10 Hours Endurance Racing | My First 1000 KM FAI Triangle Glider Flight

It is a big dream and a huge challenge to fly a declared 1000 km FAI triangle with a 18 m sailplane in Germany. The weather forecast and the weather conditions must be perfect and you are not allowed to make any bigger mistakes during 10+ hours. I nearly made an outlanding after 800 km...
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[@adarshfaridkhan3361]

hats off to the camera guy, filming and playing flute at the same time

[@vikrantrasaily4595]

Wtf😂😂😂

[@Mrgocool_1155]

😂😂😂

[@chezuz1981]

Ahaha :-D

[@chezuz1981]

Dude now i cant stop giggling everytime i hear "the flute"

[@StaK_1980]

Sometimes he gets depressed and loses the will, that is when you hear the tone go down an octave :-)

[@salnichols94805]

Your dad was flying your tow...how cool is that?

[@fabiandario6521]

Very cool indeed!

[@125Addicted]

How scared was his mom tho? Lol

[@User46038]

@@125Addicted my mom is literally erverytime scared when i fly lmao

[@eplazai]

Read as Craig Federighi

[@hubert1142]

@@User46038 when I go paragliding, my mom always says "break a leg" or "break a neck", which has the meaning of "good luck "in my language lmao

[@aidanguerin5192]

haha “thank you bird” lol 😂

[@kirstenlingg6015]

Du bist deutscher oder ?

[@insani4047]

@Chandra 7.6 indo nyasar

[@jejekk5880]

@@insani4047 lah elu sendiri yg gk jelas

[@insani4047]

@@jejekk5880 siapa bilang gk jelas?

[@insani4047]

@@jejekk5880 w cuma bilang ada indo nyasar lagian itu bercanda ae

[@simeonfritz6408]

Ich habe direkt am Anfang durch deinen Akzent gemerkt dass du ein deutscher sein musst 😂

[@JetJockey87]

As a paraglider pilot, it's always amazing to watch other glider pilots do their thing.

[@Scramblejams]

Please post the whole thing! I love putting videos like this on for the ambience, the longer-running the better.

[@caiowen7104]

stefan, love the content. I think it would be a really good addition to have a hand held camera with you to look out of the window and get some nice shots of some of the towns that you fly over and other notable scenery

[@SteFly]

Watch the Video till the end ;) Unfortunately it is not possible at a record flights like this because flying the glider is already so demanding. There will be other videos with more hand held footage soon. Stay tuned and thanks for your input.

[@gillesbkf4315]

Stefan Langer Maybe have more cams so you can edit the best of the panorama :) Incredible to see that it is possible to stay that long up in the air !

[@gillesbkf4315]

Like in the end :)

[@encartech]

Thanks for the metric info, no fees foots knots football field/hrs. Just clean and understandable metres

[@pixelbogpixxelbog2090]

Wow als dein dad dir schönen flug gewünscht hat, hats mich sehr glücklich gemacht :)

[@CalebNorthNorman]

Wow your dad flying the tow plane! 😲 . The pointers and pop up maps you put a lot of development in this video. It was pro. You best video yet! The music in the last two minutes combined well with the footage. And finally, the landscape is simply beautiful to look upon. 👍

[@SteFly]

Thank you so much! 😃

[@jiahao1692]

Could you share name of the music in the last two minutes if you know it? Thank you!

[@CapFreddy]

excelent video. I am just getting my glider licence. Did my 11th flight this saturday, and it´s amazing. I got from Private to Multi/IFr/Comercial. Got to be a B-727 F.O., had an LSA for three years and I can say that gliding is the most amazing type of flight i´ve experienced. Towed take off is amazing, towed flight is amazing, gliding is amazing and landing is amazing...

[@nickr5658]

You still fly commercial? Gliders are cool. In the USA soaring is declining in popularity. You really need a self launcher if you want to fly a lot here

[@nicholaslutsch5036]

Congratulations Stefan! This is a tremendous achievement worth celebrating!

[@SteFly]

Thanks Nicholas!

[@JonathanNummert]

Herzlichen Glückwunsch zu den gelungenen 1000 Km. Das muss ein super Gefühl sein. Mach weiter so. Man kann so viel von dir lernen

[@user-oe1fg2on7x]

Поздравляю с первым маршрутом в 1000 км!!! Желаю успешного покорения дальнейших рубежей!!! Прекрасный полет. Благодарю за ролик. Всех благ и дальнейших успехов!!!

[@BarryMcGowan]

I fly hand gliders, so for me, what you´re doing here just seems incredible. Great flying, great flight, and well documented! Very exciting...

[@justme.9711]

`Barry, go for a flight experience flight. I did r/c planes too, but stuff the toy stuff. Anyone can do this and with current apps etc, it's a whole new world with just an ipad.

[@samuel_tse]

That's like the best way to spend 10 hours, using free energy to fly !

[@nocare]

Solar powered airplanes are like this one are very relaxing.

[@Aaron-zn8mg]

@@nocare its not solar powered

[@nocare]

@@Aaron-zn8mg Sun heats the air, rising air lifts the glider. Thats solar power lol. It's not solar photovoltaic powered.

[@Aaron-zn8mg]

@@nocare yeah that is a thermal. Doesn't mean the plane is solar powered

[@nocare]

@@Aaron-zn8mg The energy used for flight is directly from the sun. It's not converted to chemical, potential or electrical storage to be used to power flight at a displaced location and time. The energy is directly captured at the time of flight. To specify an energy source conveys information. That's the only purpose of communication after all. Gliders are directly powered by the sun. As opposed to indirectly powered by the sun (fossil fuels).

[@Orage530]

When you thank the bird for pointing out the thermal haha! The speed up footage is really cool. You can really get a sense of how you use the thermals to get altitude.

[@undiaencasa]

1022 Km FAI, muy buen vuelo, para recordar para siempre, nosotros en Parapente no podemos llegar tan lejos, pero se lo que se siente estar ahí volando libre como los pájaros con sólo la energía que nos ofrece la naturaleza. Muchas gracias por compartir estos vídeos. Un saludo.

[@pascalkempa8005]

Saludos! De donde están? :)

[@eeeyakini]

10h... I want to go 3 times to toilet...

[@benwilliams677]

That's what empty drink bottles are for.

[@EkoEllutionist]

They use diaper

[@EkoEllutionist]

They use diapers

[@bbulanNoob]

Pampers?

[@dranoelr]

@@EkoEllutionist At least men don't. Either plastic bags for the freezer and then dump them, bags filled with absorbent diaper material, or some even have a small funnel and a hose going out of the plane

[@dorianfeisel2945]

Amazing flight and great video. Love the timelapse parts where you can see the clouds build up in front of you. Also the animations were very nice :)

[@SteFly]

Thank you!

[@PavloLukashuk]

I always marveled at the skills of glider pilots who can fly long distances without an engine!👍 Thanks for video ! ❤

[@agent_cookie1000]

Wow, for me, sitting in one place with minimal movement for 10hrs is a huge achievement in itself.

[@filthycasual8074]

i'm so confused how they pick which comment is showed when you click on the video it's the dude with 2 likes not the one with 900

[@agent_cookie1000]

@@filthycasual8074 I think it depends on the person viewing video. Have we interacted on KZbin before?

[@user-jq4hm5kr3b]

Ist das geil ein Segelflug-Video über dem Flugplatz zu sehen, wo man am Samstag wieder zum Fliegen hingeht :)

[@SteFly]

Um welchen Flugplatz geht es? :D

[@davidalhoff7190]

Thanks Stefan for sharing these big imperssions with us! Nice flight, nice edit, cool music and helpful comments to also take the paragliding pilots for a ride. Great job. In case your vario missed logging the flight don't worry you fly for the impressions, the scenery, the highs, the lows, discovering and understanding the nature and so much more than OLC points. Took me a while understand that but now even a glide down is cool again:)

[@SteFly]

Hi David, thank you very much! Yes, you are right. The impressions and experience are the most important aspect of a glider flight. The category of the PowerFlarm was not high enough for record flights and I also made a mistake with the finish line.

[@davidalhoff7190]

@@SteFly Anyway you cleared 3TP, had had quite a low save in the blue, amazing views high under the clouds. Nice flight. For the olc how about a backup like an xc-track on the phone would that be valid for sailpanes? Alternative a small solar powered xc-tracer. Or does it need to be connected to the planes instuments to read if possible engines are switched on?

[@Lettuce-k6j]

never new these things existed but wow this is amazing and honestly takes alot of balls to be in one

[@ModellpilotEU]

Hi Stefan, mit dem Video wird es ein schöner Start in den Tag. Danke.

[@ericgartner9563]

Erstmal sehr schönes Video so wie immer. Es ist echt schön zu sehen wie sich dein Kanal entwickelt hat von Anfang bis jetzt. Und du hast immer deine Qualität beibehalten wie noch bei den 5000 Abonenten und wurdest immer besser.

[@SteFly]

Dankeschön! Das freut mich!

[@melcrose]

Would love to have pictures of any tasks you fly so we can re-create it in Condor.

[@SteFly]

You can have a look at the flight track. The link is in the description below the video.

[@aceofspades2711]

Mega gutes Video und herzlichen Glückwunsch zum 1000er 🎉

[@SteFly]

Freut mich, vielen Dank! :)

[@whyamai]

Hey cooles Video! Möchte nun auch mit dem Segelfliegen beginnen, fasziniert mich absolut! Gute Flüge wünsche ich weiterhin!! 😎👍

[@kopibin9532]

this awesome. simply really amazing. congrats. a stupid question: how do you hold from going to the toilet.

[@thepilotF]

condoms can work as well, but you need to wear long zipped trousers between your legs, as it is not easy to use the pinky while sitting :)

[@richardhutchinson4740]

Such a great video. Learnt to glide on Grob 103s as an air cadet out of Swansea Airport in South Wales and spent every weekend on cable tows to 1000 ft and flying circuits. Managed some longer flights and thermaling and managed a 45min flight at one point. Can only dream of what a 10 hr flight must be like! Nerves of steel there and exceptional skill.

[@PureGlide]

That was epic well done! I reckon all exceptional flights have tough bits

[@SteFly]

Thanks Tim! Yes that's true..

[@figuwolf7227]

Liebe Grüße aus dem Südsteiermark 🇦🇹💜 Mach weiter so! 👏🏾😎☀️

[@troublehd7236]

Ein sehr schöner Flug, und ein wahnsinns video. Hat viel Spaß gemacht es anzuschauen :)

[@lukas7561]

Respekt für den Flug, bin gerade fertig mit meiner Ausbildung und du motivierst mich sehr außerdem fand ich es sehr schön das du die seeyou Datei mit eingespielt hast

[@SteFly]

Das freut mich sehr!

[@lukas7561]

@@SteFly kannst du vielleicht mal ein video zur Flugvorbereitung machen weil wie ich finde hat man nie so nh "Liste" die man abarbeiten kann

[@jamex7704]

Echt super man kann soviel lernen mach bitte weiter so🔝und jetzt weiß ich auch dass wirklich niemand freiwillig ins donautal runterfliegt xD

[@SteFly]

Danke Dir!

[@chedatomasz]

Wow, you had me looking for a field over that forest

[@nob0dy27_]

Schönes Video! Bin letztes Wochenende zum ersten Mal Einsitzer geflogen, freue mich schon drauf auch Mal auf Strecke gehen zu dürfen 😄

[@SteFly]

Vielen Dank! Einsitzer fliegen finde ich deutlich schöner vom Handling her. Viel Erfolg bei deinen ersten Streckenflügen!

[@r63amgowners79]

Schöne Aufnahme & Flug! Muss mal wieder anfangen zu „Segeln“. Heute wird es nur mit ne B738, aber das ist ja nur gradeaus ....

[@tomeraltman7491]

the last flight i had was 6 minutes.

[@SirDella]

The last flight I had was 0 minutes

[@junothejupiterorbiter1035]

SirDella close enough

[@prodnaki]

the last flight i had was 1 year🗿

[@Marg1312]

@@prodnaki my dad’s been on a flight for 5 years.

[@davidlarroya]

@@Marg1312 dude..

[@alfredtraunstein3513]

Da fiebert man sogar als Zuschauer mit, beim Teil mit 250m über dem Wald! Schöner Flug!

[@tinchote]

Congrats! A FAI 1000k on pure thermals is a great accomplishment. I would like to suggest that you wait a bit to retract the gear; when you do it so low, you increase your possible workload if the rope breaks or the engine coughs. My approach was to wait until pattern altitude to retract, still early in the tow but with plenty of time to deal with an emergency. Unless it was the Open Cirrus with the hitch inside the landing gear :D

[@TheKingie07]

Awesome video and high quality production with additional map info and explanations, thanks much appreciated! Awesome adventure

[@gilnemesis3547]

Nice bet. You're definitely a good glider pilot! I often Ask myself if bug wipers are really usefull till I see your leading edge near the end of the vidéo. Congratulations, nice job! 👍👍👍

[@SteFly]

Thank you! This year it is really important in our area to have bug wipers. In the last years it was not always necessary...

[@hangfly1]

Wonderful video Stefan and congrats on that low save! I had one or two of those when I flew from Utscheid a few years ago, but I was never so close to the ground. Whew!

[@SteFly]

Thank you!! I had an airfield around me for a safe landing ;)

[@oldhikinthesticks4524]

With all that Woo Woo noise, I'd be trying to check the rearview mirror for cops.

[@randomguyinanglider4090]

Its an vario it shows us if we are gaining or losing altitude

[@Filip-0602]

Endlich wieder ein Video ist mega geworden 😍

[@SteFly]

Danke Dir!

[@Hawkeye948]

Glückwunsch. Toller Flug und sehr schönes informatives Video.

[@SteFly]

Vielen Dank, das freut mich zu hören!

[@josefbostik1712]

1000kms FAI triangle in Europe! My hat off to you!

[@unclewho]

I love to watch rich guys showing off their hardcore gadgets.

[@clarazegarelli5861]

I am sure there is a glider club in your country, no need to be rich.

[@rodmaiquez726]

@@clarazegarelli5861 you definitely belong to the rich 🤣

[@adameffenberger7460]

1 000 km really? That's AMAZING. good job

[@bobarmitage7981]

Congratulations. Could you please add a few more bits of info as you go along - time of launch, evolving height of cloudbase, evolving thermal strengths, tactics you used when it went blue - were you looking for likely thermal sources - factories, urban areas, for example? How far you were able to fly in a straight line "porpoising"? With good wishes for the rest of the season.

[@Highrockman]

Black Forest area is where my family is from..Would love to go back there to see it..

[@joancarles2836]

Epic fly!! 1000km??!! Awesome!

[@xabre9995]

This is awesome, you're very fortunate. What a wonderful (and yes, stressful at times) way to fly!

[@MaxiFLY_GO]

Великолепное видео! Полет - высший класс))) Мне очень понравился формат вашего видео)))

[@cruesi4780]

Echt geiles Video, fände es noch mega interessant evtl eine Höhenmesseranzeige zu sehen 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@danielhermanus6909]

8:14 rechts? links? REECHTS!! :D

[@mxhdroom153]

Congrats, Stefan. Very envious.

[@SamSue44]

Lovely to watch you enjoy nature with no fuel

[@chrismofer]

wow what a glide slope. it got pretty hairy there at 250m. I'm amazed at these planes (and pilots) ability to fly such distances on no power.

[@sircrapalot9954]

It’s crazy, these modern gliders have a glide ratio of upwards of 50:1. I was trained to always aim to be steep on approach in a glider. The dive brakes (spoilers) are very effective at increasing your sink rate in these modern glass ships, and you don’t get a go-around! And on a long runway like this you’d want to land long so you don’t have to push the glider as far to park.

[@chrismofer]

@@sircrapalot9954 I've been playing with RC sailplanes and got a 2-meter Radian, which doesn't want to come down without significant kinetic energy making it impossible to land at a tree-lined ball field. installed off the shelf spoilers and now it drops like a space shuttle on demand :)

[@Highrockman]

Its very interesting watching you fly over terain that my family farmed for multiple generations..Have to make a visit..

[@Hanibaltherogue]

Wahnsinn man, ich will endlich auch mein Kindheitstraum erfüllen und das Gleiten lernen, noch muss ich erst etwas abnehmen aber das motiviert nur noch mehr. Wusste nicht wirklich dass man so lange in der Luft bleiben kann, war irgendwie spannender als nen Thriller vor allem als du dann doch etwas tiefer warst. Ich mache mal nen Abo sieht nice aus dein channel PS: Gerade gemert an diesem Tag wo Du so schön geflogen bist, habe ich geheiratet^^

[@NunoFlyer]

Super flight, awesome!

[@SteFly]

Thanks mate!

[@Tensai0]

Stefan, how do you know where the hot upward wind is to fly around?

[@andrewmilliken4315]

The little strip of string thing, and also the beeps

[@germanmusic7316]

The three most elegant vehicles ever created are... gliders, yachts and bikes. 😙

[@someguy7863]

I wish u had a little green and yellow circle in the corner during the sped up parts to show if youre ascending or descending. Really love the ascpect of just gliding thru the air being one with the enviroment and nature. Maybe one day. Great videos.

Just great 👍, congratulation!. Long ago I flew a DG400 beside soaring as instructor, but gliders and glider performance never lost the attraction.

[@SteFly]

Thank you!

[@gokhanglider]

This is my dream. 👏👍🦅

[@petrusmaximus5363]

Wow dein English ist relativ gut. War kurz geschockt als du auf deutsch gesprochen hast hahahaha

[@RicoRCtv]

Ich hätte damals den Segelschein machen sollen, einfach Klasse was ihr macht👍

[@rampe5610]

Great video mate. Bet that wasnt a comfortable feeling being only 250m above ground level at one point 😉😁

[@ADRENERGlC]

That astromech in the plane sure is helpful

[@venomishe]

Enjoyed a lot ... that was a very tough low save :-)

[@SteFly]

I was really happy to get a thermal there. Thank you! :-)

[@andreasschwarz3359]

wow, was für ein schönes Hobby. Ich frage mich immer wieder wie die Piloten hier in Hamburg Aufwinde finden. Danke für das Tolle Video.

[@hans-peterhegmann2895]

Hallo Andreas, genauso wie in Karlsruhe - immer schön suchen und die Augen und Ohren offenhalten ... ;-)

[@steve_neuser]

Outstanding flight and congratulations on an impressive achievement, Stefan! You flew near my current home airfield of Weiden in der Oberpfalz on your first leg, which was nice to see. Great job!

[@towhidulislam1]

Great to watch! Amazing how the glider pilots can even think of flying so high without an engine! You even dont seem to worry a little! Great scenario! But I dont understand how you can raise your altitude?

[@niconico3907]

He looks for bubbles of warm rising air under the clouds, and go in them.

[@phoeteus]

Sehr geil! Hattest du Wasser noch drin als du tief warst?

[@SteFly]

Das Wasser hatte ich schon ein paar Kilometer vorher abgelassen.

[@Slazlo-Brovnik]

@@SteFly Aprops Wasserlassen. Hat man da ne Flasche mit oder so? 10 Stunden....

[@fahadfawad1]

Just awesome 😎. Give my heartiest regards to your dad.

[@coalachaos6486]

Geil! Stefan, ich hab mit 13 das Segelfliegen angefangen, woraus mein heutiger Beruf wurde. Auch wenn man jeden Tag fliegt, ist es immer was Besonderes. Aber an das Segelfliegen, was ich selbst über 10 Jahre aktiv gemacht habe, kommt nichts ran. Leider macht es mich auch etwas traurig, dass ich jetzt keine Zeit mehr für dieses zeitintensive Hobby habe. Aber wer weiß, vielleicht kommt es ja nochmal zurück. Auf jeden Fall: Glückwunsch zum 1000er - Das ist ja der Traum eines jeden, umso schöner wenn es klappt - Und nach OLC sieht das auch nach ner ganz entspannten Sache aus. Wie wärs denn mal mit nem 500er in einer Ka6? Oder 300er in einer Ka8? Das wär mal ne schöne Challenge ;)

[@davidsoasti]

Fantástico video! Muchas gracias!

[@hugogirod1606]

Well done Stefan!!

[@SteFly]

Thanky Hugo!!

[@MorDarek]

Congratulations Stefan for your achivement! :) Great job! :)

[@rovinronin1473]

Hi Stefan, congratulation for the flying skills and nerves! ;) Super flight, greatly filmed!

[@SteFly]

Thank you! ;)

[@jared123123]

Great video. Not too knowledgeable about gliders but damn, that’s amazing distance

[@dleebox2268]

My first time watching 1 of these videos, pretty interesting, lots of distance covered by good skills& good equiptment, nice job my freind, i'm seriously awed & impressed, i'm no stranger to flying.

[@arlindocarvalho256]

661 - Amazing! Congratulations Stefan!!! Super!!!

[@SteFly]

Thank you!!

[@christophostrowski3382]

Das ist sooo schön zuzusehen

[@Berkov1]

Amazing fly and amazing video. Thanks!

[@heinzmiesmann248]

Klasse! Ein tolles Video.

[@Peter-qu3wp]

Klasse Video. Ich möchte selber auch mit dem Fliegen beginnen, leider bleibt mir neben dem Studium nicht genug Zeit fürchte ich. Wie machst du das mit dem Toilettengang, wenn du 10 Stunden unterwegs bist?:D

[@henrih3080]

Ok vielleicht lässt es sich ja vielleicht doch irgendwie organisieren? Wäre für mich auch interessant was du studierst, weil ich gerade überlege was ich studiere und ob ich überhaupt studiere!

[@56932982]

Wie das mit der Toilette funktioniert hat Stefan in seinem Video "Flying my Sailplane AT HOME! | ASG29 18 meter" gezeigt... ;-) Zeit neben dem Studium: Nim dir die Zeit! Ich hatte zum Ende meines Studiums eine stressige Phase, weil ich schon Arbeiten ging. Ich habe mir bewusst Freizeit genommen um abzuschalten und nicht auszubrennen. Vielleicht fängst du mit Gleitschirm fliegen an. Der Lernaufwand ist deutlich geringer, die Ausbildung typisch schneller absolviert. Man braucht keine Helfer und keine Infrastruktur wie Winde oder Schleppflugzeug. Ein zugelassener Startplatz an einem Hügel reicht und man kann von dort alleine los fliegen. Das "Flugzeug" gehört einem selbst und es passt in einen Rucksack. Nur 1000 km an einem Tag fliegen, dass schafft man nicht mit einem Gleitschirm. ;-)

[@E620SE]

Gleitschirmfliegen ist super 👍 Luft und Raumfahrttechnik studieren passt auch gut

[@StefanoBorini]

in the uk retracting the gear on tow would be considered very dangerous. you don't want to do anything else but focus on the tow until you release to prevent any chance for tug upset, and you absolutely want to have the gear down if the cable snaps or releases at that height. drag at that time is the least of your concerns. you have a big plane pulling you up and you tend to overtake it anyway.

[@falsephilosphy4048]

You are a very good pilot 👍👍

[@patricklangan5670]

Very nice indeed. I thoroughly enjoyed that. Well done.

[@user-sf9pq5ox7w]

2022 watched, well done!! Nice speed up footage. Good conditions and good glider.

[@dion6146]

Well done! Great flying.

[@thestimp2]

Love your videos, great job!

[@philtdi]

Well done Stefan, another great video for XC training.

[@OnlyThomasHayes]

Das ist wirklich cool. Ich möchte das eines Tages versuchen.