Flying without an engine?! 3hr Cross-country GLIDER Flight

Back to where it all started; flying gliders!
Today I’ll be taking you along on a cross-country flight together with my friend Maurits.
Maurits learnt how to fly gliders at the age of 14 and has accumulated more than 700 hours since.
Join us on a 3 hour cross-country in the beautiful Duo-Discus; an ultimate high-performance glider with a compact “hidden” sustainer engine. Do we make it home without using it?…
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Gliding club (GOZC) = www.gozc.nl
DISCLAIMER:
- Editing has removed certain context
- I am speaking out of my own experience, rules and regulations may vary per aircraft and/or country
- I am learning and improving everyday and encourage you to share your insights or point out any areas of improvement :-)
Music from: www.epidemicsound.com/

[@jackamo1997]

Oh yeah, another episode. This has just made my day 😃

[@speedbrake1469]

Awesome, I learnt to fly a very long time ago when I was 17. I’m still at it professionally some 45 years later but unbelievably I’ve never flown a glider or a turbo prop. I guess there’s more I’m going to have to try and do before it’s to late!

[@jozefsnopek352]

This channel is going to explode in no time. Such a great content!

[@NiloAzzurro]

I agree!!!

[@davegrant2167]

Hey, this is how I started too! Teaching Air Cadets in the Grob 103 and 109. Glider pilots make better pilots!

[@larrymayberry2312]

I love watching your videos. Your smile and laugh are infectious. Thanks and safe flying !

[@atys1966]

Thank you another lovely video.

[@jimsandoval7633]

Your smile and love for aviation make your videos so entertaining and fun to watch. Thank you for your efforts posting videos.

[@maartenk7885]

Another awesome video, Thanks bambi!

[@Haralddv]

"Flying without an engine", proceeds to fly in a glider.. with an engine

[@iflyc77]

Yeah. in the thumbnail even. lol

[@53weazel]

So it’s...Pilot Bimbo then ?

[@mytube082007]

They didnt use the engine, did they now?

[@LUXAviators]

It's a sustainer and not used for regular flying. The Duo Discus XLT is still classified as glider 👍

[@Alan.livingston]

If I’m not mistaken old mate said that they are obligated to test the engine if they were doing cross country and then they retracted it.

[@garyellis456]

As soon as we see your smile we know we're in for a great time, nice 🇦🇺

[@redfive9559]

Giving a content with a big smile, make a video so special you are amazing 🤗👏👏🤗

[@davidmerullo551]

Bambi doing what she does best! Flyin and youtubin

[@Maik_Budweg]

To fly in a glider is just awesome. Because you constantly feel like the air is carrying you.Thank you for sharing! Rosita, and many thanks for the live stream on Sunday with Petter. It was beautiful!

[@henrih3080]

That is absolutely true I have flown today a glider lesson with a instructor in the evening from 18:25-18:29 at the HAC Boberg it is a Gliderclub in Hamburg Germany! It was a really amazing traffic pattern takeoff and landing !

[@Maik_Budweg]

Congratulations! My first flight in a glider was in 1991 in Pirna Aeroclub. Launch by winch. Will never forget it.

[@LUXAviators]

@@Maik_Budweg Do you have a gliding licence? So worth taking the training!

[@Maik_Budweg]

@@LUXAviators I have no license. I had an instructor in glider and motor glider and C 172 and Z 43. So you can fly it but without take off and landing. Nevertheless a great time and useful to learn about it. If you really want to learn it and make a license , search for an aviation club. It's the best thing learn to fly.

[@LUXAviators]

@@Maik_Budweg I do have my licence already ;)

[@PilotBlogDenys]

Great! Glider gives unique experiecne. You soar like a bird.

[@gliderpilot8882]

Flying gliders is the best recreation in aviation. I have flown power and gliders. I prefer gliders for 33 years now.

[@trinipilot2246]

Hey Bambi, awesome video!!! This glider ride along was really cool. I've always wanted to fly a glider and now you make me want to go get my glider rating!! lol By the looks of you falling asleep in the back says a lot, as to how comfortable the ride must be. Having that engine as a backup gives you such a piece of mind to be able to go even longer distances. I enjoyed every minute!! Thanks

[@daveseddon5227]

Cool glider! Fun watching you having fun - enjoyed the vid. Thanks for sharing. 😊🙃😊

[@ronaldvairfields4348]

Right after the "mooi man!" (7:55) you're overhead my home town (Harderwijk) and catching the thermals at Beekhuizerzand and Ermelose Heide. Fun watching you!

[@BoomerKeith1]

I don't know much of anything about gliders, so this video wasn't just entertaining, it was also educational! Looks like a great time and I would love to fly with Maurtis! Great video, as always.

[@cloudk2088]

I feel the need...the need....to glide! Fun video as always!

[@DetailxpertsNet1]

Wooooow! Thanks for sharing this amazing experience!

[@natal777]

beautiful flight thank you for sharing 😊

[@geschut]

Yes! Here we go again!!! Soesterberg, my backyard :-)

[@abufrancesco1939]

Duo discus is really amazing glider !! Well done Bambi !

[@LUXAviators]

It really is! The original was a pain to land though! :D

[@rafabeton609]

Nice! I went flying today, happy times!

[@Hermandbl7]

It's great to witness your passion for flying. I'll bet you don't even call it WORK! Keep reaching for the sky...

[@scorelegends4848]

This is very beautiful, keep making content, I love you ❤

[@ghostcustoms9224]

I'm new to this channel but I'm really enjoying the content👍

[@rickzelke6478]

Awesome video Rosita ..I have 10 flights in a Schweizer glider ..drops like a rock lol ..so enjoyed seeing you on the Mentour channel ..very informative since I haven’t flown since the army ...your enthusiasm is contagious 🤗🤗🤗🤗bravo can’t wait till the ferry flight video...

[@lucypretorius972]

Awesome always exciting...

[@Tom-qr6hd]

Love the Duo-Discus! Just came back from gliding as well today and this awesome video finishes off the day perfectly.

[@LUXAviators]

But it's a pain to land actually :D the airbrakes on the original Duo Discus are not very effective

[@Tom-qr6hd]

@@LUXAviators Haha true but a Duo Discus is not made to go down easily ;-) the glide ratio is just awesome

[@ashikihsan1946]

Hi Bambi, I like your wonderful cross country flying adventure by the GLIDDER Flight. You are great Bambi

[@ForFunFlyer]

Nice ep again, Rosita! 🤙🏻

[@kylianvanschijndel4818]

Omggg it is flying maurits 😍

[@holtg007]

love gliding!

[@snowman100]

Asante sana for the videos! Fun and inspiring

[@positivelybobby]

Beautiful! I really have to try that someday. Well done :-)

[@grandmasterflash213]

Awesome, this has made my mind up as to booking a trial glider flight👍

[@aviator_z9188]

this is so awesome!

[@Andrew-xx4ht]

Awesome!!!!! I feel younger looking at this video!!!!

[@mikercflyer7383]

I love gliders I only been up 3 times it was so much fun now I do not live near a glider port so now I fly a lot of Radio Controlled sailplanes. Safe Travels see you soon.

[@eileenstack255]

I just love anything that flies 🙋‍♀️🇮🇪👍

[@MrBannap]

I love this channel, I can spent my whole day watching this gorgeous girl

[@lmartinez3633]

Nice gliding adventure

[@limadeltazulu]

Gliders are kings of the skies

[@Alniemi]

Yes and the gliders like the large women, the 747 XD

[@soaruk3697]

Ah 'real flying' at last :-) - all the really good pilots learn to fly gliders - I know some switched on airlines usually prefer them as they usually have superior handling skills and are more attuned to nature i.e. my friend used to use the wave lift coming of the Alps, flying out of Milan to gain height quicker and save fuel and of course money. I myself for example have used thermal lift in cloud streets in Saskatchewan in a Cessna 182 to increase speed by about 20% and decrease fuel consumption by about 30% at the same time, and using ridge lift to help climb over mountain passes in the Canadian Rockies in an underpowered Luscombe. Most power pilots who haven't flown gliders have little understanding of how to use the atmosphere to aid them or when to be cautious.

[@Flyingdutchy33]

Exactly where I wana end up! How is soaring in BC, do you happen to know?

[@LUXAviators]

That seems interesting! I ask myself, yes you can use cloud streets but running the engine on idle only increases drag which is not very efficient? How do you handled that then?:) I fly a Super Dimona where you can just shut off and feather the prop, decreasing drag a lot.

[@antigoon78]

Whahaha Maurits' socks. Legendary on their own.

[@adilsaleem8846]

Love it

[@Motion.Pichures]

After watching three videos. Subscribed!

[@ratters33]

Flying a glider just made my bucket list!

[@mgobets]

Very cool!

[@undiaencasa]

Muy buen vídeo, un saludo.

[@lovelightshining4444]

Absolutely loved this video! Have you seen the glider's that have a tiny retractable jet engines to self launch. They're amazing. You're the best Thank you so much for the content! Everyone who watches definantly love flying as much as you do!. Blessings eternally dear heart ✨ Laughing so hard at your pre flight fun..... 💖♾️

[@redbikerdude]

What a nice flight. Thanks for sharing it and including the tips like thermals are better on the sunny side of the cloud, and hopping cloud to cloud. Many non-glider people ask about these things. Also nice to bring the power and non-power parts of the community together as there is such a divide. Paragliding next?

[@zendesigner]

redbikerdude it’s the combination of the sun and wind side. So if the wind is from the opposite side it can be either. The nice thing is that no day is the same. So you always have to figure out the specifics for that day

[@michi795]

really enjoy your videos Rosita, thanks for sharing! By the way, I also fly Huskies for glider towing in our club had to laugh at 03:05 "yeah, I'll drive" ;-)

[@lowik1973]

Awesome to see you in a glider. Also been flying glider since 14. You should try mointain flying in a glider as well. Love you content.

[@peterellison2220]

No better sound than the variometer beeping faster! I started with gliding at 15 too, I miss it so much!

[@fingerhorn4]

Infernal machines. There is nothing worse than these sound polluters beeping away all day. You have a variometer gauge to look at. A slightly more pleasing tone would be ok, but not beeping three times a second. Bloody things.

[@peterellison2220]

fingerhorn4 good thing we can mute them

[@dickmoore7341]

That does look like fun Rosita, and so much quieter then a small planes engine noise. I have that one on my bucket list!!! Thanks for taking me along!!! I was the one sitting on your lap!!!.....lol Have a great weekend!!!

[@KARLHAB]

Duo Discuss my fave

[@LUXAviators]

But the original one is a pain in the ass to land.. It's built to fly :D

[@jimfrigo5580]

Exciting your living life

[@hpmaxim]

The bravest thing in the whole video was getting behind that underpowered tug in a Duo at high density altitude. Towing behind a Super Cub in a Twin Astir, there have been times when I was descending.

[@eileenstack255]

You guys are cool brave as John Denver would say Far out 🙋‍♀️🇮🇪👍

[@stefanweidemann6944]

What a Gentleman. "It's cold up there", puts on his Yeti-Sky-Boots and leaves you freezing in the back.

[@nicknocturnal652]

Hey Pilot Bambi, I just watched you live stream with Peter (Greasy Looking Swedish guy - lol) thought you were brilliant! Very interesting lots of well answered questions and inspired me as a PPL modular student from 🇬🇧

[@antoniobulhoes3831]

Excelente o vídeo! Sou piloto no Brasil e com certeza não tenho essa coragem de voar sem ter um motor.

[@beepilot]

Pilotlife 🤘🏻

[@emiliosagichnicht7521]

I must admit the duo is really comfortable, I totally understand falling asleep it's just the best.

[@PilotBambi]

Haha i'm glad you get me 😂

[@MonostripeZebra]

An inversion with a sloppy integrated meter of climb in the blue and a sleeping pax in the back.. Duo Discus Turbo has never felt so much like trucking! ;=P

[@Trevor_Austin]

This took me back. I spent nearly 20 years whizzing over this area going into and out of AMS.

[@ivo2829]

9:45 Lol that's Heerewaarden, Rossum & Kerkdriel. Last one being my home village! Which triangle did you fly?

[@MotoSnax]

7:33 Amersfoort! Handig, zo'n motortje op een zweefvliegtuig. :) Leuk kanaal!

[@daveseddon5227]

But now down to more serious issues. I've watched all your content. So now it's time to make more, more, more! 🙂🙃🙂

[@casaamaril]

Mooi in beeld gebrachte overlandvlucht Rosita, ook leuk dat Maurits uitleg geeft over verschillende dingen, welke route zijn jullie die dag eigenlijk gevlogen?

[@thomasbolam8671]

First! Thanks Bambi!

[@splvega1]

Bambi, pull that man's man card!!

[@patrickmaartense7772]

i still remember gliding in NL ( solo at 14 EHMZ from EHAC (1980) ) after moving to AT, that is a different ballpark , only limit is the capacity of your bladder there... (or you O2 supply)

[@rajeshsooklal9317]

Wow I love it..won't you afraid of the landing?

[@veenagodara5300]

You have the best life ever....!

[@NowayNL]

Awesome video's, Keep up the hard work! I got this channel recommended after i searched for a AFF skydive course in The Netherlands 🛩️ I have watched them all, Everyone just subscribe! ✔️

[@mozzmann]

We tend do adopt Low tow rather than Hightow , my best flight was just on 9 Hours covering some 2500 Km triangle

[@ebrahimosman8590]

New sub

[@projectpacer]

Never flown in a glider before. My understanding is that rudder input is very pronounced and required for good coordinated turns. The string on the canopy is your friend from what I have read. Great that you get to try different types of aircraft. Sounds like you were having fun.

[@LUXAviators]

Indeed, the rudder is used much more then the aileron in gliders. Every pilot that tries gliding for the first time completely messes it up cause they aren't used to using so much rudder

[@zendesigner]

Lol dat je het voetenstuur al vergeten was 😀 enkel in het zweven leer je echt vliegen he. Een zweefvlieginstructeur. 😀

[@wancoet]

wow what a match, you were flying glider in glederland

[@rthjong]

Leuk! 🤗👍🏻🤗

[@Dimensvlz]

Thank you for the nice video Bambi! What was permanently beeping during the gliding flight?

[@peterkjellstrom3100]

That was the vario (vertical speed instrument). Higher pitch beeping = going up faster. Not having to look at the instrument is convenient when handling thermals.

[@U2EdgeFan]

Its fun at least 30mins into the flight for non-accustomed passengers. Then the sickness usually sets in. 😀🤙

[@LUXAviators]

Depends on the weather as well 😅 Had one passenger who got sick after 5min cause we were circling tight at 4-5m/s

[@steekle7]

I miss gliding. I'm to busy with my study and there isn't any gliding fields nearby anymore. I'm also dutch btw

[@tritherail9812]

12:12 I got MAJORRR a350 vibes

[@ccacrislan]

Super awesome Rosita, I love gliders as well, but I have flown only a very old one, the blanik, anyway the question is can the motor be used for self launching? Or is just to be used on the air? Cheers.

[@FlorentAero]

1:20 he says that you cannot self launch with the motor

[@RickSoaring]

There are gliders which can self launch, they have a stronger engine and usually a steerable tailwheel.

[@rikvanklooster]

Waar heb je eigelijk leren vliegen, Hilversum ? Of ergens anders ?

[@theaviationchannel9111]

lol u fell asleep. I had so much fun. I am learning to fly gliders at the age of 12

[@teunlammers303]

Is dit op het vliegveld van Hilversum?

[@anti2167]

nice

[@robertg5393]

Als je ooit in North Carolina komt, laat het me weten; Ik vlieg een Citation in de VS, en ben ook begonnen met zweefvliegen op m'n 14e op Soesterberg (AcvZ). Woon sinds 17 jaar in de VS. Gaafe video!

[@arctic_haze]

I do have a feeling that Maurits have been upgraded from a friend, since 😄

[@jayrobinson8089]

Awesome video! I would invest in a new camera microphone- it’s a bit low quality 😉

[@Wilem35]

Gliders is where it will likely end as well in retirement. I'll have to drop by next time we visit.

[@karelvvv]

... Vliegveld Hilversum... Een van de leukste grasvelden...

[@valeriaarcelli5372]

MAURITSSSSSSSSS LOLOLOL