Magpie Glider - Slope Soaring Alula Attack

Lost the battle on this day. Reckon painting feathers on my Alula might not have worked in my favour. Another 5 knots may have turn the story ... or not.
This Grassy Knoll is one of the three sites I fly down at Hallett Cove, South Australia. Works on a light WNW to SW. It is a public space so it suits the gentler flyers on quieter days.
Here's a link to the televised version
• Birds gang attack Alul...
My favourite slope of the three is The Boardwalks to the north of the popular North slope. Works on a NW to WSW. Link to my first flight there on an early morning exploration.
• Slope Soaring a DIY wi...
If you are looking to learn to fly check out the Southern Flying League. www.southernsoaringleague.club/
Clip Features the Wonderful Music from "The Fountain" by Clint Mansell

[@spiritakarabbit369]

Definitely good flying I wouldn't be surprised if the birds are actually playing with you at the same time

[@PortCharmers]

Venturing into their territory wearing their colours. That is bold.

[@DG-AI777]

Excellent production. Really funny. We need more like this!

[@trevorwright6058]

Cheers DG!!!

[@bsmith8564]

Your ability to slope soar is amazing.

[@trevorwright6058]

Too nice. Thanks. Made my day

[@johnboleyjr.1698]

The soundtrack had me pumped, and the visuals kept me engaged. Great job.

[@trevorwright6058]

Too nice. Thanks John

[@Twin_Flyer]

Amazing flying and the added sounds, the text was outstanding!

[@trevorwright6058]

I had more chance at escaping the claws a couple of days later Bill. A bit more wind though not directly on shore. kzbin.info/www/bejne/iWbImp-QpMx3bbM

[@mygt8a4re]

@@trevorwright6058 awesome vids!

[@caseyalexander1705]

The old WW2 Luftwaffe comment with the birds lined up had me dieing...😂

[@crosisofborg5524]

For gods sake it’s spelled dying.

[@robertkinholt621]

That was some Ace flying skills took 4 of those Magpies to bring you down, plus took some time, specially just being a glider, thanks, really enjoyed 😁

[@trevorwright6058]

Thanks Robert. A whole lot of fun and memories on this day

[@BigFiveJack]

I was absolutely ABSORBED by the conflict footage! WELL DONE!!!

[@jayboyee452]

This is the coolest thing I've seen in a while

[@thelastime51]

This is a classic! And he didn't land the plane, but kept taunting the little defenders! Brilliant!

[@dwayneharris3874]

The whole squadron was out to get you. Good evasive tactics!

[@fins59]

Best You Tube video I've seen in ages, post more please.

[@trevorwright6058]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/l3i5haWqoqahrposi=cwO1fYeyzIFWbqEH

[@responderman]

Oh that was so funny even without the soundtrack. I have to admire your sense of humour, but what a pain when you are trying to enjoy yourself. Thank you

[@trevorwright6058]

Julian - thanks for the feedback. It was fun to be chased initially until the the beek and claw damage began to add up. All the best

[@101stuey]

@@trevorwright6058 You can't really grumble when they get a couple of digs in, you're on their patch.

[@tearsofrageclan4143]

There should be a "LOVE THIS VIDEO" button on KZbin!!!

[@trevorwright6058]

Cheers!

[@adlapl]

Yeah :) !

[@jongover5056]

Nice flying skills. Good interaction with the birds

[@trevorwright6058]

Thanks Jon

[@wakeupamerica4610]

That was amazing!!!! I love the music and sound that went with this.....nice job!

[@danl.4743]

The is the most fun "VIDEO GAME" I have seen in a long time. Keep playing, you'll get better at this. lol

[@bipolatelly9806]

Maggies are my favourite birds. Smart. Excellent aviators.

[@bipolatelly9806]

@Electric Puha Nope.

[@bipolatelly9806]

@Electric Puha Nope.... Teach kids to deal with it. Parents are so pathetic these daze....

[@bipolatelly9806]

@Electric Puha Yeah. And to wear a hat.

[@jaantorv4991]

Simply astounding flying. And a GLIDER no less! Brilliant - thanks.

[@monang22manalu96]

The maneuver is so good, you can quickly evade the attack of 4 bandits👍

[@johnleach7879]

Thoroly enjoyable, thank you very much. Perusing the comments, you seem to have a winner. Good show.

[@TapioBlue]

Great job on the soundtrack, I love it!

[@brianmgrim]

One of the most intriguing things I've seen, much more interesting than fooling a fish into striking. Thanks for the upload.

[@mrbob92679]

AWESOME video with some great flying. How fun to be playing with the birds. Nice paint job too

[@trevorwright6058]

Thanks Bob. All the best!

[@jacobshroyer2420]

This was awesome!

[@gordonquigg9389]

That is so entertaining and hilarious, to see how hard those birds were trying to get your plane but getting out maneuvered.

[@LuizFernando-pj4rp]

Brilliant edition!

[@trevorwright6058]

Thanks so much Luiz!

[@canberroo2509]

Hilarious. Battle of Britain revisited.. Love watching aerial battles between magpies. Such agile fliers, but you were mostly equal to the task. Well done!

[@trevorwright6058]

Thanks Allan

[@rosco1pug]

- was a time this would have been called a 'dogfight'. Great flying by the way!

[@kenrobba5831]

Even if we had seen this before. “BIRD FIGHTING” would never had caught on ! The sound was fun.

[@AtlasReburdened]

Stellar flying. Out maneuvering a living creature that's designed to hunt in the air with a glider is pretty impressive. I know the glider has a bit of an advantage as far as density vs active surface goes, and there's the matter of the third person view, but still, with a glider, bravo. I think the answer is to make it bigger and scarier looking. Maybe so it looks like a predator of theirs, if they have any.

[@trevorwright6058]

The magpies are pretty much is the wolves of the sky around these parts. They will take on whatever sneaks into their patch. I have an eagle look a like glider that has a 1500mm wing span - Guaranteed that they will peck the crap out of it. (Can't wait)

[@smaze1782]

OMG that was insane!! Looks like a heck of a lot of fun. The last time I slope soared was 2001....I really miss it.

[@craigweston5887]

Loved every second of that vid. Very well put together.

[@garyjaurique5028]

Love the soundtrack . So awesome 👏

[@rex8255]

That was awesome!

[@FlyliteParamotor]

Some excellent dog (bird) fighting from both parties!!!!!!

[@alvindaysout4550]

Makes me smile in the morning

[@1stcommonsense]

THREAT ELIMINATED! Excellent post.

[@leemaples1806]

Funny as hell. Flying in their territory sure does ruffle their feathers. literally. lol

[@trevorwright6058]

They are super mean to the cyclists around here when spring is in the air. Funny to watch.

[@plinkbottle]

Fun to watch. Those magpies really go off the brain and wont quit till they have won.

[@Mylifelovingit]

Wow! I really enjoyed watching this. Superb flying and good soundtrack

[@trevorwright6058]

Great feedback Chris. Hope to get a few more vids out soon. Got more time now for all kinds of projects

[@BuckeyeStormsProductions]

Wow! Great work all around. Love the video, the flying, the model, and the music mix.

[@trevorwright6058]

Thanks so much. Great feedback!

[@dustinmetz8283]

Love the music awesome video 😎

[@johnnydavidauthor]

Ha ha, so great to capture this on film - it's like they're thinking - okay, up close and personal, this is not a living thing but, whatever you are, you're going down!!!! SO territorial. Great flying to stay in the air with 3 or 4 of these air-masters gunning for you!!! Great to watch! Thanks for posting! Johnny :-) :-) :-)

[@trevorwright6058]

Such a great comment Johnny. Bless ya mate!

[@bipolatelly9806]

Excellent flying and video! Exciting! (I'm going to change my diaper now... well...nurse is.)

[@MartinJG100]

Excellent flying and hilarious video!

[@iqbalrehman5216]

amazing flying skill

[@taktisk2158]

Trevor you are an Ace Legend

[@trevorwright6058]

Too nice!!! Thanks

[@tungstenkid2271]

MAGPIE LEADER- "Help yourself everybody, there's no fighter escort"

[@timothyirwin8974]

Repeat Please!

[@PortCharmers]

"Home and tea, for once you deserved it"

[@Bugdriver49]

Love the sound effects!!!!

[@clockworkpotato]

BEAUTIFUL!

[@siribiriz]

That was thoroughly entertaining to watch!

[@Wheelabarraback]

That’s some really impressive flying skills to out manoeuvre magpies . These birds are the nasties of the skies and attack with ferocity to any territory invader .

[@bushranger51]

Usually maggies only protect their territory in breeding season, but I suppose they perceived a threat with the glider, and decided to attack the unknown intruder. One tactic I'd have used would be to dive straight for the ground, pull up at the last second, and hopefully the maggies would all strike the ground before they realized their mistake. Painful for the birds, but a valuble lesson as well. Magpies aren't as bad as ravens. Ravens have a bully attitude and will terrorize any other bird in their territory, but unfortunately they perceive the whole sky as their territory.

[@mre741]

Absolute Ace!

[@bigglesmcg]

"Don't worry Goose, I'll hit the flaps and he'll fly right by..."

[@ThirdDegreeWitchExplores]

Love the backing news reel....The luftwaffe lol

[@mybookfacetube]

Great job all round. Looks like a fun spot to fly.

[@warmachine9553]

I love how the Magpies "plan" a strategy to take out the intruder.

[@jbutterfill]

brilliant flying and epic sound track!

[@trevorwright6058]

Too nice. Thanks James.

[@cryptout]

Awesome, what a great video!

[@bobbygarrison3122]

Quite amusing and entertaining, thank you for sharing.

[@johnryan2193]

You will fly again ,very well done ! 5 to one !

[@gonun69]

Pretty impressive how well you coould evade them despite them having the propulsion advantage XD

[@gonun69]

My grandfather has shown me one of his glider wings that was attacked by an eagle. Had a few pretty big holes in it

[@user-ue2rj6lv5o]

Отличное видео!

[@MikeMiller-fc2cc]

Very cool vid, best one I've seen in a long while

[@trevorwright6058]

Thanks Mike. I'm looking to try some raw meat on the cockpit for a sequal = lol

[@tarikwildman]

Fun being the "Stuka" here Trevor ! Excellent - gives the Magpies some excercise !

[@trevorwright6058]

Nice.

[@flyingark173]

Amazing video!!

[@rcairnut]

great vid and great flying!I wish I could get my Alua trimmed out that nice.

[@nigelperren5714]

Great flying!

[@jo2lovid]

Very nice flight Trevor. Those black and white bandits make flying "interesting". First time I've seen bits coming off a sloper under attack though. Great fun to watch.

[@donald4624]

I know I'm late to the party but that was fun to watch.

[@trevorwright6058]

I have been late to the slopes of late. The covid crap messed with my habits and found other ones to fill the space. Charging batteries now though

[@mikexfpv753]

This is an amazing video man!I have a lot of fun watching it,keep it up!

[@trevorwright6058]

Kind words - thank you.

[@tamburavadak]

Excellent flying.

[@MatthewTaylor3]

This was nicely done

[@lesizmor9079]

Good control over that glider. Took 4 of 'em to bring you down.

[@CyBirr]

Mission failed. We'll get'em next time! Fun video, thank you!

[@garymoore8711]

Excellent video. I especially liked the machine gun fire and the air raid sirens. I've seen raven here in Arizona attack gliders in our parks. Very good fliers and very territorial. I had some good laughs watching your video. Thanks a lot!

[@trevorwright6058]

Fantastic Gary - thanks for the cool feedback

[@mguarin912]

This is incredible. 😂 Nice flying!

[@angeldedios7377]

Interesting and funny.I enjoyed every second of it.

[@trx4play784]

Awesome video mate! Great manoeuvres and tactical avoidance up there!😅

[@rohansully584]

That was fantastic!

[@seanbooth1408]

Great vid man. Love the Maggies

[@dmaxw6937]

Outstanding video! I've never wanted a glider before, but I sure as heck do now! That was more entertaining than the swallows that chase my e-foam board planes :)

[@madlynx3758]

Okay, thumbs up , That was cool. Nice video.

[@robertphillips2983]

Gotta love those Maggies!!

[@glennmsparks]

HA, Ha, Ha, You invaded their territory. My son and I were sloping off Crafton Hills here and a Hawk did not like his olive drab P40. He sustained multiple strikes but left my bright yellow sloper alone. Nice video!!!

[@tosounchannel6771]

beautiful video!!!

[@trevorwright6058]

Too nice. Thanks

[@jorgecaldelas]

Great video , thanks

[@gilbertokindermann1006]

Filmagem sensacional! Parabéns!

[@gletschertroll]

Great flying! And great filming, too, I must say! :-)

[@Freedomflyerscraig]

Excellent vid. 👍

[@stephentebbutt7161]

Hi mate , that was so cool to watch my favorite birds giving chase. I bet you had a great time doing battle.

[@trevorwright6058]

Couldn't stop grinning - but then I started counting the beak dents - not so good after all. All the best Stephen

[@JunaidHassan-junaidslife]

Hahaha this was so fun to watch, love the background music hahaha

[@KindCreature1]

Great video, awesome flying skills! How fun fooling mother nature!

[@igorbardales1771]

That's awsome! Thanks bro.

[@TheTrailHammer]

Great video indeed :) Beautiful location.

[@JohnSmith-tw3rw]

Thanks for sharing. Great audio too

[@redtale6527]

Great flying, real seat of the pants stuff. I was flying my glider from the car park below the Vlaming Head Lighthhouse up at Exmouth one afternoon when a Sea Eagle took an interest in my model and quickly set itself up to dive in for the kill. From my experience flying thermal gliders I have found magpies cannot loop so when the eagle dived in I put the nose down and when it got really close I pulled a loop which made it overshoot the attack but it was soon on my tail again. This time without the airspeed for a loop I stalled it and spun down to the car park for a hasty landing. The eagle hung around for awhile before sliding off along the ridge into the setting sun.

[@trevorwright6058]

Great telling! The chase can be either a whole lot of fun or a tail between the legs situation if contact is made. Thanks for posting!

[@trevor5290]

LOL.. Love the change in music :)