Otto Lilienthal Day 2016 at Dockweiler Beach, CA

Fun day with soaring at the beach and seeing antique hang gliders fly!
Includes:
Flying the Icarus and Voyager
Joe Greblo, John Heiney, and Roy Haggard soaring the Condor 330

[@cardinaldriver]

The guy with the Wills Wing got it licked! As an R/C slope flyer and licensed private pilot, this just gives me goosebumps and sets my soul free. This is flying, powered by mother nature.

[@v.e.7236]

reminds me of flying art Torrey Pines, in San Diego, where the air is smooth and you can literally fly all day long. My personal best was 8 1/2 hrs. Great place to fly.

[@ajayatri4544]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/gYrQgIFoqc2poZI

[@VTSifuSteve]

Did you stop to pee?

[@v.e.7236]

@@VTSifuSteve Relieved myself over the unpopulated areas to the North of the take-off. Thought about it later and wished I would have given Black's Beach some golden showers. lol

[@leonardodahumanoid4344]

I was thinking, "wow, that looks magical", then l heard a guy say, "see, l told you it's not magic"🙄

[@petewest5973]

Good to see Californians Celebrating the true pioneer of Flight - Otto racked up well over 300 flights well before the wright brother / Wright bros credited rightly as solving the power to weight challenge (outside USA) of powered flight - Were NOT the first to Fly -

[@SVSky]

No one denies Lillienthal's achievements here. Not sure where you are getting the information that people do.

[@plumtiger1]

People do think that. I just learned about him a week ago. And I'm 45 and educated.

[@oneskydog4401]

No one said the Wright brothers were first to fly. They were the first to achieve coordinated controlled flight. They invented the 3 axis control system.

[@petewest5973]

@@oneskydog4401 correct they invented the tail plane - but if you go to North Carolina , you will see number plates "First in flight" which is not correct - so clearly some education is lacking !

[@tkeforever4809]

I didn’t know Icarus still made hang gliders. This was my first training site in 1980.

[@JoshuaWriter]

Wow John Heiney, one of the greatest alive. Amazing how smooth his flying was and how little input he gave.

[@jerricroft937]

John came over where I landed (point. SLC) and said " you know you have four little boys.....) Blown out. Coulda got hurt bad. I did get to fly torrey and he took a lot of pics from above. Nice guy. Professional.100%.

[@ConservativeGangstR]

So effortless. Makes it look easy.

[@johngallagher912]

The guy flying the white Wills Wing was incredible. Ridge soaring such a small hill! What speed was the wind?

[@manosornapitupulu916]

10-12 knots/hour I guess

[@doranjaffas7351]

The delta wing pilot definitely knew what they were doing.

[@2TROLL1]

Why don't these Pilots use a tether to launch their crafts like a kite?

[@pacotheafricangrey1449]

In Germany near Nürburgring racetrack there is a small village named "Dockweiler".... They fly these things there too, not at the beach, but at the edge of a volcanic crater. It is interesting, that the have "Dockweiler" too!

[@ajayatri4544]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/gYrQgIFoqc2poZI

[@firdev]

Мне определенно нужен этот большой белый планер! Дозарезу нужен 😁

[@mrjaviertaboada]

Otto thank you for showing us the way.

[@abderzakchebbi1339]

Did not show a close captionning of the manouvers going on on the levers...but thank you so much any way was gorgous ! Hope one day i will do it at least for a couple minutes in my life.

[@rcnightlife9611]

Cool dude. I'm scared of heights.

[@Aluminata]

The guy in the white single surface thing has more talent than the average seagull.

[@DeltaCL]

Greblo is more bird than human. Amazing hang glider pilot!

[@markprange4386]

He knows to fly a wing with plenty of area; the light wingloading helps.

[@SeldomPooper]

he is getting a lot of lift cause of strong winds. He won't hover like that if air stops blowing.

[@jcastanza]

That looks so fun, just being able to hover like that!

[@ghgghgyuhkljjijijui]

Thanks Otto heres to you!

[@o9rgeronimo979]

Leonardo devinchi would have loved this

[@Chebab-Chebab]

*da Vinci

[@MasboyRC]

This is looks so fun to fly, hahah

[@iansandon9292]

My beautiful seagull 3 would love to soar there. He's been on the ground for too many years now and the stitching is probably shot, but what a gorgeous glider from back in 1973. Anybody want to resurrect him?

[@krotchlickmeugh627]

I would love to. I dream of flight. For now can only afford rc

[@VTSifuSteve]

Seagull 3? Isn't that the rogallo variant with the arched leading edges near the nose? I remember when they were the new thing! I just had a big red standard rogallo in those days.

[@Paiadakine]

1:06 the flying starts

[@cucaratsa76]

and 1:18 ends ....

[@Fly4aWhiteGuy]

Is Joe Greblo the guy who used to go by the nickname "Hang Czech"? I used to fly hang gliders, many years ago. I still have my Bennett Pro-Air 180 hanging in my rafters (Toys in the attic?). I'm heavy enough to fly it now - back in the mid 1980's, I was a bit too light for it, but managed just fine.

[@davestambaugh7282]

The huge bagged out raven is the only thing that has the sink rate to soar that tiny ridge, in spite of the fact that by the sound of it the wind is blowing over fifteen or twenty MPH.

[@VTSifuSteve]

You sure? There are a lot of videos of people "Dune Gooning" in smaller wings like Falcons and Malibus. I would think the big Wills Alpha 235 would be ideal. That's a real floater.

[@billswingle2672]

Interesting but looks like a poor slope to me.

[@ejcm55]

Back in the day it was twice as high.

[@GoIdenVegas]

Very nice...

[@harryschaefer5887]

I once saw a photo of a guy with casts on both forearms, both casts had marker writing: "Yeah, I hang glides". This thing is a beautiful creation.

[@paulayala4816]

It's a shame there isn't much of a slope at Dockweiler, probably enough for an RC glider, but doesn't seem to be enough for hang gliders. I can remember when there used to be more spots up and down the California coast to fly both: Saltcreek in Laguna, The Strand in Dana Point, The point at Crystal Cove, etc... Now everything is built out and shut out, nothing but fences with No Trespassing signs.

[@danejohns5042]

Salt Creek is in Dana Point. Not Laguna. And you can still fly from the cliffs in HB.

[@felipefmedina]

Wow, they are take off from thr beach

[@alexsurh1472]

I have dreams of doing stuff like this. Wonder how it would feel like in comparison

[@joewoodchuck3824]

In comparison to what?

[@alexsurh1472]

@@joewoodchuck3824 my dreams lol

[@FlyingMonkeyrc]

Better!

[@albertbatfinder5240]

I have the same dream. In mine it’s all good fun then in a momentary lapse of concentration I’m 200 feet up, in all sorts of trouble.

[@endercukurova6561]

"Kleine Opfer müssen gebracht werden!" Otto Lilienthal

[@drewby4563]

Wow !!! It no good at sandbanks then 🤓

[@maximeloiseau8050]

Interesting ! as I fly kites, I have allready read that you could not apply the aerodynamic rules established for thick profiles to one skin wings. Here is a total demonstration. Kites are much better at high angles and slow speeds. I think it is an effect of scale. The air flow leaves the upper skin allways at the same distance, whatever the scale is so that never happens on small machines. Needs expert approbation or not (only if they demonstrate).

[@ucrash2]

Also, look at apect ratio, like "The flying pancake" for a full scale example. I fly r/c, the "pizza box" plane loves high angles of attack too. Loads of fun.

[@airplanegeorge]

looks like a lot more fun than launching from a mountain .

[@Tarbabyification]

This is what dreams are made of , literally

[@goodteacup]

Fledge, surprised to see one still flying! Flew mine only once as a glider, then switched to power.

[@webrambler88]

How much can that amazing white wing cost? (I hope free flight isn't only for Silicon Valley's rich engineers...)

[@EphiBlanshey]

Few thousand dollars new. Couple thousand used in good condition.

[@RossNixon]

@@EphiBlanshey Looks like the one I learned on in the early 1980s. An antique low performance design, but very forgiving. Flown well here.

[@FernandoCambara]

Legal, gostei muito. Acho até que eu teria coragem de voar assim, se não precisar pular de algum penhasco.

[@boofert.washington2499]

That's over by the runways! I used to trip acid just a little further north of there and watch the planes come in thru the clouds over the water.

[@LCMNUNES1962]

MUITO SHOW, IN GAVEA RIO DE JANEIRO BRASIL.

[@김영권-d1r]

여러분 지금 전세계 어디에서나 이글을 읽는 분들은 지금 시대가 달라지고 있는것을 깨달아야 한다고 하나님께서 말씀해주셨습니다 그래서 성경에 ^^너희가 천기는 분별할줄 알면서 어찌하여 시대의 표적은 분별치못하느냐 ^^라고 말씀하신것처럼 죄악으로 타락된 전세계를 하나님께서 갖가지 재앙으로 심판하고 계시지만 사람들이 깨닫지 못하고 있다고 말씀해주셨습니다 성경에 세상 마지막때가 노아때와같다고 하셨는데 노아때도 이시대처럼 사람들이 하나님의 법보다 육신의 정욕을위하여 물질의 노예가되어 하나님께서 재앙으로 심판하였지만 죽는 순간 까지도 깨닫지 못하여 다 지옥불로 들어간것이라고 말씀해주셨습니다 오늘날도 노아때와같이 음란과탐욕으로 타락되어 코로나등 하나님의 재앙이 갖가지로 들어가고 있지만 깨닫지 못하고 있다고 말씀해주셨습니다 하나님의 심판은 이제 시작일뿐이며 성경대로 사람들이 세상에 임하는 재앙들을 인하여 기절할 정도가 될것이며 전세계의 3분의2가 심판을 받아 지옥불로 들어가게 될것이라고 하나님께서 말씀해주셨습니다 이제 이러한 재앙가운데서 살아남아 구원받을수있는 길은 성경에 예수님께서 때가되면 이땅에 다시오신다고 말씀하셨는데 그 예수님께서 이땅에 다시 오셨습니다 그 이름은 ^^와이솔 라이팅 능력^^입니다 이 재앙가운데서 살길은 치료제도 아니요 인간의 힘과지혜도 아니요 오직 다시오신 예수님인 하늘의 이름인 와이솔 라이팅 능력을 진심으로 믿고 회개하는 길 뿐이라고 하나님께서 말씀해주셨습니다 오늘날 예수님의 이름을 ^^와이솔 라이팅 능력^^으로 부르라하신 이유는 성경에 예수님께서 때가되어 이땅에 내려오실때 초림때 예수님을 죽인 마귀들도 똑같이 이땅에 내려와 교회와 이땅에 모든 사람들 속으로 들어가 사로잡으므로 교회가 부패되고 이땅에 모든 사람들의 마음이 짐승을 닮아 사랑이 식어지고 완악해졌다고 하나님께서 말씀해주셨습니다 마귀들이 예수님을 자기들이 죽인 이름이라하여 무서워하지 않으므로 오늘날은 예수님의 하늘의 이름인 와이솔 라이팅 능력으로 기도하라고 가르쳐주셨습니다 그 뜻은 예수님은 승리하신다는 뜻이라고 말씀해주셨습니다 예수님께서 이땅에 오신뒤로는 ^^와이솔 라이팅 능력의^^ 이름으로 기도한 기도만 받으실 것이라고 하나님께서 말씀해주셨습니다 전세계 어디에 있든지 와이솔 라이팅 능력의 이름을 진심으로 믿고 회개하면 이땅에 모든 사람들의 마음을 살피시는 하나님께서 보시고 모든 재앙가운데서 지켜주실것이라고 말씀해주셨습니다 부디 사람의 말로 받지마시고 꼭 믿고 회개하여 구원받으십시요

[@Rom50rom]

Kiedy Otto Liliental uległ wypadkowi lotniczemu, będąc w szpitalu, powiedział słynne słowa: dla nauki trzeba ponosić ofiary i zmarł. Nie szargajmy więc jego postaci.

[@Hobi_gambar]

Superman

[@dyc1013]

the first man who fly was the spanish Abu Abbas Ibn Firnas in Cordoba on 875 es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abb%C3%A1s_Ibn_Firn%C3%A1s

[@josebezerrasantos9409]

Gostaria de saber que tipo de material Foi usado nesta asa delta? A razão é que gostaria de fazer uma para uso próprio. Atenciosamente. O Brasileiro José Bezerra

[@adrianzamora1426]

José, yo creo que el material del ala es nylon, y la estructura tiene que ser aluminio , fibra de carbono , o titanio.

[@joaobonifacio3375]

Olá boa tarde.eu sou piloto de vou livre.e não compensa tu fazer primeiro passo faz um curso De piloto. Aí tu compra uma asa usada. ( média)..Tu vai fazer 100 a 200.vou nela aí então se compra uma de alta. Se tiver grana compra nova se não compra usada. Antes de comprar peça pra um piloto experiente voar nela pra saber se não é muito arisca.existe muitos modelos..Os alumínio São aeronáutico..O tecido é o mesmo de vela de barco..Pra fazer uma asa.nao compensa.tem muitas usadas.Em SÃO VICENTE. S. P. TEM INSTRUTOR E ASAS EM ATIBAIA TAMB EM PODE ENCONTRAR EM ANDRADAS M.G. Agora se tu é de outra região se informe .tem em S. Catarina. Tem no Ceará.no Rio. E muitos outros lugares .Bom vôos.

[@Jayen275]

Yaa Sayyidi Yaa Rosulallah.

[@arthurfowler4277]

I am from Playa del Re and saw my first glider here in 66 waited until 1980 to fly when it was safer

[@israelperez5391]

Hola meyamo israel perez y soi de hidalgo todo esto de planeador o qla plana es exitante yo estoi tratando de aser uno con motor de motosicleta 125 y espero ser uno de ustedes

[@VTSifuSteve]

Quit flying about '77, but after watching this, I just scheduled a lesson for next weekend to learn to fly one of these old Condors at Dockweiler Beach. I'm making the 6 hour drive out from Phoenix. And why not? Hell I'm 69 and won't be around forever!

[@EphiBlanshey]

Wow, so glad to hear that! "You don't stop flying when you get old, you get old when you stop flying." Enjoy yourself!

[@CarlosChagasOficial]

🕭🔔🎶

[@Justwantahover]

The Will's Wing looks bigger than aregular hang glider.

[@sydkibweterer2719]

Can somebody gives details how exactly did Otto Lilienthal died. History books just tell very briefly.

[@rabindralover1995]

I want to buy it. But how? Plz suggest me am from Nepal 🇳🇵

[@timmit3579]

I like it when the hang glider pilot gets some altitude and flies high over the beach....

[@joaomartinsmartinsazeredo5894]

SHOW parabéns pela coragem

[@WillN2Go1]

What an historic day. At the spot where hang gliding began. My friend and I built a Hang Loose when we were in high school.

[@ArnoldsDesign]

They guy in the Wills Wings did great

[@Timberloucos]

Fledge Voyager insane! Show more flights please.

[@renatomoreira5806]

Chou de bola meu lindo parabéns

[@dougthegreat1808]

They say Otto L. flew before the Wright brothers! Too bad he will never get that credit!!!!!

[@dwightmagnuson4298]

Terrible conditions for hang gliding..except for the one rogallo.

[@hans-jochimkimann1488]

Otto Lilenntahl ist in Anklam geboren In Deutschland Vorpommern kenn ich schon sehr lange

[@ninongjdo]

What the name of skite and how much

[@flysomethingdamitdotcom8788]

That white glider, I love single surface wings and ridge soaring.

[@calmingandrelaxation737]

As long as I've lived and surfed there, I never understood why these gliders would want to take off there when planes from LAX runway is are taking off about 1/4 mile away and you practically have to duck your head as the planes take off above....

[@sailorman8668]

And yet, I didn't see even one of these aircraft from LAX that you were referring to that are 'taking off above...'?

[@CarlosChagasOficial]

Muito legal 🕭🔔✊

[@jimmymurphy7789]

Perfect way of getting a "Bird's Eye View" of all the Chicks laying on the beach sunbathing in their Bikinis. Hope he's watching what he"s doing.

[@LWJCarroll]

That was surprising to me that the white Rogelio type design had the best performance. I expected the flying wing (can't recall the name of that, just the special wing tip control) to perform better... thanks Laurie Carroll New Zealand

[@jazldazl9193]

pilot is key

[@dr.wilfriedhitzler1885]

Otto Lilienthal-Day in California ? Thats right!

[@calirambo7896]

Very cool; surprised they're allowed to do that next to LAX. One mistake and they could end up in an A380 engine, or worse, the El Segundo poop factory!

[@ejcm55]

A380 would have to be flying very low at that point.

[@riotdrone]

this is inspiring memories of those nightmares where you float off the ground way up into the sky

[@albertbatfinder5240]

You have those too?

[@riotdrone]

@@albertbatfinder5240 yeah from time to time, i've read that it's related to feeling a lack of control in your life

[@krotchlickmeugh627]

@@riotdrone eventually if you are able to at all that is. You can control your dreams. I can fly anytime I want. Manifest anything I feel like and construct my dreams as I please. It's rather easy. Especially when having a bad dream or nightmare. If you can force your eyes open during a nightmare and get really good at it. Then you can instead of forcing your eyes open you realize you're in a dream and can start to change it. At first it's really hard to stay asleep once you realize but little by little you can hone this skill.

[@VTSifuSteve]

I have dreams like that, but they are only nightmares if I can't get airborne! Gotta love flying!

[@tomshiba51]

The simpler the design, the safer the flight. The Wills Wing guy had that.

[@divann-analiz]

Ораньжевый обосрался, а белый это "славутич-ут" советская разработка, он хорошо летает.

[@carmentiadragen6064]

Are they attempting new and innovative ways to feed sharks 🦈?

[@ivopontes5695]

Nooossa muito bem bolado. Esse da asa delta de verdade então...

[@casaamaril]

Drag, lift, airspeed, great to see this

[@XobLauj]

very good

[@mikebarrett3428]

That first glider design was cool I saw one like it on KZbin before,but it was constructed from composite. Does anyone know the name of the manufacturer of this type?

[@marlinmixon3004]

It was a Manta Fledge Voyager from 1980.

[@reflexxtr]

And people are worried about drones! ?? These people are nuts!😳

[@m.p.472]

Biplane glider is the king of the day.

[@arielelijah1282]

That white glider has pretty high Oswald’s efficiency.

[@stefanhesse6036]

Der Mann mit dem weißem Drachen ist ein hervorragender Pilot👍

[@donliddard]

Stefan you have some very famous pilots flying the white Wills Wing glider

[@stefanhesse6036]

donliddard danke für die Information. Auf jeden Fall sehr schön

[@Fly4aWhiteGuy]

@@donliddard What is it? Looks like a single surface. I used to fly a white Wills Wing sport when Dan Skadaal would loan it to me (My glider was too big for me, so he took pity on me)

[@SVSky]

@@Fly4aWhiteGuy Wills Wing Condor 330

[@Fly4aWhiteGuy]

@@SVSky Thanks. I've been out of the sport for a very long time. It seems everyone flies parafoils now.

[@rizwanrafeek3811]

I wonder is this standard size for a hang glider ?

[@이선우-n2u]

멋지네^^ 조정이 되는걸까? 안되면 뜬금없이 태평양으로 날아가 버리겠는데 ㅡㅡㅋ

[@guitarhero6584]

Some videos you watch and your like man I wanna try that... This isn't one

[@takeemoutdoors3489]

Who here can't even fly a paper airplane 10ft?✋🤣

[@rooseveltdumornay4954]

That was awesome.

[@murraymachado401]

I always thought that you were supposed to go higher, like actually flying?

[@SVSky]

This is actually flying. It's just done in ridge lift.

[@murraymachado401]

@@SVSky Can you use the wind and updrafts to get higher?

[@SVSky]

@@murraymachado401 Not in this situation, other places, then you can use thermals to get up. This is called dune-gooning.

[@murraymachado401]

@@SVSky How much are one of those rigs?

[@SVSky]

@@murraymachado401 It's not really the cost of the gear that's at issue, it's the effort involved in the training. What you're seeing here is experts flying. Generally combined with training and used gear you can get into the sport for less than $5000.

[@lensmith1870]

Cuz you just going to stand on the beach or is he going to take off

[@extremereclusefallows5779]

Takes skill to figure out how to create lift and maintain control. Relative wind must be strong. These sail planes are almost hovering.

[@krotchlickmeugh627]

You dont create the lift. You use lift

[@freddyrodriguez622]

Eso esta bien dios lo bendiga siempre B

[@omidasadi6696]

کسی میدونه چطور یاید تو ایران یه کایت مثل این کایت سفید تو اواسط این کلیپ ، تهیه کرد و قیمتشو هم راهنمایی کنه؟ خیلی ممنون میشم اگه کسی اطلاعات داره به بنده راهنمایی کنه ، من یک آ رزوی بزرگ دارم و اونم پرواز با همچین وسیله ای هستش اما نمیدونم باس چیکار کنم و اطلاعاتی هم ندارم!

[@americanjoe9767]

White hangglider was the best!!! Simple with wheel!!!

[@Elissiim]

Вот этот что на месте зависает на белом крыле топ👍

[@ОлегШвецов-ы2с]

Первый раз вижу что можно летать долго и недалеко...

[@shekioio]

You control it & it controls you

[@bermuge1]

Is the Flight Simulator X is?

[@stuarthiern-cooke6619]

Just like tacking a sailing boat into the wind

[@carmentiadragen6064]

This isn’t flying! It’s falling with style!

[@tudorrenegade7052]

2:27 That looks like one of them 1900s flying contraptions.

[@coryturner9140]

Tudor Renegade I believe they call that the “easy riser” it’s primitive but it was quite popular back in the day. Watch the movie “fly away home” that’s a powered version of it.

[@ucuf1465]

Awesome

[@rentatrip1videos]

AWESOME THANKS EPHI .... Neil Larson USHPA #24