I Skipped Nevada | Gliding Across the Great Basin

[@cleverku863]

New favourite channel. I'm a hibernating glider pilot looking forward to getting back into it eventually after kids are a bit older.

[@ronaldgadget]

Been there, done that: _so glad I got back into it after _*_24 years!_* (started at age 14, took a break at age 27, restarted in 2011 - see ronald glider)

[@xTouragx]

Your video is simply amazing...the mellow voice of your narration, the peaceful background music and that scenery...great video sir and thank you...this came across my feed and Im glad I clicked.

[@8OrangePants]

Thanks that means a lot!

[@MathiasSkærlund]

YES! More long videos! I LOVE IT!!!

[@jamesconger8509]

Nice video, and amazing flights

[@surf_thermals]

Someday, you will! I'm not to far from where you soar. Man I want to get training in Gilroy so bad. THIS is how I want to spend my retirement!

[@sergeig685]

Great flight, good edit and commentary. Thank you

[@SteFly]

Another fantastic video and great adventure! At some point I will need to come back to your playground and do a travel by glider trip. It’s so much easier here in Europe…

[@8OrangePants]

We will have to do an exchange program! I am happy to host you, as would be most everyone out here. Happy solstice! Make some long flights for me.

[@MarcoNierop]

I would not agree with that, the heights above ground are much lower here in Europe and weather is not as predictable and consistent as in the south western part of the USA. Skysight is often very wrong about the weather in Europe. In the Netherlands Class A starts at FL55 during weekends at FL65, Above Germany and other countries you can get to FL100 in many places. But it is very rare we can climb to FL100. I have been flying competitions when cloud ceiling is not even at 3000ft (1000 meters)

[@Highrockman]

Nice job! Im training to get my sail plane license ( 50 flights/aprx 25 hours of airtime) and your videos give me motivation

[@Benchmark67]

Just subbed! Great video! I am a new Minden sailplane pilot. So glad I found your channel!

[@honeycomb8753]

Nice planning / flight / adventure.

[@BrianRhodes9763]

I grew up in Carson City (many many moons ago), I remember seeing gliders all the time. I remember one time I counted 7 in the skies above Carson. If I remember correctly there was a lot of clouds and not much sunshine. Great video.

[@8OrangePants]

Yeah man. We often land out at Carson City trying to get back across the mountains to Truckee! Thanks!

[@hoss1988]

I came for Orange Pants and learned about the Gliding, I didn’t know about this most curious indeed

[@sohamhanggliding]

Love it! Learning a lot from these videos. I want to fly the Great Basin in my hang glider before long.

[@8OrangePants]

That would be a great adventure!

[@nathangrimes641]

Dude, that’s awesome! Nice adventure.

[@PureGlide]

Well done, awesome trip!

[@ChrisJewell7333]

Very cool…!

[@PolarSun1]

Thanks for your inspiration. I see you landed at Rosaschi. I live 3 miles to the west at NV33. C-185 tow plane & pilot lives next door. Great job!

[@8OrangePants]

Haha awesome! Didn’t know 😊

[@ThermalWave]

Thanks for sharing, nice solution with the charger even if it's not for everyone (body size). Looking forward to comparing with Stefan Langer's travel-by-electric-self-launching-glider techniques once those videos come out!

[@SteFly]

Love his videos so much! Mine will take a while to edit 😅

[@ronaldglider]

Love the comment: *The big challenge is not doing the flight - but **_the planning!_*

[@8OrangePants]

That's the secret...nothing fancy.

[@naturarum]

damn dude thanks so much for the inspiration!

[@TapioBlue]

I think you owe Thomas and friends a few cold beers. 😊

[@8OrangePants]

Yip

[@Max_Chooch]

Driving through Nevada and indeed flying over Nevada kinda proves how the world isn't overpopulated, cities are.

[@russellintahoe]

As a Tahoe paraglider, I found this interesting how similar it is.

[@GregorHarih]

As always.... here just for the music... 😛

[@8OrangePants]

Hahaha appreciate you homie 😊

[@RobertJohnson-lb3qz]

Looks incredible. How was the air at 15k and 16k feet? Sorry, I just saw the tube to your nose...

[@hedonzx822]

“I didn’t see a glider for the next two days?” For decades I advocate not to wear those Look-out limiting devices (Base ball caps) in any cockpit especially in general aviation infested airspaces 🥶. I know we all want to look cool but safety first 🙏🏻🙏🏾 Great footage of your soaring adventure 👍🏻👍🏾

[@8OrangePants]

I'm doing it for the skin cancer. Heard of lots of skin cancer, never any hat-related incidents.

[@hedonzx822]

@@8OrangePants you can use a perfect sunblock cream for that, I use the one that does not sting into your eyes while sweating. I am leaving for France Chauvigny LFDW today hoping the weather improves a bit to fly my DG 300. The JS3 electric self-launcher is definitely on my wishlist 😄🤗🤗🤗

[@birddog435]

I’m curious how you did this. Do you climb thermals and then glide to the next thermal climb again glide down to the next one? I fly Rc planes so I under stand a little how to glide. But I didn’t know you could “travel“ in a glider. Super cool stuff!

[@8OrangePants]

Exactly!

[@birddog435]

@@8OrangePants and what is the range of the battery for the self launch system? Can you use it often if needed? I’m really interested. Based in Sacramento so I might have to look into this as hobby. I’ve always loved airplanes but never really look into gliding. You got my interest peaked! I bet it’s amazing to soar the sierras!!!

[@laura-ann.0726]

It looked to me like you landed on an abandoned road somewhere out in the desert. Does this happen very often, that glider pilots land at places other than actual airports?

[@8OrangePants]

Not as a rule but maybe 10% of the time. This is an old runway we know to be safe. We keep each other up to date about landing alternatives.

[@jsgll...godgunsliberty1197]

Looks beautiful to me but don’t understand most of what you’re saying but enjoy what you love.

[@pilotmiami1]

Bravo.perfect. go Ahead

[@tomdchi12]

The music itself is fine, but it would be better mixed differently. Simply lowering the music volume during the voiceover is the first step. The next level is using EQ to cut the frequencies that your voice uses which gives the impression of the music staying loud while interfering less with the intelligibility of the spoken words. But more to the point, very cool to see long flights like these!

[@-108-]

Someone without enough sense to raise his voice-over track above the noise floor just doesn't get it, and likely never will. Blocking shtty channels like this from your suggested feed is always the best solution.

[@8OrangePants]

I like it the way it is but thanks anyway

[@-108-]

TOLD YA! ;-)

[@romeromf]

Rad man!, did you use the charger overnight in Nephi?

[@8OrangePants]

Didn’t need to this time, but it would have been possible if I did.

[@Paul-vh6ul]

Good decision to land out with plenty of margin. I'm surprised that you were not wearing your orange pants over this terrain. How much extra drinking water did you have when you landed out?

[@8OrangePants]

I pre-hydrate before the flight, carry a 3L CamelBak and put a few liters into the ship tanks.

[@TheIndyspace]

🤩👍🏻..!

[@TheInfii]

Turn the music up! I can almost hear you talking. 😂😂

[@greenfire6924]

Skipped Nevada NOT! Fairly good video but the slight on Lyon County and Smith Valley is hard to reconcile. For that matter, the planned touch down in Minden is- wait for it...

[@8OrangePants]

You seem fun

[@-108-]

@@8OrangePants u seem d00shey

[@HoneyBerighthere-Saysarath]

Fly across USA . MAKE THAT VIDEO.

[@8OrangePants]

Homie i do want to

[@charlescole-p9v]

Please ditch the music, Thanks

[@8OrangePants]

Go away thanks

[@Edward-bn2vw]

@@8OrangePantsThe music does need to go!

[@angusyoung9943]

On the contrary, I find the musical theme to be a key element in the atmosphere of the videos on this channel, and I have never felt that it was 'too much,' as is often the case. Keep up the good work!

[@fbiAgent-j7v]

The music is great

[@TheInfii]

​@@8OrangePantslearn how to mix audio. This is AWFUL. 😂😂

[@tfargher1]

better have a pee bottle

[@-108-]

360 cameras suck. They make me sick. Sorry, cant watch your video.

[@8OrangePants]

Sorry to hear about your tiny brain

[@-108-]

​@@8OrangePants Of course you are! That's not at all unexpected, coming from someone with no brain at all.