Spectacular Glider Touchdown in Rain | 15 m LS8-e neo | Pavullo 🇮🇹
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Nice sightseeing tour of Pavullo city during the traffic pattern. At the last competition day of the 1st e-glide contest it was very difficult to get back home to the airfield. The finish cylinder was big enough to stay out of the rain shower and still finish the task. With a lot of patience I managed to climb with thermals above the final glide path and also used the FES to gain some more meters. Unfortunately you are not allowed to use the FES in rain and there are no outlanding fields north of Pavullo.
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Props to the cameraman for filming and playing the flute at the same time. Respect
Underrated comment
Pepsi.. Out of my nose...
@@ARCHIEcfj ty! ❤️ i've nevel had this much likes lol
@@GetawayFilms lol im glad i made u laugh
lol.
This game graphics is mindblowingly realistic
😂😂😂
Good day. I feel dumb now but at some point in the video, my mind was already made up that it was a game and I was looking for it's name in the description.
Yeah but it needs raytracing looks like a 7/10 for me
Me at 2:06 : Nooo what are you doing?? going out of the landing track will decrease your score!!
Shadows are all wrong, short view distance, blurry textures. 5/10
This video is perfect! Beautiful scenery and weather, thrilling descent over buildings, smooth touchdown. And it isn't unnecessarily 20 minutes long.
S to the tefan Stefan here with another INTENSE landing situation in crazy weather. But first please like, subscribe, and comment for more. OK so just to set up the situation for you and what's going on today - i have been given an amazing opportunity (thanks to my sponsors OpenVario and Cloud Dancers, please check them out online links below) like I said an amazing opportunity to practice landings IN THE RAIN in this beautiful setting. I don't want to spoil what happens for you so let's just take a look.
I have been a private pilot since 1978 and that low approach hadmy back side puckered up. Great final and landing !!
😵💫🤮
Pretty normal sailplaning.
@@kishascape Landing was NOT the issue but the low approach
I don’t even like low approaches with an engine up front.
Man. To be that low over buildings with no engine. You gotta know what you’re doing. That’s impressive.
@Dhritiman course this is real
@Dhritiman bro wtf are you talking about
@Dhritiman boo
It has an electric motor up front with a folding prop that he could use if needed.
I KNOW - you dont have much of a margin of error...
1:28 that smooth landing was extremely satisfying
내말이. That's what I'm saying
I was focused and serious watching the flight and hard banking, then when he landed smoothly i just smiled from ear to ear.
Ikr
BUTTER.
@Dark Knight wait that u?
surprising how responsive the controls are, looked like a dream to fly in what looked like pretty light winds
After watching this video a second time, i believe, I looked at it much differently, the way you circled the airstrip and bled off airspeed was mesmerizing, everything just came together like a fine symphony, tremendous piloting skills. Thank you once again for a great flight and landing.
In a storm no less. Very satisfying video.
the silence of flight without engines is spooky.
Ofc
@@BradenN_lx Produce a sentence or ''stfu'' and get back to fartnoit.
@@rocksparadox ikr! Smh
I was flying a small single engine aircraft when the engine failed. Two things stood out from that experience. One was the relative silence, the other was the big chunk of metal sticking up in front of me.
Am I crazy that I think that gliders would be so much safer than any type of small plane Like if you really did the research on how to fly them properly I know if you do turns too tightly are probably other ways probably are other ways that it can become a very unsafe situation very quickly but as far as mechanical failure goes I feel like they would be much safer than old Cessna airplanes Are old small airplanes that did not make enough power because of the climate or the weather of the day and maybe that is pilot are because they didn't take off properly but still obviously you still have to get a toe up there so you're still relying on a pilot to catch you out there but I hope my line of logic is not totally unreasonable
Damn, this man is living his life.
No,he's flying his flight.
yea
@@BobbyTucker wew you right bro
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@RESPECT MY AUTHORITY no body needs to know about your d. Keep in to yourself.
The raindrops looks like stars, beautiful.
beautiful
1:25 The change in perceived speed as we see the runaway only few feets away is mindblowing.
A few year ago I flew on a small light plane in to Malaga. I was behind the pilots. Things seem very calm and the runway looks tiny and all of a sudden everything just jumps up at you. Very nerve racking (they had a curtain they were supposed to shut for take of and landing but the was only two passengers on the plane so they let me watch)
The rain on the windshield looks like hes entering hyper speed lol
I thought they were birds lol
Fellow starwars fan?
lol
RB_SPLICE lol ikr
Looks cool, getting confused; birds,rain or what?😂😂
Some people live life. The rest of us just watch them on KZhead.
Most underrated comment on god
Luckily I'm not one of them
Some people die bcos of starvation least of all having access to KZhead to watch anything at all. I'm just trying to make you feel better. Also just wanted to make a point
And some people just don't give a fuck about gliding..
astronauts and astronomers...
Wow Fantastic Video. Thanks for making my lunch break exciting!!
What do you do for work?
@@ArbitraryLifestyle weirdo
@@davidstockman1456 imagine being normal.
@@ArbitraryLifestyle r U those the cereal killer?
@@dxshawn532 yes! I don't even put the milk back in the refrigerator. Just keep pouring and eating.
People who fly gliders are truly special... no engine, solely rely on their skills for reading wind patterns. Incredible, I know I couldn't do it.
Sure you could. It's a learned skill.
@@kaibe5241 very good comment this have a like.
You can!
@@djenzskithemanzski7810 agreed.
I leaned to fly one when I was 22 years old. It was one of the high pionts of my life!! Never forgot it.
That was awesome. I just went from terrified of flying to wanting to be a pilot in 2 min. Cheers.
PromiseValueZero1123 piloting is a wonderful thing
My exact thoughts that was wonderful
Same
Yeah me too but i still have my reasonable doubts to not do it
Cringe.
The rain drops on the windshield are so relaxing
that are nice pixel shaders
@@davidvincent380 wat
This approach is on fire 😍😍😍
Filming. Flying. Flute playing. All at the same time. Superb Skills.
Guy dressed in shirt and shorts, just another day in GTA V
Does he have a rebreather or bullet proof helmet
@@deon7520 i see you got the joke
@@BiasN yeah I laughed way more then I should have that took me out😂
Mauahahah
😂😂😂😂😂
When he's getting lower but heading in the opposite direction to the runway my heart beat faster
Same here. :D
I held my breath when he was about to touch down.
Dude just passed the runway at a few thousand feet altitude early in the video and he's dropping fast! That's when my heart started to act up and that tiny voice in the back of my brain said, "...uh-oh, this might end very badly...!" OMG! Why do you do this to me?! Then I realized that I forgot about the absolutely amazing glide ratio that all Gliders have!!)
yeah and then I remind myself that gliders can fly far distances even when close to the ground.
No problem, if it doesn't line up right he can always do a go-around...oops.
That landing was sooooo clean
This was amazing! Also feels like the flying car scenes from Blade Runner.
That's as smooth a landing as ive ever seen. Well done.
I noticed that too ... very smooth landing.
Very sophisticated soar plane. This is NOT this guy's first day in the air. Very light rain and a 3 knot head wind. Put that all together and the angst seems to drop all away.
@@63bplumb I mean, if it was his first time it would have been far more dramatic (perhaps even making the news due to a crash or miracle landing cuz trainer blacks out or sumn) so yeah. Still, my congratulations is similar to why people clap after the pilots of their planes touch down safely. It's always nice to see someone landing smoothly be it a total noob or the creator of all aircrafts XD.
Check out bruno Vassel's channel. He has one that is so smooth the only way you can tell he is down is you hear the wheel starting to spin. Its pretty cool. kzhead.info/sun/h7qfetuNeoWrmHk/bejne.html
Butter
Microsoft Flight Sim 2020 looks amazing
I think the above is running on an entry level rig
This is Msfs 2030
I thought it is real
Still cant run it over 40fps with a RTX 3090..
@@SwegGodMaster they still havent optimized it? i havent touched the game since the week of release because it was struggling to maintain above 40 on my 2070 S.
Great video Stefan, thanks for sharing! I’m getting my SPL at Pavullo so it was really exciting to find your video and the rest of cool & useful stuff you have in your social media! Keep the good work!👏🏾👏🏾
Beautiful approach and touchdown. Thanks for sharing!
That landing was BUTTERRRR 👌🏼👌🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Bruh, that was possibly the best glider landing I've seen.
Andrew Talsness Let’s go Braves!!!
Michael Steele Aviation It’s our year!!!
Yep
You fly that glider like it’s a F-18... Love it
😁😁👍
That's the first time I've seen a glider conduct an overhead break. Typically a fighter specific manoeuvre
@@nikos-giorgos απότομη κλίση και περιστροφή
An overhead break is what you're looking at. Another example: kzhead.info/sun/isaej8ueoml5qJs/bejne.html
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so perfect
Magnifique, ça donne envie d'en faire.
The man knows his plane! The altitude through his base to final turn was scary at best to anyone else, but he flew it like a pro. And then he rolled out right to his trailer!! Well done!!!
Thank you!!!
Anyone else find this extremely calming?!
the approach was low and exciting, but the touchdown was definitely somewhat calming and satisfying
me
It was quite annoying
This gave me so much anxiety. I thought he was going to land in someone's kitchen.
Yeah
Smooth ass landing 👍
Pouso perfeito! Parabéns!
I’ve suddenly become VERY interested in gliders.
yu trippin bruh..
Dork level 10000
This has re-ignited my interest. It's been 2 years since my last flight in a glider
...first Gliding video that I have watched.... last flight that I had in a glider was as an Air Cadet 1974/5 - ish!.. no fancy avionics to look at!
Haha
The rain drops are so beautiful
New RTX 3090 does the job ;-)
Definitely not for the faint hearted! I've wanted to try gliding for some time and watching this video has made me want to do it all the more! I've not long started my PPL, I love being in the air but I can imagine gliding to be something else. I hope it will help me to become a better pilot. I can't wait to experience the sensation of feeling the winds meandering beneath the wings while navigating through the air waves. I'm so impressed by how seamlessly you flew the glider over the cityscape with such an effortless accuracy that was cool, calm and collected. In fact, I was impressed so much that I watched the video a few times. Superb!
perfection. Waterdrops, green fields, steering, landing.
That landing was so smooth it almost didn’t even look real...Great job!
He buttered the bread that one
The Plain was a paid actor
@@insertnamehere5388 You meant the plane.
looks like Microsoft flight simulator 2020.
I dont like only that rain its not realistic
no it doesnt look very realistic, MFS 2020 looks way more realistic
Thats wt i thought at first 😂
The Architect dude I thought it was a game haha
Simulacre. lol
Very cool🎉
I love watching/listening to true professionals at work!
@Hello there, how are you doing this blessed day?
Must be a great view from the buildings on the hills. Have a beer on the balcony and watch the gliders go by.
Exactly what i thought !
The view of the glider pilot is even better 😜
I have a house that has a view straight to Pavullo airport. It IS nice.
@f p the video is real or what? How come that he can fly a jet as if it was a car?
Rain? looks like he's traveling in hyperspace.
8th Fleet flagship Venator to all ships, set hyperdrive coordinate 000. WE MUST RETAKE CAPITAL CITY BACK.
@@mummitrollet1 Ask DMT
@@mummitrollet1 I just did, and she replied: Kids these days wont even do LSD anymore and are scared, dont bother explaining Hyperspace or DMT to them.
@@NewRepublic4137 New conglomerate Nice
@@easygrows2699 So hyperspace is basically Schizo hallucinations that junkies experience with drugs? Wow... I'll pass then
Incredible! I have huge respect for glider pilots. Not having an engine scares me. So I just had my 1st solo in a Scheibe Falke SF25 touring motor glider. It can glide, but there's a prop... Ok, I'll have to rewatch this video right now, 'cause it's so awesome! 👍
Revisiting this after watching your 29-AUG-2023 Sailplane Grand Prix video from the same location. Beautiful area.
This is a awesome trailer for the new Flight Simulator 2020 game!
Harv3st vr flight sim
If only it had VR I'd agree. But sadly not.
Yeah, but when are they gonna make Flight Simulator more realistic? This is fake af. As if anyone can land like that, eh?
Yep and it's on ps5
@@sleekgeek36 Nope...XBOX Scarlett. It's a Microsoft exclusive title. And even that isn't this version that your watching...this is PC version. The Xbox version is Arcade version, a cut down version.
the glide ratio on these aircraft is just mindblowing for me! what a beautiful craft... Nice landing and views
Thank you!
😀 its even much better without rain !
I think the lift-to-drag ratio for a good glider is over 40.
@@bird271828 Standard for gliders is around 60
Can’t resist replaying this 👍🏻
Very nice
Damn that was the sweetest touch down ever. Like a hot knife through butter mate!
buttered mate?
Or just a very sharp knife
Turbo the dumbass bitch
Balls of steel to approach runway, low over the built up town. Awesome landing bud😃👌
The first shot of the rain drops passing by is stunning
Perfect! I loved soaring! Haven't done it for a long time though.
As a powered plane pilot, the downwind and crosswind over the town had me backing up in my chair!
thx, being a non-pilot, I did not even notice any wind direction, that's how blind one is without flying experience
@@nkristianschmidt downwind and crosswind are terms used for alignment with a runway, they aren't any wind designations. I'm really surprised that the tower said "wind from the north" and not a specific direction, very unprofessional
@@fabioverissimo1033 Thanks
as non-pilot, i startet realising that his left turn was very close to the hill, which was very scary.
@@nkristianschmidt Down wind and crosswind imply the wind direction. You typically choose the runway so you are landing against the wind (up wind) which allows landing in the shortest distance and stops you without as much braking. To get to the place where you are flying upwind, you enter the rectangular traffic pattern on the downwind (opposite the landing direction). You fly that until you are past the end of the runway where you turn crosswind. Then when you are nearly lined up with the runway, you turn to "final" and descend to the runway.
Thoose raindrops on his canopy looks like AAA guns firing from ground
Anti anti aircraft ??
^^^
Actually you’re right, have you seen videos of kamikaze attacks on US ships in World War Two? The amount of tracer fire in the sky is truly amazing. The pilot would’ve seen the same thing except the drops you see would’ve been glowing red or yellow. If you watch a video, realize that there is only one tracer round for every 3 to 5 rounds fired. The firepower is insane.
I'll bet you they don't
This comment really changed how I see the video now hahaha
Intensely serene peppered with little bursts of vertigo rushes. Beautiful.
What a good landing! And to be gliding over the city and buildings.
Crazy dude. That was pretty close over the rooftops
Most likely this is a home airfield. Many many landings. A lot of experience. At this airport.
More like the rooftops were very close to the flightpath 😊
@@SergejPoplavskij mistakes are by humans
So close, my butt cheeks were clinched over the rooftops just watching it
I did a bit of gliding once, and we always took it very high on landing. I struggle to recall the height, but we would start our circuit at 1000 ft, and would usually be well over 500 ft by the time we turned onto the runway. Gliders have really good spoilers that make them drop like stones, so getting down to the runway is no problem whatsoever. The permise was that we didn't have engines, so if we were low and got stuck in sinking air, we couldn't climb out. Now I only had 20 hours, and it was a long time ago. I can only assume this pilot knows his stuff. But seeing this just irks me. I would have been a lot higher. Hell, I would have landed straight in from the 2 second mark.
this is so adrenaline rush, i wanna feel this
its an adrenaline rush if you've never been in a plane before
@Wesley Daniel wtf 🤢🤮
for the first time i would know
@@gordo1163 It's not an adrenaline rush, its pure joy.
"adrenaline rush" isn't an adjective
That was pretty epic to watch, it really gives a hint as to why people fly.
That landing is just so smooth.
they always put rain to improve the graphics
😂😂😂😂😂
Rain and water road and runway 😂😂😂
This is truly amazing, especially how the approach looked so close to those buildings.
...With no power on tap to get out of any sticky situations, that would make my butt pucker, lol
Thanks for sharing! Awesome
I enjoyed the demonstration of your knowledge and skill.
This is one of those pieces of footage that truly makes you feel you are there.
Never thought it would be so quiet inside that
@Goble gliders can be quite loud inside actually, from all the air/wind flowing all over the place
@@MrShadowmaster00 The much you can hear is the wind noise , is not annoying really more like very peaceful but if you open the window the noise become bigger!
Goble nice pfp
This is the coolest and scariest thing at the same time. I respect this so much.
That was shiny. A pleasure to watch great skill at work......and play.
Well done but I almost got a heart attack seeing you so close over the city. That is nothing for commercial pilots. 😉
It looks scary - indeed. Bat also a very nice shot. Thinking about the flying qualities of the LS8 with wet wings and considering the gliders velocity, this was pretty save and smooth. A very nice approach. Unique. Well done :)
Exactly I felt the same...
This has been my childhood dream. When I was about 5 years old, I had a dream of me flying in a single person mini-plane. When I woke up I wished I had never woken up. Hopefully one day this dream will come true.
It's good to dream and that's ok.
Yeah all you need is... 50 thousand dollars.
Go get a trial lesson. Lots of clubs have them these days, it's not expensive and you get to make a couple of starts, and they'll let you handle the controls a bit as well. Well worth doing, even if it's just the one time. And pretty much anyone can learn.
You can if you want too. It is not expensive. I have just retired as a full time professional gliding instructor (in Scotland) over 5,000 hrs and 20,000 launches. I can provide details where to start. Just believe and live the dream. Chris
get your pilot's license then buy an aircraft or build one. A kitfox kit is around $40,000 and takes maybe a year and a half to build. And there's cheaper ones out there, or you can rent
The view from the cockpit is brilliant.
Beautiful flying, beautiful glider. What's not to like!
could watch this for hours need a longer version from the take off
You took the words right outta my mouth!
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that means you gace a free spirit. your spirit animal could be a eagle
@@alessandrobertoli7950: Thank you!
This is hands down the coolest gliding video I have ever seen. The scenery is breathtaking and the usage of a gimbal is simply genious.
Nice flying..... Really enjoyed watching....... Glider.... On my bucket list.
The raindrops sliding across the cockpit are beautiful.
Waow..that was beautiful! I started panicking when he was over that village at this height!! ....beautiful finish
Flip dude. Not even a computer could make such a perfect touchdown. Humans are awesome machines! 😀
Wow, thank you 👏
L'ho rivisto, i colori e le ombre sono talmente belli che sembra un videogioco!
What a beautiful video. Colourful, cinematic, thrilling.
😢so beautiful it brings a tear from my eye!
Me: I'm so bored with this quarantine KZhead algorithm: hey! Want to see this dude flying a glider? Me: Okay that looks fun!
Haha! Was it fun to watch?
@@SteFly it really was 😄
@@SteFly hmm.what a scenery.I wish i could fly with you❤❤
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Ciao a tutti i giorni smoss Kpsls
I think it’s videos like when you watch it as a kid you know exactly what you wanna do when you grow up💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾
just amazing.What an incredible craft
I appreciate his confidence in bleeding off the speed for a perfect landing.
Bleeding speed with a hard bank over a town... And that final turn over warehouses to line up with the runway made my heart jump in my throat. At least the locals won't be complaining about the noise.
I would've landed in my neighbor's living room 🙄
When that glider touching the runway my heart beat so fast
Now that is the coolest shit I've seen in a long while!
The American everything beneath him is so beautiful!! So green!
you need to go outside
@@mr.pllesmvs1307 I know right! Lol.
What a beautiful landscape!
Most beautiful glider landing of history. Low altitude, low spoiler, was fantastic.
@Hello there, how are you doing this blessed day?
As a paraglider/motor pilot, I'm constantly thinking he's never gonna make it! Amazing glide ratio!
that was breathtaking, very well done mate, really enjoyed watching that
YOU ARE BREATHTAKING
@@plankins4702 ?
His left base and final approach altitude AGL looked really low but I guess that particular pattern calls for it. Very beautiful and satisfying to watch!
Gorgeous🎉 as a hg and pg pilot i have huge respect for your skill
This guy flys nicely! The glide ratio must be insane to fly like that.
I had pretty much speed, that improved his glide ratio.
The glide ratio of the LS8 with 15 m wings is about 43:1, so with 1000 m height I can glide 43 km, at least in calm air. But here I have also speed which I reduce till the landing and that extra energy also helps for the safety margin. Thank you!
@@SteFly do you have to account for human error in that as well?
@@SteFly that explains what otherwise looked quite risky to the untrained glider eye
Definitely not your first landing. Well done looked wonderful
Naaahhhhh for his first landing he would totally be at that airport making that maneuver over the buildings like that.
@@danodden9783 They say anybody can do a test drive in 15 minutes. Just don't show up drunk and you'll be i'ight.
@Jan Nowak well maybe not for you Mr Nowak. I was impressed
that is an awesome landing for a glider, Fantastic job!!
Thank you for sharing the experience.