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During a glider competition we got a 300 kilometers cross country task. After 8 hours of constant flying and only 20 kilometers away from my destination I found no more thermal lift.
I was forced to an emergency (or security) landing.
There were many fields around if you see, but they were all covered with high growing plants.
I found this little RC model airfield. It was only about 150 meters long (my glider normally needs around 200 meters for a proper landing) but the surface was perfect for a landing.
The last minutes before the landing I flew some circles directly above the field and released the landing gear.
Even if I had no direct connection to the RC model pilots on the ground, they all recognized me and understood what will happen next (so there was no risk for the people on the ground!)
Here you can find the GPS track of this flight:
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And here you can see the landing from "outside view", recorded by the RC pilots on the ground:
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