Glider Flying in Big Thunderstorm - apocalyptic views

[@jasons3427]

That's a lot of effort just to wash your glider.

[@mr.techaky7655]

It is the way of champions.... Only men wash their glider in a thunder storm.

[@johnlangmead3357]

Flying deliberately this close to a developed Cb when there were escape options shows an apparent failure to understand the power of these things. Merely being in clear air is no guarantee of avoiding the massive updraughts, downdraughts and windshear typically associated with such a cloud system. These forces could quickly destroy a glider in flight. I was once piloting a powered aircraft (AUW near 1200kg) and was caught in a 7000fpm up draught in clear air under blue skies some 5nm from a tight isolated little Cb. It spat me out as quickly as it grabbed me after a 3000' height gain with power at idle. A friend of mine in a fully loaded C210 was taken in similar circumstances to 10,000 AMSL. A female hang glider pilot in a comp in Australia some years ago unwisely flew close to a Cb and was taken involuntarily to 30,000+ feet (verified by her flight data recorder) where she passed out and nearly froze to death. She regained consciousness on descent and was able to land. Another hang glider pilot in that comp had a similar experience, and died. Cbs are really serious and the glider that can take all they can throw at it, has not yet been built.

[@lautoka63]

You're right. There's a very good tale in one of the 1980's US Soaring magazine about a guy who got sucked up into a Cb and only just got out of it. I doubt this pilot realised the danger he was putting himself into (all that good lift), but that story certainly changed my behaviour.

[@scheerlon]

If I might ask, I am very interested in this. Can't you put your nose down to counter that, getting pulled up so high? And what stands "Cb" for? Thanks :)

[@johnlangmead3357]

'Cb' is a standard abbreviation for cumulo nimbus cloud. The updrafts in and around a Cb can be so strong that while putting the nose down will reduce the net rate of climb in an updraught, the aircraft will still be going up. But it's not as simple as merely an unwanted climb. In some updraughts you could lower the nose until you reached your VNE (never exceed speed) and you would still be going up, AND you would be at high risk of breaking the aircraft up in the associated turbulence or if you were required to manoeuvre to retain control. The various structural speed limits of a glider in flight are there for a reason - they reflect design load limits which if exceeded can result in structural failure. Strong downdraughts exist in and near Cbs in close proximity to the updraughts. So the shear effect between them can also cause loss of control or structural failure. There are many good reasons to stay away from Cbs in a glider.

[@scheerlon]

Thank you very much for your detailed answer :) unbelievable those updraughts can be that strong enough, that you cannot even counter them with a dive. Well, gliders are little things in size compared to those clouds. So its easy to imagine one can become their playball.

[@pdutube]

"Cloud suck"

[@johnyves1246]

I have 33000 flight hours from gliders to jumbo jets . Apparently, some pilots need to be reminded that CB's have the energy of a nuclear bomb and that countless lives habe been lost because of them.... Stay clear of those clouds by at least 20 nm on the upwind side if you value your life !

[@PugMaxer]

How many miles is a nautical mile?

[@rimple1158]

@@PugMaxer 1

[@flowoda6762]

Du bist Deutsch die Autokorrektur hat dich verraten

[@harleydavidson5271]

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[@DotaLord1993]

how do you visually infer the upwind side of the cb?

[@mikehillias82]

I laughed at the ending

[@Quasihamster]

That's like playing paintball... ...withs Desert Eagles and live ammo.

[@davidmussio2602]

why you do this? just for fun, i suppose....not for different reasons. I think that flying close to a TS it's a non-sense flight. Be safe guys! Flight safety is a must!

[@chakaradaraka5349]

0:14 I thought I saw an alien ship but that dirty window confused me

[@jparncutt]

Utter stupidity - soaring close to or underneath a Cu Nimbus is extremely dangerous, the risks of being sucked into cloud with subsequent loss of control in convection that can rip a sailplane apart let alone the risk of lightning strike. Please take it from someone with 40+ years experience in gliding - Avoid these conditions or risk paying the price.

[@aeropunk4127]

Crikey, I was always told to avoid those when I used to fly gliders. Massive up & down currents next to each other, could rip your aircraft apart. For a graphic account read about the F-8 pilot who ejected above one and took a good 40 minutes to descend.

[@unclemuir]

Just a little bit short. In California many years ago we had a guy land out inside a big fenced area, the first one to him was a tiger. He had landed in a private tiger reserve for retired circus animals. We flew over it many times and knew what it was, someone forgot to tell him.

[@unclemuir]

Nope the cats just walked over and sniffed around and the handlers put them away.

[@isaiahphillip4112]

This sounds like the plot to a thriller movie I would definitely watch.

[@gummel82]

Isaiah Phillip Thriller? More like comedy movie lol

[@BillHetzel]

Dunlap? or are there more cat sanctuaries to know about?!

[@auggie803]

So where is this guy buried.

[@Shape415]

Yeaaa, that's not smart. Possibility of severe up/drowndrafts would tear apart that glider along with possible hail damage.

[@derekwall200]

that's what I was afraid of flying right into the hail core of a thunderstorm, you may ride the updrafts going up into the storm but fly too close to the precipitation shafts that are visible you're playing Russian roulette with frozen pea sized to possibly baseball sized glider killers

[@liamhobkirk5342]

I think I've just thought of a new way to smuggle drugs across the boarder

[@rickyb6086]

Liam Hobkirk Yes, but how will you avoid being detected via radar? I suppose if you keep the altitude low, you might be successful. However, it would be wise to have a secluded spot to land and an all-terrain vehicle to make it back to your target location. Anyways, cheers 🤣👌

[@janmichelmann9245]

@@rickyb6086 Dude, Gliders aren't detected by radar. And even if, they would be a tiny point without registration....

[@KevinLuWX]

@@rickyb6086 Glider's radar signature is similar to a bird

[@hugoaken2604]

For a few glider pilots thunderstorms present an irresistable challenge. Back in the '50s British gliding guru Derek Piggott was competing in national gliding championships in a Slingsby T21 two seat trainer (developed in WW2 for training military glider pilots) with an ATC cadet as co-pilot. Deliberately entering a thunderstorm he achieved a two-seater altitude record at over 17,000 feet. Piggott had over 5,000 hours on 184 glider types and passed away at 96 in 2019.

[@JimForeman]

I was scheduled to fly the NCAR research glider during their building CuNim program but the FAA blocked me at the last minute because I didn't have a Glider Instrument Rating. Yeah, I know there is no such rating in the US. They finally found a pilot in Germany where they have such a rating, as it turned out I consider myself to be lucky because he got in hail that basically destroyed the glider.

[@milehighmedia1]

Jim Foreman k

[@ChadDidNothingWrong]

You can't fly a NASCAR

[@fritagogo1]

Dangerous ! +10 climb in cumulo nimbus ! No Artificial Horizon ! Ice ! profil airfoil destroy ! and fun tower contact ! rain fall = Weight +! Good Glider !

[@peruarga424]

bad idea

[@antoniomilare7833]

Crazy Polsko! Never do that again, will you? Fly safe my friend, this is not worthed the risc of trying...result can be much worst than just a ride in a Policja car.

[@ChadDidNothingWrong]

better than a police car! (haha)

[@MardkoMBR]

Yes...You right, apocalyptic. I would had been myself very stressed. Thank you for posting it

[@MajsterMajster]

No problem :). It's my pleasure to share such videos with you!

[@wingnutzster]

As a very young already aviation obsessed kid I watched a glider trying to outrun a massive thunderstorm many hundreds of km away from it's field and I told everyone one day I want to fly a glider in a storm - it remains a dream of mine to pit a highly efficient flying machine against nature's worst and push the machine and myself to the aerodynamic limits to really experience flying - thats the fantasy (I also imagined banging my science teacher after school) the responsible aviator in me knows this would be extremely foolish and irresponsible as was this flight in which no attempt was made to clear the electrical and turbulent activity both of which are among many forces which routinely destroy aircraft far more advanced than your plastic glider, I see no stormscope or any indicator of microburst or downdraft turbulence so this is like someone posting a video of driving a high performance car blindfolded through a mine field

[@kaihorstmann2783]

Darren-Edward Oneill Save that for stage-4 cancer in your own ship over uninhabited country. You know you go out, and you go out with a bang, and in style. It is still suicide.

[@Rocky_Intertidal]

This is really dumb. I got caught in an updraft once and had to put it in a dive and push it right up to Vne to stay out of the damn cloud. Even then, I was just barely getting any lower for quite awhile. Luckily, the air was smooth in the updraft like the air is at the intake of a vacuum cleaner hose.

[@Putput-se5ew]

I know a guy who did the same as you but he got sucked into the cloud and he kept climbing 5m/s even though he pushed to Vne with max airbrakes and landing gear down. Luckily he got out of the cloud but he had already ascended 3600m

[@BrunoVassel]

Nice! Great video! I was just waiting for the lightning bolt but it never came. Amazing how there is lift in the rain. Take it where you can get it. :)

[@MajsterMajster]

+Bruno Vassel Thanks! I had final glide through rain with one lightning bolt at the end of the season :).

[@Breenild]

is a lightning bolt not dangerous in a glider?

[@pdutube]

Lightning is very dangerous but not just because it can strike an airplane. Lightning is a sign that a thunderstorm is maturing, which means quite severe downdrafts. Severe downdrafts can destroy an airframe inflight and there are many reports of such things happening. Have fun, fly safely!

[@juliansiebert5275]

Jordan Tyler They don't. Even big airplanes avoid thunderstorms whenever possible.

[@gaurasrspublishing]

Bruno Vassel For an "experienced" pilot what an incredibly stupid and irresponsible comment - if you don't understand the power of nature and respect it, it will bite your ass big time ..... it's just a matter of time.

[@Vara91391]

Heh, you remind me of this dude that did the same once, but he ended up being sucked 60,000 ft up into some serious CB, but he disintegrated apparently because to this day they found not even one part of his plane. Going so close to CBs in a glider?

[@davecrupel2817]

PFG - 45 Ag. 042-IO 60,000 feet?!?!?!??!?! There are thermals/draughts that go up that high???

[@gezurarbeit3097]

Thunderstorms can reach heights of over 20km and thats also as high as their updrafts can go.

[@andretmzt]

Gezur Arbeit CBs can't reach heights over 20 KM. Even with a tropopause at FL600, which is rather exceptional and tends to occur in conditions not conducive to producing severe convection, you've still got several thousand feet to go to reach 20 KM. Sure the CB top will probably overshoot the trop, but the updraught will continue for a few thousand feet beyond that.

[@SlovakiaSky]

that rain looks amazing from the sky

[@resiggy13]

Considering the weather you were going through it was still a good performance. I would have expected you to have been completely flushed next to the precipitation. Great video!

[@MajsterMajster]

+resiggy13 Thank you!

[@IstasPumaNevada]

Amazing video, terrible choices.

[@mwbgaming28]

Wouldn't catch me dead flying through one of those, especially not in a glider, the windshear inside CB clouds is strong enough to bring down airliners (either via ice or structural damage) a glider would be torn to ribbons going though one of those

[@philibarra5821]

Glider needs to fly into the rain storm

[@marshallhyasi6213]

Man this was wrong ! Airliners won't dare to approach it not mentioning a glider ! Glad you were lucky to land!

[@Kevinmoore5111]

John Langmead it was a paraglider pilot in Austrailia 2007.

[@joelt4416]

not even an airliner would deliberately fly into these storms. . You are either brave or ..... fill in the blank

[@MajsterMajster]

That was competition. There was also 30 other gliders in that storm and everyone was safe :)

[@jackfrost2146]

The only task I would want to finish is getting the hell out of that storm!

[@guitartec]

Lucky them glider engines run on cloud poop

[@ancelinnnn7045]

guitartec glider dont have engine

[@IhateYoutube]

@Axel Elijah Actually yes some gliders do have engines. And it's a shame when someone has to explain the joke to you....

[@laysy1743]

Ok wow. That's incredibly terrifying flying this close to a Cb.

[@nob0dy27_]

How'd you get your hands on the brawo? Very interesting glider 🤔

[@MajsterMajster]

It is very interesting indeed. I have something around 500 hours on both Brawo gliders. They are part of our Polish National Team fleet so all you have to do is be part of it :)

[@Anvilshock]

Izzat wise?

[@redsrollingnow1]

Very poor airmanship and judgement to fly so close to CB - a very irresponsible thing to do and certainly nothing to be proud of! 👎👎😩😩👎👎

[@pilot3016]

Geez. Pilots flying in average conditions around Minden, Nevada, have been forced into the sagebrush from normal X-C altitudes within 10 minutes.

[@panther105]

British pilots got stuck by lightning 1985 vaporizing some of the airframe. Luckily they were wearing parachutes. Do not fly in storms even if you are a crazy Russian...

[@maczupiczu8373]

Witam, moje pytanie, w jakim celu jest tam policja? latam w niemczech i jeszcze nie slyszalem by policja przyjechala do szybowca ladujacego w przygodnym terenie oczywiscie jezeli nic sie nie stalo - pozdrawiam z Aeroclubu Dachau

[@TheBigDabrowski]

Chyba troche cieplo miales tam.. Nie chcialbym byc na Twoim miejscu..

[@brunotagliapietra6397]

But... why? With all that water coming down, certainly the air will be coming down as well. What did you expect to find?

[@gogec1]

Rain not thunderstorm!

[@TheDadFatha]

I'm over here expecting a big thunderstorm but instead I see some fog and a guy washing his glider. Watched the whole thing.

[@jejenunez8343]

Omg 😮 take care ..

[@wewillrockyou1986]

Good convectives :)

[@linden5480]

Można tym gdzieś polatać?

[@MajsterMajster]

Można - każdy aeroklub regionalny, a ja osobiście zapraszam do Aeroklubu Nadwiślańskiego koło Grudziądza :). www.lisie.pl

[@gauguin4]

Not realy a good idea, and no role model for others, others have already written more here

[@ExploringUndercover]

Thats one hell of an apocalypse. I remember the apocalypse of 2020 it was great.

[@annetteshawunstoppableyou5281]

I was taught to avoid cumulo nimbus clouds when I was gliding.

[@Neutrino33]

Majac nawet minimalna wiedze na temat tego co dzieje sie w powietrzu w poblizu takich chmur to wielki szacun dla kazdego kto poruszajac sie w powietrzu bez silnika zblizy sie do takiej chmury. Cumulonimbusy wsysaja parapenciarzy na sniadanie a taki szybowiec jedynym czym sie broni to chyba wieksza masa. Jestem pod wrazeniem wzglednego spokoju jaki okazal pilot i mimo wszystko szczesliwego ladowania.

[@MajsterMajster]

Z szacunku do sił natury nie pchałem się za blisko właśnie żeby nie skończyć jak Ci, których wymieniłeś :). Dałoby się dolecieć tego dnia do lotniska gdyby nie zbyt duża chęć wygrania konkurencji, która spowodowała puszczenie paru słabych noszeń np. w 3:42, powinienem to spokojnie wykręcić do podstawy ~2100m i spokojnie doleciec do lotniska no ale cóż :D - teraz już wiem, wtedy nie wiedziałem i na przyszłość jest nauka.

[@Neutrino33]

Dobre podejscie. Trzymaj tak dalej.

[@tanguyd879]

Nice vid' ! It's impressive to see the lift in precipitations ! I would appreciate to see the outlanding :)

[@MajsterMajster]

+Icewind Thanks! Maybe I will upload it this month :).

[@tanguyd879]

+Majster & Majster Gliding Nice ! :)

[@anicetune]

That high-pitched whining noise would drive me nuts.

[@gabgt2]

Is it illegal?? why are you arrested?... sorry to ask but I dont know anything about gliding =)

[@MajsterMajster]

No, it's not illegal to land in field but owner was upset because I have "destroyed" his crop which was a lie :P. He called Police because he wanted to get money from glider insurance but after all he got nothing :).

[@SkillfulCurve]

+Majster & Majster Gliding ahhah good! :D

[@gromm93]

And here, I thought it was for swearing on the radio! ;)

[@RadioRozaBxl]

Dzięki za wideo. Nigdy nie latałem a fascynuje mnie latanie. Czy mógłbym dowiedzieć się co to za dźwięk? Coś daje dźwięk przerywany, to ciągły. Jakaś radiolatarnia?

[@MajsterMajster]

Nie ma za co :). Oczywiście! To jest wariometr elektryczny, który poza wskazaniami wznoszenia za pomocą wskazówki robi to także za pomocą dźwięku - przerywany o częstotliwości rosnącej wraz z wzrastającym wznoszeniem i ciągły kiedy opadamy.

[@dennisrobbins7857]

so, what did we learn here? Wait, I got it, "don't fly in dangerous weather conditions" ... advice noted, thanks.....

[@keegan773]

Now that's a daft thing to do. Rain, lightening, up draughts........... you really are asking for trouble.

[@Ragnar676]

what was supposed t be apocalyptic about this. just a bunch of rain.

[@chino3796]

I used to go gliding in back in highschool in the 70's it wasn't this technologically fancy. Never fly in bad weather was a rule.

[@skyhigh776]

Not the smartest place to be flying a sailplane.

[@tomirkpl]

Łueee... a gdzie błyskawice? Obejrzałem skuszony tytułem :P Chyba, że akurat wtedy mrugałem :D

[@MajsterMajster]

Nie przeoczyłeś :D ale prawdziwy hardcore dział się za widocznym opadem, nawet dachów parę zerwało :p

[@tomirkpl]

A z tego masz film?

[@MajsterMajster]

Tomir Kozakiewicz gdybym tam wleciał to na 90% bym nie wyleciał w jednym kawałku, więc nie - nie mam :P

[@kleiv04]

hej ładny film, czy zegar po lewej stronie kokpitu pokazuje wznoszenie w m/s? i na jaką najwiekszą wysokość udało Ci się wznieść?

[@MajsterMajster]

Cześć, oba zegary po lewej stronie pokazują wnoszenie w m/s - skala to +/- 5m/s. Ja osobiście latając na nizinach wszedłem najwyżej na 2950m, a rekord wysokości ustanowiony w górach to 14900m :)

[@kleiv04]

wow prawie 15km robi wrażenie. dzieki za odp i powodzenia. poszedł sub :)

[@MajsterMajster]

Dzięki!

[@aviationforlive7434]

This is just stupid

[@j2b261]

Dramatic vid, bro. Thanks.

[@wernerderwerners]

nice, was just looking for a vid like this. thermic updraft must be divine.

[@gukakmakuk]

that´s playing russian roulette, a thunderstorm isn´t anythimg to be near in any kind of flying vehicle

[@marcopavone8695]

Why didn't you show the landing?

[@liger1307]

lol love the ending. Looks like so much fun.

[@MajsterMajster]

+Liger 1 It was fun :D

[@cloudstreets1396]

As an airline pilot we avoid stuff like that. Glider pilots go straight through

[@DreezyMango]

"Big" TS... Pretty sure you busted VMC

[@MajsterMajster]

Probably yes :P

[@robertzeurunkl8401]

Isn't this kinda risky? Wasn't there a glider struck by lightning flying near a storm?

[@michel.b5752]

Never, never go that close to a thunderstorm. Your life is at risk.

[@slimjimmy6887]

Siema Tomek, mam 24 lata kilka lat temu latałem szybowcem, wykonywaliśmy różne ewolucje i od tamtego czasu mam marzenie, że będę to robił częściej. W tej chwili kończę studia i zbieram na kurs w aeroklubie poznańskim. Masz jakieś rady w kilku słowach dla rozpoczynających zabawę z tym sportem ? Prowadzicie własne szkolenia ? Czekam aż strona się rozwinie bo bardzo fajnie wygląda, zostawiam suba i 'lajka' na fb, będę śledził. Filmik oczywiście imponujący :) .Pozdrawiam.

[@MajsterMajster]

Siema, no to doskonale :). Jak planujesz latać coś więcej to zdecydowanie nie polecam Poznańskiego, szkolenie zajmie Ci tam wieki, a dodatkowo prawie nic nie będziesz latał. Polecam Nadwiślański i Leszczyński, oba są znakomite, a ja sam latam w Nadwiślańskim i nie żałuję :P. Co do rad - cierpliwości :P, a poza tym chyba nic mi do głowy nie przychodzi. Nie prowadzimy własnych szkoleń bo po prostu nie możemy ale przekazujemy swoją wiedzę na co dzień w klubie lub na corocznym obozie przelotowym "Flajówka" w Lisich. Za przebudowę strony zabieramy się już od pół roku ale jakoś nie idzie :D. Dzięki :). Pozdrawiam!

[@slimjimmy6887]

Dzięki za cenne info, sprawdziłem Nadwiślański, dosyć daleko ode mnie ale fajnie, że jest możliwość zakwaterowania. Powiedz mi jeszcze ile dni trwa całe szkolenie i czy cena kursu (2990) ma jeszcze jakieś dodatkowe opłaty ? Typu wyciąg samolotem itp.

[@MajsterMajster]

Mamy w klubie i ludzi z Poznania więc się da :). Za wyciągarką ~10 dni, a za samolotem rekordziści robili w 3 dni ale wiadomo, że jest to droższy sposób startu. 2990 + nocleg i jedzenie. Za 2990 zł masz szkolenie podstawowe, po którym tak samo jak wszędzie robisz przeszkolenie na inny typ startu - za samolotem, a następnie celność lądowania, termikę instruktorską i samodzielną.

[@slimjimmy6887]

Dzięki za info. Może się spotkamy w przyszłym roku. Pozdrawiam:)

[@MajsterMajster]

No problemo :). Do zobaczenia :)

[@KatariaGujjar]

What is that whistling noise ?

[@starguard4122]

I would have been scared shitless flying a glider in weather like that

[@podymtb5747]

Fajnie to jest po polsku film jest naprawdę fajny

[@cowboy6591]

What a pissoff!! Ya cut the camera half way through the story, HOW ABOUT THE LANDING, OR EXPLAIN IF YOU EVEN MADE IT BACK TO BASE.

[@MajsterMajster]

It would be too long :D. We have outlanded 20km from the airfield

[@racheljennings8548]

Stupid is as stupid does

[@RonRPL]

Mnie na kursie teoretycznym uczyli, że widząc taką chmurkę należy obrócić szybowiec tak, aby był zwrócony do niej ogonem. Następnym krokiem miało być zwiększenie prędkości.

[@MajsterMajster]

Czyli uczyli Cie żeby od niej uciekać :P. Bardzo dobrze ale można też chmury burzowe wykorzystać z tym, że bardzo uważnie

[@maiikele]

Przypadkowo tu trafilem, ciekawy film bo lubię wszystko co związane z burzami. :P Nad jakimi miejscowościami latales na tym nagraniu?

[@MajsterMajster]

A skąd tu trafiłeś? :) Ja lubię po burzach latać, ostatnio dosyć często mi się to zdarza :P, niesamowita siła natury! Leciałem na odcinku pomiędzy Turkiem, a Kaliszem, dokładnie południową częścią tego odcinka :)

[@maiikele]

+Majster & Majster Gliding O, wielkopolskie rejony! Dobrze wiedzieć. Aplikacja na telefonie mi wyswietlila na stronie głównej.

[@MajsterMajster]

Wielkopolskie - dokładnie, do Ostrowa Wielkopolskiego leciałem ale dzieki tej burzy wylądowałem w Kaliszu :P. Fajnie :)

[@maiikele]

+Majster & Majster Gliding Burze też lubię, a jeszcze kilkanaście lat temu gdy byłem małym 6letnim grzdylem, potrafiłem chować się pod kocem i trząść gdy słyszałem choćby jeden grzmot. :D

[@MajsterMajster]

Też tak kiedyś robiłem! :D Niedawno miałem przyjemność latać w pobliżu Cb, który zaczynał się w Grudziądzu, a kończył w Warszawie - tam było widać błyskawice, a dodatkowo było czuć i słychać grzmoty w szybowcu :D

[@cloudstreets1396]

Question: Why would you think that a cumulus cloud with considerable vertical development that is now producing heavy rain showers still has lift under it? Heavy rain showers is the end of the lifecycle. Also, you get arrested in your country when you land out?

[@IstasPumaNevada]

They responded in another reply that the field's owner called the police because they were hoping to get money from glider insurance for destroyed crops. But really, given the unnecessarily risky decisions they made in the video, it would have been appropriate.

[@randybaumery5090]

Ahhhhhhh no!!!!!

[@daimin1]

At 3:34 looks like some sort of a downburst there, you dont want to fly through that with a glider..

[@OriginalThisAndThat]

I don't know anything about flying a glider but these videos are entertaining to watch. Isn't it quite obvious that if you are flying next of hard rain area, the winds are going downwards, except in hail storms in upper atmosphere where might be really strong upward flows, but its not safe to go there..

[@MajsterMajster]

Thank you :). Next to hard rain area air is beeing pushed upwards which causes lifts :). After rain area whole air is going downward.

[@mdemb7928]

toeretycznie jezeli masz termala w taka pogode, czy powinno sie natychmiast ladowac czy mozna kontynuuowac lot? jakie dystanse realnie mozna pokonac w ciagu dnia przy odpowiedniej pogodzie?

[@MajsterMajster]

Dopóki burzę spotykasz na trasie i nie grozi Ci możliwość odcięta Twojego lotniska to można latać byle z zachowaniem respektu do chmury burzowej. Ja najdłuższą trasę mam 1010km na zwykłej termice Cumulusowej, a najdłuższy przelot na świecie na fali górskiej ma nieco ponad 3000

[@quackmeister69]

that rainshower looks like a microburst

[@rixogtr]

What was tha whining with changing frequency ? Is that wind noise ?

[@MajsterMajster]

Sound of whining comes from electrical variometer. It does that all the time when value of lift is below 0.

[@Paul-vh6ul]

Looking back, would you have done anything differently? I think that I would flown away from the storm and deliberately landed off airport.

[@MajsterMajster]

I would do the same thing but I would fly just 10 km into last zone, not 20... :P. That was competition so there was no way back :P

[@Jet2Guy]

Thought gliders can’t fly in rain...

[@MajsterMajster]

They can! Every wing profile is sensitive to rain in different way. Profile in Brawo is not very sensitive so you can fly through rain :)

[@brandonking4071]

I noticed that you're speaking Polish. Where abouts in Poland are you flying over?

[@MajsterMajster]

Mostly central north Poland in Lisie Kąty (Grudziądz) EPGI arifield :)

[@P0landball]

Polish lol

[@mouldingconfirmation6062]

Polish right? When he started counting 0, 1, 2 ,3... sounded Polish AF

[@youngtedbundy2153]

You are right

[@Nocturnes1984]

May Day May Day, we have an engine failure....

[@theginganinjaofficial]

Why were you arrested? I jump out of powered aircraft that fly from a regional airport, so I must not understand something here.

[@MajsterMajster]

I wasn't :D. That was just a normal control after landing because owner of the field called the police.

[@Nonononono_Ohno]

@@MajsterMajster Where did you hide the drugs, then!?? :-)

[@wmSober]

And what's the result?

[@MajsterMajster]

+wmSober Well... the result was outlanding 17km from the airfield

[@gy6ggghh]

Brak opisu po polsku wielki minus

[@THEfromkentucky]

Are you not worried about Wind Shear?

[@AngelLestat2]

Inside the comulus you would have found a big lifting current, but also turbulence, lightning, hail and no visibility. That could be a hell of a ride.

[@MajsterMajster]

That could be suicide ride :D

[@Freakschwimmer]

Isn't that a bit close to going VFR into IMC ? :D

[@hejjegersej932]

Hmmmm, he always had the ground in sight aswell as a horizon. At worst the visibility was like maaany kilometers still. Sure he would be flying IMC if he went into the rainlines but he didn't. I would be much more afraid of lightning in his situation tbh.

[@BigLittlePilot]

More like very close to being sucked up to 30+ thousand feet and disintegrating your glider. Who cares about IMC?

[@theEskit]

Świetne, nie mogę się na to napatrzyć :)

[@MajsterMajster]

+mrdahold Miło to czytać :)