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What a rabbithole this is now :D That glider next to the world's fastest aircraft (in 1953) dressed up for a fight, how about that. And they can water the gra

by Barbing 1mo ago

What a rabbithole this is now :D That glider next to the world's fastest aircraft (in 1953) dressed up for a fight, how about that. And they can water the grass... - So several thousand $ to get trained and certified and finally be ready to get towed and soar... but just a few hundred (California) to try for half an hour behind a pro in the cockpit--oh yeah! ...omg they let you fly the thing for another couple bucks!!!

brucehoult 1mo ago
If it's a pro then they'll be sitting in the back seat so you're in the front seat the same as you will be when you fly solo. Here's a video of me taking a student for their first lesson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDZN21xzsRo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDZN21xzsRo That's in a DG1000, actually this exact one ZK-GGR: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeueijUoL70 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeueijUoL70 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0ShTUTiqlM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0ShTUTiqlM And how that looks from the other end of the rope: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRxcJR-zipI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRxcJR-zipI And from the door of the hangar (using the runway in the opposite direction). Turn it up! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUnXuMVhKfs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUnXuMVhKfs Coming back to more like the current topic, an electric powered glider: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7F2gS9ENl5k https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7F2gS9ENl5k Also from Stefan's channel, some fun here in New Zealand ... this flight passes just a couple of km from the Lord of the Rings "Weathertop" site (Google maps knows it). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggz2CzvPNUc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggz2CzvPNUc