Gliding Bucket Hats Explained in 100 Seconds

Are glider pilots unknowingly redefining the world of fashion? We suspect so with the versatile bucket hat. Learn more about this amazing piece of fabric that we place atop our heads.
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00:00 A look at the inspirational bucket hat
00:20 Why bucket hats for gliding?
00:55 So what makes a perfect bucket hat?
01:26 What's your beef with baseball caps?!
01:48 Where to buy your ultimate glider hat
02:10 OMG are we still going

[@davidpawson7393]

Added to my bucket list.

[@excellenceinanimation960]

Ha ha

[@tsr207]

Totally agree ! - I was told for my course to take my teenage son with me to the shop and when he rolled his eyes at my selection - that was the right one to buy ! And he was correct.

[@PureGlide]

haha perfect

[@davesgliding]

What sold me on my fashionable bucket hat was when I looked up in a casual contest last year, just before slowing down to enter a thermal, only to see a metal super blanik about to pass over me. I'd not have seen it with the baseball hat brim, and the metal fuselage also meant that neither my nor their FLARMs saw each other. I'd have pulled up into their bottom for sure. I missed the thermal, did not find another one, and shortly landed, but glad I did not destroy a glider nor did I have to bail out and use my chute. Yah, that old bucket hat might have been a life saver! Note about the baseball hats ... you can pull that metal head-divot-maker right off. It's a decoration and does nothing to hold the hat together, but visibility (for you) and protecting your ears and neck ... get a bucket hat Gilligan.

[@tinkertailor7385]

This is a shameless plug for Bucket hats. But quintessentially necessary.

[@PureGlide]

:)

[@jase5005]

Also handy to give to your passenger right before they throw up in the cockpit while turning base... believe me they are good hats.

[@robert100xx]

Been there done that😆

[@PureGlide]

:|

[@zairecallis554]

The perfect bucket 🪣

[@michaelrussell5346]

While we talk about buckets, I found that if the passenger sitting behind you has restricted viewing, a few more seat cushions will allow him/ her a better view of where the horizon sits and therefore is able to more efficiently combine their view with their balance organs and not suffer motion sickness. ( I know this from my experience while carrying passengers of short stature or young kids.).🇦🇺👍

[@StickandGlider]

You’ve outdone yourself! Love it.

[@PureGlide]

Wow, thank you!

[@michaelrussell5346]

They fit low on the head and do not scratch the canopy as well as protecting the neck and ears from the sun.

[@jstjern1]

What can I say!?! Pure brilliance. You must have used a hat with no elastic band to have accidentally let all of this life hack wisdom out in the public domain! Hat's off to you, sir!

[@PureGlide]

That explains what that stuff is leaking out

[@klausklausiklaus1880]

Uuuuuuh lovely 😅

[@rnzoli]

THAT sold it to me 🤣

[@Deltaskuid]

Last month I found the perfect bucket hat for my head

[@RoamingAdhocrat]

was it on your head the whole time

[@dartt51]

I was told by one of my old CFI's that if you wear a baseball hat and you hit turbulence and you bang into the canopy the button on the top can exert enough pressure on your head that it could crack you skull or coarse a concussion.

[@PureGlide]

haha yes it's definitely your skull that will lose that battle

[@inquest777]

Laconic humour is a must for any gliding video... power pilots won't get it, but that's the point.

[@rnzoli]

we get it, don't worry :)

[@TijsVsN]

I would like to have a nice bucket hat :)

[@user-xh3ec1dt5z]

Best add ever, made me laugh :) Great work keep it up

[@PureGlide]

Glad you liked it!

[@mrkermit707]

Haha, good video! I will know now what the best bucket hat is for when I glide!

[@PureGlide]

Glad I could help!

[@tim__lk]

Uff. I’m always wearing a white bucket hat in the front of our double seater 😂

[@PureGlide]

Awkward!

[@8OrangePants]

You crazy. Love it :)

[@PureGlide]

Not crazy enough to try and sing in a video haha

[@KestrelYI]

Not enough brim for my southwestern USA sun! We burn enough down here and the bucket just doesn't protect me like it should... Plus they're hideous! I could never subject our lovely Libelle to the fashion diaster that is the bucket.

[@PureGlide]

Yip stick to the classic cowboy hat I suggest, safest for all and will work well in the Libelle once you get that custom made extra big bubble canopy

[@kaihorstmann2783]

As I mentioned a second earlier here Stetson offers bucket hat, but probably also still 10 gallon cowboy hats like the one of Hoss Cartwright from the Ponderosa.

[@stefanj1610]

Some more points. Ever had a sunburn on your ears? I remember an article in Soaring (SSA) magazine years back from a US Midwest country doctor relating how many ears he had had to amputate over the years from his mostly Scandinavian Central European descendant harvester cap carrying farming for a living patients due to incipient skin cancer. Ugh. Another one, no zippers, no riveted vents on your soaring cap. Helps a lot to keep nasty scratches away from the pricy canopy. One bug bear, why only one size? There are people out there who need a 23 or 24 inch hat. Either due to lots of/ long hair, and/ or due to an, err, big head. I wonder whether a keffiyeh would be a viable alternative. Lots of sun where they come from.

[@PureGlide]

Great points! My hats are just what I have access to via my embroidery service unfortunately. One is stretch fit however, which should fit a few people!

[@avigator]

1:16 My kids don’t agree on this one, especially when I wear mine in a social context other than the airfield. 😉

[@PureGlide]

Obviously just force them to watch this video on repeat 100 times, they’ll then understand

[@zaelu]

UV light passes though the canopy? I thought it doesn't.

[@PureGlide]

You're forgetting most of the time pilots are on the ground wondering if they should go flying

[@zaelu]

@@PureGlide Ah, that makes sense. Thanks.

[@florians.8081]

@@PureGlide Or waiting for the shared glider to come back on ground

[@SteFly]

A Plexiglas canopy blocks UV-B rays but not UV-A, which is also very dangerous. So you won't get sunburned below a canopy but UV-A ages your skin and you can get skin cancer. Always put sunscreen on and wear a hat/cap.

[@Jake_Rounds_Gliding]

Should be part of all club SOP’s

[@PureGlide]

Oh yes :)

[@josefeld7164]

💯% agree on that one. Such a fashionable chap. Anyone knows if there are hats for people with big heads? Mine sits a little high and gets blown of when wingwalking constantly.

[@lessainsbury8508]

If you live in Canada, Marks Work Warehouse, carries bucket hats for big mellons like mine. I bought a couple a few years back and found them extrememly durable. I wear them constantly in the summer and they have shown little signs of wear. Although they make changes to them occasionally, they are labled under the brand name "WindRiver ".

[@josefeld7164]

@@lessainsbury8508 Thank you. No, Germany. Luckily I have friends in Canada that could fix me up with one of those.

[@nicholaskennedy4310]

The mesh is a nice upgrade But is it expensive?

[@PureGlide]

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[@tricky2917]

What about a plain bucket? 🤔

[@PureGlide]

The hard part is making the holes for the eyes

[@bungee7503]

How many hats should a glider pilot have? I’ve only got three and worry that others in the club are laughing behind my back because of my paucity of cranial protection.

[@PureGlide]

Jeepers. With time, your numbers will improve. If it helps, I have 376 but that's after 17 years of flying.

[@zairecallis554]

You need at least 365 or else they'll notice. One for every day of the year

[@RoamingAdhocrat]

1:56 who else wants a Hat Dessert

[@PureGlide]

Mmmm dessert hat

[@petercrowhurst]

🤣🤘

[@Frank-uq1wl]

😂👍

[@PureGlide]

:)

[@finnwolf7405]

i prefer ,,profesional flying caps"simple becase i turn them arount and see a shit with buckethats or waht we call in germany ,,Thermikhut"

[@PureGlide]

Love it. Stole it. Now on thumbnail

[@rederos8079]

Why are teenagers the same all around the world? I mean, I understand why we glider pilots use buckethats, and I think I know how they have spread around the world, probably because of world championship competitions... But there are no competitions in being an awkward drunk teenager, right? Right?

[@derekwagstaff8348]

You really were serious when you said you had to go make a vid about hats…..😂🫢

[@PureGlide]

🤣