Rain Outside and Water Inside Cockpit - Flying Over Complete Nothingness
2020 ж. 1 Мау.
12 235 Рет қаралды
Watch in 4K! Out by the Utah/Nevada border in the middle of nowhere, two sailplanes (gliders) struggle to stay out of summer thunderstorms, away from restricted military airspace, and get high enough to be able to at least glide to safety (the first farm fields) 50+ miles away. Ok - that was about as dramatic an opening statement as I could make it but it really was an exciting day of soaring with my friend Josef far into the abyss called the American West Great Basin. The storms were really concerning because they were blocking out path back home to Nephi airport over 130 miles (220km) away. This is just a small snippet of the fun and drama during the flight. Hope you enjoy!
It,s great in 4k . Glad your back also missed the adventures
The view is always spectacular! Must be a little scary with all those rain
Thanks for another ride-along, Bruno.
This is relaxing.
Excellent flight.
Bruno, you're an 🦅 Thanks for bringing us along 👍 🎆🎇☮🎇🎆
Love your content
looking good in that 4k ;_)
wow, i can read all the instruments at 4k resolution now! nice one
Looks like an exiting flight! I had a water in and outside flight last summer in our clubs old Ka6cr. Amazing lift on a newly formed small cold front in rain, gained 5000 ft in no time at all. The Ka6 has the air vent on the front of the canopy so the choice was a fogged canopy or a taking a good shower...
I just love rain.
Rain sure sounds scary in a glider. So glad to see you upload again desr Sir.
My first time flying through rain, I couldn't believe how Loud it was!!😲
13 500' - oxygen time.
You have installed a new altimeter, especially for me ? So I can read for the first time your altitude. Bruno, honest . . . thank you.
Does the rain decrease lift at all?
It usually does. Every once in a while you find lift even in the rain. Go figure.
Sausages for fingers. Must be hard to control the tiny buttons.
How does the Euro rules work for proximity to clouds? I guess clear of clouds above 10,000? Or what? How's it work for US and Euro glider flying?
FAR 91.155 Basic VFR weather minimums in Class E: Below 10K ft it’s 3 mi visibility, 500 ft below, 1000 ft above, 2000 ft laterally from clouds (3-5-1-2). Above 10k ft, it’s 5 mi visibility, 1k ft above, 1k ft below, 1mi lateral from clouds (3-5-1-1).
I should add that it is difficult from a video to gauge distance below or laterally from a cloud. And in person you usually feel closer to a cloud than you truly are. Don’t need any armchair pilots here telling Bruno he violated minimums.
@@sircrapalot9954 and let's add that any wide angle action camera distorts depth perception (and distance estimation) to a great extent, making objects look closer than they really are.
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4th comment Seriously YES GLIDERS! >:3
Got Click-baited but the "water into cockpit"...
when you sleep, do you dream of flying?
I was expecting to see you with water by your neck. What a rip off. :)