This is how a glider flight should go

[@Pricklyhedgehog72]

Spent a lot of time up this way in the early 2000s at my first teaching job at Te Kuiti High School. One of my coworkers was an avid parasailer, which makes sense given all the hills to launch from. Enjoyed exploring the various roads, and popping into Kawhia from time to time. Fun to see this beautiful part of the country from the air!

[@GC987]

Well done - that's your best video I've seen for proving situational awareness & taking the viewer along for the ride. So very helpful to appreciate where on each leg of the task you are and where the wind is coming from and what the issues were. Excellent coverage - thanks very much !!! Looked like a nice day (although I've found flying in the blue can be both a bit hairy & hot work).

[@PureGlide]

Thank you very much!

[@Will-ui7dv]

+1 to this! I really liked how you were talking about your land-out options as you were going. Very useful for upcoming cross-country pilots.

[@chrisj800]

What I like about your videos is your voice is clear. Other pilots have too much wind noise so not sure if your canopy is better sealed or if you have a better or closer microphone. Look forward to more videos.

[@PureGlide]

Hi yeah the secret I think is having the camera mounted right next to my head! And I usually keep the window shut while talking to the camera. Plus I'm normally going really slowly haha

[@Droladnap]

I love your channel! I am currently working on my private pilots license in the USA your channel has shown lots of practical applications of things I’ve learned in ground school you especially helped me learning air currents which I was struggling with till I found your channel and saw the relations between terrain and the air. I can not thank you enough ❤

[@PureGlide]

Thank you! I wish you safe and fun flying!

[@carnivaltym]

I could watch these for hours!

[@PureGlide]

You're in luck, there are hours of footage on the channel! haha

[@colinkellynz]

Thanks Tim for another picturesque lesson in the fine art of cross-country gliding.

[@CLdriver1960]

I really appreciate the running commentary, it’s like a real-time lesson in Meteorology!

[@PureGlide]

:)

[@charlieirvin5898]

So nice seeing raglan from the sky again!

[@genec9560]

Used to live in the ‘naki and flew gliders a bit there too, cool to watch you fly over to the west coast!

[@denniscook390]

I've done that flight a few time although never when it was as blue as yours. It's a great trip west of Hamilton, the Drury pilots do it all the time.

[@PureGlide]

Yeah there were just enough clouds, I suspect it looked bluer in the camera than it actually was, as the clouds were always very small. On the other hand when I turned around at the bottom end I really was a bit shocked how blue it looked behind me!

[@christopherstevenson9737]

Nice job again Tim. Like how you explain your thought process (while still flying the ship; multi-tasking). And that you speed up the slow/boring sections! I see you covering up your smart phone w a blue towel. Have the same issue in Mojave desert. Has anyone devised a better solution? I made a foam piece that fits on the ARM suction phone holder. Sort of a “shield” piece. But not quite fixing the over heating issue as yet. Any bright ideas welcome.

[@PureGlide]

I think the best idea for the phone is to divert some vent air onto the back of the phone. And also provide a bit of a shade cover. I’ll do that soon I think

[@patedwards6968]

That was simply stunning. What a great way to spend a day.

[@PureGlide]

Glad you enjoyed it! Cheers for watching

[@jme104]

Congrats . You're lucky to have the cloud base that high in the winter and close to the sea . Here in western Europe , it's summer and saterday was a very good day with clouds at 6000 ft .

[@PureGlide]

Hi this flight was in January :) right now we have 300 feet cloud base many days! haha

[@jme104]

@@PureGlide So it's was in summer, OK .

[@airlogic]

Just awesome skills Tim.. Amazing watching your airspeed up by the Firth of Thames. 100kts is really quick. Pure Glide and Pure NZ should team up! You are a fantastic ambassador for showing off our home.

[@PureGlide]

Haha I must have been feeling very confident! Things slowed down a lot once the clouds started running out :) Cheers

[@LSVFlachkurbler]

if you check your path at 8:40 you will see that you where flying to much directly under the clouds and in sink because the thermal triggers for the cloud lines where the hills to your right. Often these cloud lines are created somewhere and then drift away with the wind and its better to ask where they might habe been created. Sometimes there are already new whisps appearing at this source.

[@PureGlide]

Yeah great point!

[@lautoka63]

@@PureGlide Well, I started my engine at Mangakino, then hit a thermal over the paddocks and a better one across the river where you found lift. Now I know about the lake breeze.

[@stevemclennan1257]

For some reason your vid's haven't popped up for a long time, then this. That was a goody, thanks.

[@PureGlide]

Ha the 'some reason' is that I haven't made any videos for a couple of weeks! Glad you liked it, cheers

[@walterlown6308]

nice one Tim...thought we had missed out on a good day until i saw it was last year!😂

[@PureGlide]

Yeah would you believe that was not today :O haha

[@IgorVolkov]

New Zealand... My distant dream...

[@PureGlide]

One day!

[@alanmydland5210]

Well done

[@PureGlide]

Thanks

[@johnrobertson9945]

Did you end up buying HAWK after the trial? Instant wind is a lifesaver around Mangakino

[@PureGlide]

Yes sure did. Although this video was well before that. It would have been handy, I might have picked the breeze earlier (or maybe not if it was underneath me)

[@wearemany73]

The squeaky bum altitude is 2k ehh? 😊

[@pauldonnelly7949]

Another great vid, thanks for posting. A question, when was this filmed? If recently it's looking pretty dry all over for mid winter..

[@PureGlide]

Yeah January in the middle of summer! It was at the beginning of the video :)

[@georgiaschofield9596]

🔥

[@alexanderSydneyOz]

Just as a matter of interest, could you have stayed aloft and done the loop again?

[@PureGlide]

Possibly!

[@AndrewJonkers]

Nice. I grew up just North of your Northern point. How much attention do you pay to the type of vegetation below you? I get it about lift coming off slopes, but does differing vegetation noticeably affect thermals and if so how big a patch is needed? Maybe coincidence but I noticed you following grass/forest divide sometimes but maybe this is just code for flat/hilly?

[@PureGlide]

When I get lower I do tend to focus more on the vegetation, but when higher it's all about the clouds generally!

[@TijsVsN]

Great video

[@PureGlide]

Thanks!

[@xavierlopez7273]

Hi Tim, I love what you do. I am trying to record videos also from my glider but I am struggling with the set up. Any advice on what mount to use (I have a GoPro Hero 8)....where to fix it.....how to make it stick ? :-) ..... ideally I would like to find a mount where I can orientate a little bit the camera during the flight. thanks a lot!

[@PureGlide]

Hi same camera as me! Yeah I use the GoPro suction cup mount, with the gopro swivel (so I can turn it quickly) gopro.com/en/us/shop/mounts-accessories/swivel-camera-mount/ABJQR-001.html and that's attached to a snap mounts so I can quickly and easily move it to the front by hand: snapmounts.com The key trick is to mount it beside your shoulder so the microphone is as close to your mouth as possible. Good audio is more important than anything else! And I turn vario volume down and keep the window closed when talking to the camera generally. Hope that helps

[@xavierlopez7273]

@@PureGlide Tim - just to say thank you for the advice you gave me some time ago. I did chang my set up and tried it in the Alps: kzbin.info/www/bejne/d2XSfIOhit53fZo OK this is not New Zealand but the Alps for gliding in Europe is still pretty good. Anyway - love your videos I will try posting some of mine as well Thanks again and God speed

[@MFPrice2222]

Question, why the double yaw string and so far forward on the canopy? There is probably an excellent reason (apologies for my not knowing). - MP

[@PureGlide]

Hi a few reasons, luckily I made a video about it! Two Yaw Strings? That's Crazy! kzbin.info/www/bejne/hYOcq32tmKyrpbM

[@1littlelee]

i have flown out of drury a few times

[@PureGlide]

Awesome! Yeah got pretty close to Drury that flight

[@PJH1111]

Was that a burp at 9.30? :D

[@PureGlide]

I noticed that too after publishing the video! Maybe?! I don't know! It's a bit uncouth

[@gonegliding2966]

coulda woulda shoulda - words spoken by most of us after the event! 🙂 Clouds that lied? well I never Great video Tim! Glad its not just me that struggles sometimes

[@PureGlide]

Thanks! Don’t worry I struggle every flight in some way :)

[@TheInvoice123]

Parachute?

[@PureGlide]

Always

[@brushitoff503]

Ahh G'day Tim! First!

[@PureGlide]

Congrats mate!

[@brushitoff503]

@@PureGlide Like it matters ha ha. Had to do it. Great video man with some questionable choices & a good result, but What The Heck Would I know, I haven't flown a Glider in years & have never been to NZ ha ha & your a CFI! Cheers mate.

[@PureGlide]

@@brushitoff503 It's so funny, here in NZ 'CFI' is Chief Flying Instructor. Each gliding club has to have one. They are the big honcho so to speak. So definitely not a CFI. But am an instructor :)