3900km TRAVEL BY GLIDER ! Cut-off by Heavy Thunderstorm Ep. 1

3900km travel by glider trip across Europe in only 7 days.
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[@DarthWindu06]

You’re really living the dream😄

[@SteFly]

Really??

[@jme104]

Great accomplishment, congrats .And all that with the great club class LS3 .

[@SteFly]

Thank you. A pure adventure with a pure glider 👍

[@palleh.jensen4648]

Pure flying.

[@azdrippin5432]

First time ever finding out that gliders literally fly using ONLY thermals, absolutely mind boggling that such a plane can go so great of a distance using an initial jump in the beginning. Just amazes me that your constantly scanning your area and readings for thermal drafts don't know how you maintain such a easy head. Phenomenal work Lad.

[@chrsfincher]

KZbin suggested your channel because I've been looking up vr msfs gliding videos and let me just say that looks like an absolute blast.

[@SteFly]

Thank you. Much better than MSFS videos, isn't it?

[@chrsfincher]

@@SteFly o man its so much clearer lol I can't wait till sim update 10 I hope they get the thermals working properly

[@BloxBlintz]

Same

[@vidvuds1]

Yay new upload

[@storBoomer]

Hi Stefan, what a journey! Really looking forward to the next episodes, that seems to become a very challenging and yet very rewarding trip! Thank you for taking us along for the ride and especially for detailing your strategic thoughts - it's super interesting to gain a look "behind the scenes" of your trip and how you deal with the challences you've been facing. Lovely to see the great hospitality in Marpingen as well! :)

[@salnichols94805]

I love these XC trips, especially when faced with the no landing out challenges. Mad skills.

[@SteFly]

This makes it a proper challenge but I can also imagine to use an electric self-launch glider some day :D Thank you!!

[@Hawkeye948]

Großartig !!! I wish you peaceful skies for the rest of your vacation.

[@avi8tor330]

Hi Stefan, thank you for taking us along with you on your journey. Super exciting video with a lot of decision making! Can‘t wait for the next episode. Take care, Martin

[@TheIronbark]

I really enjoy these video. It allows me to experience they joy and sense of accomplishment right alongside you albeit vicariously. Please keep them coming

[@SteFly]

Thank you! 🙏

[@krismoff5749]

Great vid! Looking forward to the next episodes!

[@hyime69]

Hi Stefan Great to see the European Gliding Scene is still as friendly as ever I flew in the then West Germany while serving in the RAF in the 1980's from a number of clubs We had 3 Military clubs then and we flew from Venlo in Holland, Kamp Limpfort, Borken Hoxfeld, Emmerich, while flying from our 2 clubs on the German Holland boarder. Then while at Gutersloh we flew from Orlinghausen, Vennebeck, Buckieburg, Achmer and a few others I can't remember fun fun days loved my Gliding there and Love your VLOG's

[@gilnemesis3547]

Hi Stefan, what a pleasure to follow you. For sure the Best way to enjoy holidays, isnt'it ? Keep on sharing WE love that way of life. 💪👍🥳🤩🤩🤩

[@ChessInTheAir]

Awesome - very cool to be able to stuff everything you need into the tiny space behind your seat. To pull this off in the US you'd have to bring your own tow plane or - in Bruno's case - your own winch. There just aren't enough glider operations that you would be able to get off the ground the next day without that. Look forward to the next episode!

[@Julian-wd8ym]

9:57 I was swimming in that lake 2 days ago :D Its in my village lol. I think I should start with my gliding license... that looks so nice

[@SteFly]

Wow, how cool is that!? Go to the club and ask them for a trial flight and then start your training. You won´t regrett it ;)

[@Julian-wd8ym]

@@SteFly yes, Im sure U wont :D

[@endlesssejg719]

Ich liebe deine Videos bin 14 und hab mich dieses Jahr freigeflogen mach weiter so 👍💪

[@svenhustedt8872]

gratulation ich fang am wochenende mein schnupperkurs an 🙂

[@martinleineweber4785]

@@svenhustedt8872 sehr schön Du kannst dich auf was freuen

[@svenhustedt8872]

@@martinleineweber4785 ja ich freu mich mega :-) hab vor 2 wochen nen gastflug gemacht das war der wahnsinn mit ner ask 13 waren wa unterwegs gleich thermik gefunden und gekurbelt auf 1020m

[@SteFly]

Sehr geil, glückwunsch!! Dann fängt der Spaß erst so richtig an :D

[@endlesssejg719]

@@SteFly vielen Dank 😊 ja ich fliege schon seid ich 12 bin und bin dieses Jahr zum ersten Mal auf Strecke gegangen mit Fluglehrer 400km sind wir geflogen kannst du dir wenn du willst auf weglide anschauen Emil Grebe heiße ich da 🙂

[@rheinbit]

Thanks a lot for the vids... we've realized such trips in the 80th - called it "Eurocup - initialized from Aachen flight buddies. But in the last years, we make nothing... really nothing. Thank you Steve for the inspiration. Perhaps I can talk about it with my buddies and we make similar flights... Thank you, Roger.

[@M4Mnetwork]

Amazing flight and very good judgment on your part!

[@romanfinkenzeller4828]

Great shots and well done motion transferring. Excited to see the next video. 👍🏻

[@SteFly]

Thank you mate!

[@user-dm4kn9uj9t]

I like watching you flying under the clouds, Under the clouds scenery so beautiful

[@spanishforbeginnerswithahm512]

I'm happy you had a fun time

[@Baguette1424]

Awesome video! Keep up the good work!

[@carmelonold1090]

Great gliding, fun attempt 👏

[@daveharveys]

Really addictive viewing , the scratching through the Alps had me on the edge of my seat😁

[@jeckrop]

Richtig cooles Video Stefan! Weiter so❤❤

[@thomaskolb8785]

What a great adventure, I enjoyed every second of it!

[@Jason-33W]

Who needs to buy a regular type plane. You can just glide for nearly any expense. That's just awesome. Watching this channel is making me want to get into gliders now.

[@chrishamilton4999]

if you join a club and hire its aircraft, and launch off a winch, it can be quite affordable.

[@dmytronitz4292]

Richtig nice, ich bin gespannt auf das Video aus Königsdorf, da fliege ich 😉

[@tylerk2533]

I always enjoy your videos cheers flying

[@SteFly]

Thank you for the support!

[@anderslundberg1580]

Bästa 🙌🤗❤️

[@georgesheffield1580]

This reminds me of Cindy and Ion flying across the US in hang gliders in stages or Larry Tudor's record hang glider distance records in hang gliders ( 500 +km) or a ladies in Hobbs NM flying a 100 km triangle in a sail plane and starting her final 150 km from the start with a straight in approach . Good job, efficiency

[@knowledgebyte]

Great flying. Get a metal bottle instead of the plastic one. Then you can have nice cool, non plasticised water. As always, inspirational flying Stefan. Did you have to radio your intention’s over the military airfield at all? They had a lot of Boeing C-17 globe masters down there. We have those locally out of Fairford in the UK. Really big planes! I used to fly locally and occasionally I would spot Hercules 130 down below at circa 500’ AGL doing low level exercises. Moons ago I used to service them.

[@ArnulfKoch]

3800km across Europe - what a great move. I admire you for your flight adventures.

[@SteFly]

Thank you Arnulf!!

[@tedstriker4278]

Cooles Abenteuer 😍

[@dietergalle]

Was für ein Krimi! Vielen Dank fürs Mitnehmen. Hat Freude gemacht dabei zu sein!

[@SteFly]

War auch für mich spannend im Flugzeug, auch wenn ich mir viel Stress hätte ersparen können :D

[@b_wisniewski]

Epic!

[@mite339]

Really cool that you got to see the doomsday plane!

[@WinstonFord]

Epic journey. Would be cool to see airspeed and elevation in corner of frame.

[@CyclingMikey]

Fantastic video! I have a question - how straight are you making the string when thermalling? I'm interested from what is more efficient. :)

[@SteFly]

I try to have it as good in the center as possible. Slightly to the outside is also ok...

[@gentlemanner]

Nice adventure! I enjoyed this video a lot and am looking forward for the next episodes. Thanks for sharing.

[@oshadilakshini2878]

be safe more ❤world best

[@TommyOlsson]

Lovely flight for day 1 even if you didnt got all the way :-)

[@justme.9711]

I see your glider is a LS3. I just starting to learn about gliders, but you seem to have a good financial backing and that bird is quite old now and a relatively lower glide ratio 40:1 [ wikipedia, lol ] I thought closer to 50:1 would be needed to win a contest [ I'm very wrong ]. So could you do a vid on the reality of what is important in a glider, because I and many others really don't know what you and the other guys who have been living the dream know. This could save wasting what is to me and many others a LOT of money on what is not really needed/desired. Thank you for your time Stefan.

[@ulfhelkmann9592]

i love your channel

[@michaelshillin1983]

That looks ace having breakfast once your up in them views is a idea

[@EBaker0129]

Ahhh beer and pizza!!! We love it in California too!!

[@crow2638]

😂😂😂👌Der isst da oben ganz gemütlich ey ich brech ab😂👍👍

[@allenmj5409]

You deserve more views

[@phmwu7368]

Long distance flying, so long times in the cockpit... flying the glider / sailplane " In Trim " must be important to get some comfort 🧐

[@svenhustedt8872]

cooles video

[@pavankalyan7404]

I gonna binge this series now ✌️✌️ will u take any permission while flying on air bases like the one you showed in the video

[@waynecarter6465]

Hi Stefan, love your vids! Did the luggage restrict the cockpit vent airflow? Thanks!

[@DemonLordGamingAC0]

Insane that something without an engine can fly so far

[@Ibishu683]

I would also like to ask what navigation equipment you used ( vfr waypoints or GPS or other). And also in what airspace you as a glider can fly?

[@altbrotjungbrot]

Really nice video! Quick question: why do you sometimes gray out the lower left part of your class cockpit screen? Just curious.

[@gebord]

Thanks for this share ! Flying over military bases is impossible in France. They protect their area like if you should be a terrorist ....!

[@eduardasjurkoit7599]

Video - Bomba! And super idea 🤘 By the way, what kind of evario device do you have there on the right bottom side🙂?

[@SteFly]

It's a prototype device

[@eduardasjurkoit7599]

You better let us know about it 😉

[@TapioBlue]

Do many pilots attempt this sort of adventure? How is the reception by other clubs when you arrive? Are they amazed?

[@DayLight9382]

Die Trinkflaschen mit grosser Öffnung haben ab und an Vorteile 🤪

[@DanFrederiksen]

It's pretty bizarre that it can rise in a steep bank turn. The aerodynamics design must be so superior to typical planes

[@andreal5445]

Where is this place and how can you land in any field you want? :) Watched this with my 4yo son, we loved your adventures!

[@grrandinu6538]

i will do this one day🤩🤩

[@sepixsound]

I would have assumed one is not allowed into Ramstein Airspace, how does that work actually? Are gliders allowed to fly wherever they want?

[@Studiokularis]

hello guys, i like your glader plane

[@yesfull]

Wow luar biasa bisa glader sejauh itu

[@legorj35]

1:58 Isn't it theoretically possible to launch from a mountain slope like paragliders?

[@arthurrobey7177]

A Saxon at play. If you wish to remain true Freyans then the great voyages of your men must flow from the lips of of your wives and daughters. The Oera Linda. You must tell them of the sea-heroes, of their mighty deeds and distant voyages. All these stories must be told by the fireside and in the field, wherever it may be, in times of joy or sorrow; and if you wish to impress it on the brains and the hearts of your sons, you must let it flow through the lips of your wives and your daughters.

[@fernmoss3539]

In the book "Seven Eves" there is a craft which IIRC, reaches high altitudes unpowered. Is the lack of pressurization the only thing keeping sailplanes out of the stratosphere?

[@EneriGiilaan]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perlan_Project The goal is to beat the level flight height record of SR-71 of 26 km. Seems that the current (unofficial) Perlan record is 22 km.

[@dichoseadepaso]

what does that beeping indicate? pitch?

[@bengordon9352]

How can you fly a glider next to an airbase while not in atc communication?

[@crow2638]

Von welchem flugplatz Start?

[@martinleineweber4785]

Hey very nice Video. Quick question: how is the Programm in 2:54 called?

[@marijnfotos9877]

Hey, the program is called ayvri

[@martinleineweber4785]

@@marijnfotos9877 thanks

[@SteFly]

Yep, you can see it in the upper left corner. A free web based application ;)

[@PJH1111]

How do you manage weight and balance? I’m on the limit for my airplane, but would like to travel by glider someday. Guess I’ll have to go on a diet first :D

[@SteFly]

Fortunately I´m at the lower limit with myself and the parachute (about 80 kg) and I have 25-30 kg left. But I was able to feel the difference between this setup and the setup when I flew the nationals.

[@Polymerbob]

I must ask you. Does your glider have a restroom?

[@aid5671]

what do the beeping noises mean?

[@boboblocksberg]

krank

[@roycephantom9053]

How much does a glider cost?

[@esmeraldaikki4069]

Amazing! Gliders can get kinetic power from the airflow if they are manipulated properly, right? I think this will make aircraft cleanest transportation facility in future.

[@CalebNorthNorman]

👍

[@Godsplan778]

explain how to you keep in air like this tell the fly hack how to you get so up

[@SteFly]

@@randomguyinanglider Short and precise!

[@Artem_38.]

За счёт чего создаётся тяга ?

[@rajatkhajuria8759]

I am so confused.How this glider flies how it maintains altitude .can someone help me how it flies.

[@janschatteman3873]

Wow, i could not believe my eyes seeing you so close, almost over, a major airfield ... i'm assuming it's allowed but still, not the most common thing i think?

[@SteFly]

They only have a small CTR, which is not so high.

[@abdomedia7509]

Camera problems change your Ntsc to Pal so you can avoid the line in your videos, you are in Europe so the light for video is Pal .

[@Ibishu683]

Hello, I would like to ask id you need to file a flight plan before flying a glider.

[@SteFly]

Not in Germany but sometimes when you cross a border. For the next flight to France, Felix filed a flight plan for both of us ;)

[@Ibishu683]

Thank you

[@Ibishu683]

I would also like to ask what navigation equipment you used ( vfr waypoints or GPS or other). And also in what airspace you as a glider can fly?

[@user-ir6fn6mq9l]

Привет от Игоря

[@juliwankenobi759]

Wie gehst du auf die Toilette?

[@AnkitSingh-up2zr]

Are there any laws or limitations for flying glider like how does authorities know what is this thing flying near border and even in cities it can be dangerous? So do government cause any issue ? What are the rules for glider flying?

[@SteFly]

In Europe the borders are not really a problem and we have some forbidden airspace + regulations.

[@hirudomortifer4633]

@@SteFly on that note: doesnt Rammstein have a control zone? the card i looked up is rather old so im not sure if its acurate...

[@groslait7814]

i found two drone like airplanes were doing circle around my house, then i am trying to figure what it is …..

[@niels_wntjs5377]

Ist es normal, dass man die Ls3 mit 100 Kurbelt? Nicht eher mit 90 und weniger?

[@SteFly]

Ist immer ein Zusammenspiel aus Querneigung und Fahrt. Generell kurbel ich sehr steil mit ca 45 Grad... und die Masse + Schwerpunkt war auch anders als bei meinen Flügen davor. Mit angezeigten 90 km/h kann ich die LS3 kaum kreisen

[@thomasthornton5737]

😀👍👍❤

[@InDeinenFernetBrancaGepisst]

Krass! Aber was habt ihr gemacht, wenn einer kacken musste?

[@konradwaldenburger]

Hast du nicht Angst vor Blitzschlag? Was würde eigentlich passieren, wenn der Blitz in den Flieger schlägt... einen Metallkäfig hat der doch nicht, oder?

[@rainerreubelt1259]

Echte Kerle/Frauen brauchen keinen Motor :-) Sauber 🙂

[@gerrixx9704]

Das Vario würde mir ja dermaßen auf den Keks gehen…oder ist das nur im Video so dominant?

[@SteFly]

Das ist immernoch der Ton welcher vom Handy (XCSoar) generiert wird, weil das Prototypenvario noch kein Soundboard hat. Das Handy ist auch ziemich nah an der Kamera... Ich finde es wichtiger, dass das Vario gut funktioniert und mit der Dauer kann man damit leben

[@k.r.837]

Was blendest Du da immer aus im Display unten links?

[@SteFly]

Das ist eine Zentrierhilfe, die beim Kreisen eingeblendet wird ;)

[@MichaelMueller1717]

🙏🙏🙏🍀🙏🙏🙏

[@abnlibya3281]

How much does the plane cost

[@eckiger_luki6424]

yes

[@vasiliterkin9842]

+Успехов

[@janstadelmann5116]

was ist der schwarze knüppel links?

[@SteFly]

Der Wölbklappenhebel

[@janstadelmann5116]

@@SteFly danke