Glider pilot gets low on final glide in the French Alps!
Every cross-country flight ends with a final glide home. Understanding the relationship between your required glide ratio and your current glide ratio is fundamental knowledge in the sport of soaring. Having a backup plan, including safety fields, and how determine if you’re in range of them, is critical to soaring safely and enjoyably.
Music by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. - www.scottbuckley.com.au
All rights reserved © 2021 Christopher Fleming
The content of this video is for entertainment and informational purposes only. Under no circumstances should one attempt to fly a glider in the mountains without first receiving flight instruction in mountain soaring. One should never operate a glider beyond one’s own capabilities. Fayence Soaring and any of the pilots, instructors, or guests featured in our videos will not be held liable or responsible for any of the content featured on our videos. The following content shall be considered “Use at your own risk.” Always fly responsibly and safely.
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Wonderful video of a wonderful sport - over breathtaking mountain terrain, with a clear explanation. -- I like the instrument-panel inserts, and relating those to the lift situation the pilot selects. This takes knowledge and attentiveness!
Fantastic production. I really like the ASI/Vario/Altimeter & Map inserts. Very helpful for situational awareness for the viewer. Thanks !
Nice that you indicate each outlanding field in case you don't make it over the col. Your calm shows that you've done this many times.
I just love your videos. 45 years of helicopters, and what a different world you fly (soar) in! Oh, and I love the music, too. :) Thank you for sharing with us!
Fantastic video. Super production👍
How good was that! Yet another brilliant production. I only subscribe to half a dozen KZhead channels - and this is one of them. They are each worth the wait - the next best thing to actually being there - and as captivating as when, 60 years ago, I similarly flew vicariously with Biggles.
I just love your videos. Something about soaring over all those beautiful mountains and countryside, along with the music, that keeps me coming back for more. Looking forward to your next flight.
The most beautiful gliding videos I’ve ever seen on KZhead. Thanks so much for sharing!
Just what I was thinking
great visuals and good story telling with a nice music track..... can´t wait for your next video
Perfect mix of music and glider/wind sounds - since you asked with your poll. Top video, epic scenery. Greetings from comparably totally flat northern Finland! 👍😎
Thank you for your kind words and feedback! That's what I love about the KZhead platform: where the viewers can tell the creators what they'd prefer to see, and the creators can then adapt to the preferences of their viewers.
Always love your high quality vid's! Like others have said, your inserts are very nice! Situational awareness at it's finest!
Have done a little gliding in the UK & I enjoyed that. Was with you in the cockpit. Thanks so much
That video was so cool! You have a new subscriber.
Amazing video. Keep it up!
Your face - the picture of calm. Stonecold. Great
This was very impressive! Beautiful cinematography! There balance to the video and audio, not too much, not too little!
Great footage, music mwahhh....👏
Riveting video! Loved every minute of it!
Magnifique production, nous attendons d'autres videos avec le plus grand plaisir!
Just subscribed your content looks absolutely awesome
nice, enjoyed that, not a flyer but considering taking it up. nice final glide..
Wow! What a video! Very very good tutorial. Thank's
Thanks for the videos, they have a nice and unique appearance which I really like :) Note to self, get a 360deg FOV camera ;) Happy flying!
Superbe ! Je connais bien la région ... mais en parapente !
Excellent ! Merci et bravo. Les incrustations sur la droite de l'écran, c'est très bien. Les explications sont très utiles également. Comme je suis tout jeune licencié (10.22) j'apprécie énormément. Merci
Merci !
I think stick with the music. It is not some personal-fave pop or rock stuff thrown together with your video, it is artistically and cleverly composed specifically for the flying task you are carrying out. Good composers are highly ingenious people. I think it is unique and terrific, and it absolutely detracts nothing from what you are teaching us. This is most excellent work!
Great flying! ;-)
Love that !!!!
Phew that was close, well done.
the format of your videos are superb!! it is very educational and immersive. I am a beginner, it helps me a lot in learning to glide. I love it, thank you so much!!
Thank you for the kind words. I am making this content for pilots like you.
Superbe vol, merci du partage
Really nice video!! I am enjoying your comments, too.
Nice video!
Great vlog, thank you. I bet you're missing the left seat in your 767, not. 😉 How did they soar cross country in the Alps before the advent of the sophisticated flight computers and GPS now available to all?
I just heard the podcast. I would love to watch instructional videos from you!
Thank you for your kind words. Hopefully more people will communicate their interest by Liking and Subscribing from the training playlist trailer.
Magnifique. J aurai tellement de bonheur de partager un vol avec vous. Je vous vois passer dans le champsaur. Sur une vidéo lorsque vous passez à 100m du col des estaris au-dessus d d'orcieres c'est top.Merci pour ces beaux voyages. Ml
Really gorgeous video work! As a noob in the soaring world, certainly inspiring! What video camera are you using - it offers amazing perspectives!
I film with a GoPro MAX.
✨🌸EPIC🌸✨
Nice video. Would have been nice to highlight the wind speed and direction so we can guess the hill lift. And your 3 instruments I guess are in metric which Im not used to. My last X country was in Waikerie and 100km out you are in easy gliding range in blue thermals to over 10000 feet. Subscribing.
Thanks for the kind words and for your subscription. While they're not highlighted, winds are indicated on the navigation display (also km/hr).
Love the music very R Armando Morabito Angel
Thank you for your kind words. I've mostly received negative feedback about the music, so I've opened a poll for everyone to register their preference. I invite you to participate by following the link below. Please also "Like" the poll to invite others to vote as well. kzhead.infocommunity
Nice work. The music is a little much though. :)
Great flying. 13 minutes without breathing. I guess I marked a new world record… 😇
Enjoyed this trailer and the podcast with Chuck Fulton. Is that a GoPro 360 you're using? In your opinion is that the 360 cam to buy or is there something better out there on the horizon? Thanks, Mike
Thanks for your kind words. Yes, I use a GoPro MAX 360. I prefer the MAX, and I'll be upgrading to the newer version that will hopefully be available later tis year.
30 years ago we did not have these nav tools
Love the video, only crictique would be the weird merging of the 360 video on the front. The yaw string seems to disappear all the time. Other than that, awesone!
Thank you for the kind words. And yes I agree: I hope that 360 video technology improves sooner rather than later! :)
Really nice channel! One question on oxygen - how high do you need to switch it on?
Thank you for your kind words! Regulations differ from country to country, but it's generally accepted that one should be using supplemental oxygen above 3,000 meters, or 10,000 feet. I am more conservative that most, as oxygen is "brain food", and our sport is heavily dependent on decision making.
*Jeremy Clarkson voice* YYYYEESSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!
Tony Stark: -JARVIS activate the folding propeller .
Chris, you should call up Jean-Marie Clement and go flying with him (his 4DM flights are legendary) 👍👍
Do you also fly in the alps during winter, or is there not enough lift (sorry, I'm quite ignorant on the glider subject):
Yes, we also fly in the winter. Winter is best known for being "mountain wave season," where gliders can fly at very high altitudes and achieve very fast cross-country speeds. Soaring the waves in the Alps is very technical, however, and only the most experienced pilots are able to exploit them safely. But the gains in performance and the views of the snow-covered Alps from 5000 meters are the rewards that await those who reach the pinnacle of our sport.
Nice video, but a tad dramatic for something perfectly normal and safe? Especially in an ASH 31! However those passes can be tricky at times, it’s not always a walk in a park…
Not to mention that McCready was set to 4m/s or something like that... ;)
@Tinchote It’s important to recall that there are two different calculations of MacCready (MC): MC speed - which is the traditional speed-to-fly calculation, and MC glide - which is the angle calculation. In the video I explain that I need to remain within a 28:1 glide ratio of the safety field. The LX9000 allows you to enter a “Safety MC” value, which is the MC glide. In my ASH 31, a 28:1 glide ratio corresponds to a MC of 3,7 m/s (no wind).
@@FayenceSoaring Thank you for detailing the difference. I myself was confused regarding this feature on the LX.
Coming up short on final glide happens all too often. Thinking you've got the correct info in the flight computer and bam! You end up 3 miles short of the airfield.
You are correct, which is why energy management is such an important theme in my videos.
These are very nice and high quality pictures, very much enjoy your 3D views. But please don't dramatize this, it was a normal final glide to Fayence in still booming conditions with plenty of options to gain height. Not even a slight risc you may have needed your engine.
Thank you for your kind words. My videos are intended to be both entertaining and educational. For the less experienced pilots watching, in this video they are learning important concepts of glide angles and backup plans. For more experienced pilots, they might learn new techniques. And for everyone else, the beautiful scenery of the Alps.
C'est bien beau de marsouiner mais ça me semble gonflé comme arrivée même si une sécurité vache a toujours été assurée. Moi j'aurais choisi de recoller au plafond avant de sortir de la rue quitte à spiraler.
Hmmn 27/28:1 at 160 kph, never any issue really was there?
@Soar_UK No, I wasn't flying at 160 kph. The 160 kph that you saw on my LX9000 is the speed-to-fly at my desired MacCready. It is what is used to calculate Arrival Altitude, not required or actual glide ratios. "27:1" is what was required, and "28:1" is what I was getting.
@@FayenceSoaring So what was the speed and at what MC setting?
If you've heard people use MC as their safety setting this is what's being referred to for final glide. In theory you'd get the required glide if flown at that speed in still vertical and horizontal air. He was flying faster than best glide for obvious reasons. Never fly slow near a ridge. Never cross a ridge at best glide. There's no margins doing it that way. Luckily: we don't deal with that in Florida. I only get excited when I get a blue thermal off of a trash dump to make final glide! 🤣
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Why couldn't you just climb a thermal?
While I was under the cloud street I was in an area of convergence (rising air), and the blue sky was an area of divergence (sinking air).
@@FayenceSoaring ok but if you whould be a little shorter, I don t see any issue. You just need a climb and then you can make it whitout stressing yourself. Or I missing something?
@@straleo614 There are an infinite number of ways to complete any given task. Your way might have worked for you, while my way worked for me. I am intimately familiar with the local task area of Fayence and I routinely arrive with minimal energy to spare -- excess energy gained is time lost. The intent of my videos is to teach a specific subject in an entertaining way. The point of this video was to show how low final glides can be completely safe as long as we have backup plans that are continuously within reach. Understanding the relationship between required glide angle and actual glide angle, and the concept of a minimum glide angle to an emergency field are prerequisites to flying safe final glides.
@@FayenceSoaring ah ok. Sure. I'm a paragliding pilot and when i find a termal a stick with it until the end because of poor efficiency even if doesen t look necessary just in case
le sujet est intéressant, mais la musique ! pitié...
It is a flat world!
Such a weird nose view.
Irritating music