cool Stefan!, what camera are you using on the pole?

[@omaninman9961]

good view

[@jaysonmendoza-lh3hy]

wow so nice

[@01ricardocarrijo]

Good morning Command! Clarify a doubt for me: why don't gliders have those electrical discharge wires that we find on the trailing edge of airplane wings?

[@angelikagleich5843]

Oh Stefan!

[@denisconrad8534]

Ever heard of the 57 seconds rule ? when you enter clouds with a glider ? it states that you have 57 seconds left to live, as gliders are not equiped with IFR instruments you are easily losing references are the moment your are upside down it the end (speed build up increasingly and the glider loses wings and the cockpit becomes a bullet). In France it simply forbidden to penetrate clouds. let me know how the swedish pilot managed to travel inside the cloud ? thx

[@kjellsalomon1557]

I think they have an electronic bank indicator

[@Rickenbacker69]

Turn-and-bank indicators, and lots of practice. It's not exactly common in Sweden either, but it's not out of the ordinary either.

[@imsoaring]

Cloud flying is also allowed, and frequently practiced in the UK. These days AHRS in sailplanes are common but it can be done on just a turn and slip. ......... or maybe we are just better pilots. :)

[@saqibahamd1290]

Nice

[@urbanlife2091]

Cool

[@manojshrestha7254]

👍👍

[@waqarahmad-fj4tn]

wow

[@mariorossi1633]

I strongly disagree with in cloud flying while VFR

[@user-co3qg7dd4k]

Good

[@CalebNorthNorman]

👍

[@basilbaby4274]

Awsome

[@martinformlos9826]

Stefan, can you tell us what instrument eqipment is required for cloud flying? I never saw an atrificial horizon in a glider so far..

[@Phil_The_Maker]

A switch to disable your brain 🤯👍

[@Rickenbacker69]

We use a turn-and-bank indicator (though you CAN get artificial horizons for gliders now). Basically just a ball and a turn rate needle. You match it to the other instruments to stay on an even keel. Not easy, but fun!

[@alepiati]

In which city was this flight?

[@thelight888]

Dangerous

[@nicofly138]

How you did to fly in IMC condition without EFIS and horizon, and not to lose you references...?

[@wmkjfol]

Simple we just used turn & bank indicator...

[@nicofly138]

@@wmkjfol great but you certainly have been trained for that

[@RodrigoSantos-dx7gj]

make a video flying over the amazon

[@Mike-os6qx]

Hello I want to learn are you and instructor

[@r.p.3192]

Mmmhhhmmm flying under IMC conditions…. Requires good skills, instruments and balls… I prefer my old Lear 55 for this type of weather… anyway… grandios Jungs, GRANDIOS 👍🤙

[@dariush.2375]

Dude is flying ifr in a glider🤣

[@Spunktdausspunkt]

An welchem See bist Du geflogen? Vänern?

[@filipfolkesson3865]

Ja genau. Es ist die grösste See im Schweden

[@Spunktdausspunkt]

@@filipfolkesson3865 mein Bruder lebt in Mariestad

[@oi-bd1ph]

Is flying into clouds legal while doing VFR ?

[@Rickenbacker69]

Here in Sweden it is. You simply have to declare on the frequency that you're entering clouds, and of course have the proper instrumentation and training.

[@DinantRiks]

@@Rickenbacker69 It is also legal in the UK as VFR flight. Glider needs to be allowed to fly in cloud, and proper instrumentation and training is also required. And in UK you also regularly broadcast altitude and position over the special frequency

[@greghart6310]

No that is too freaky, you will have to come back to Africa with cloudbases of 3500m so you dont have to enter cloud! ;-)

[@jacost0771]

Ifr condionts 😵😵

[@vasiliterkin9842]

+

[@gliderfs621]

First !

[@roysterrodrigues5661]

Nice

[@maciej_2812]

👍

[@aswaniasokan9156]

Nice