วีดีโอ

Hi there, I'm 48 and have been a Sim pilot for ages and have been studying through anything aircraft in books and youtube for years. I love it and have only just learned it's in reach. I've got a bit of money available now and found out I don't have to go to the local commercial airport (Parafield) to get licensed for $1000 everytime I look at an aircraft. The club is called Adelaide Soaring Club in Gawler. But, when I heard you say expect a lesson for each year of age, do you mean the kids of 18 will be around 18 flights because they're a bit better at retention before they're solo? And that I've got to look forward to 40 plus lessons?.... I hope the Sim and study stuff helps because I know a decent bit about flight but if I know my luck I'll be unlearning hours of sim habits... :) Anyway thanks for the American perspective, I'm an Aussie.

I am getting my PPG license in a Motorglider, are there any specific Motorglider self launch Mock Oral vids or other tips to help?

Cool t-shirt👍🏻 Thanks for the lesson!!

Love to fly in Colorado!! Have a great season pls.!

Back in the late 1940's I learnt the saying " There's a little RED PORT LEFT'. This was taught to me while learning to row a boat.

My first glider flight was from the Boulder, Colorado, field 55 years ago. The pilot was Lew Ericks; and everybody called him Erick. He was also a single engine pilot (Cessna 172). He was a super person and a superb pilot. Those thermals along the front range were lots of fun. I loved flying out of Boulder.

Great talk, thanks!

No issue with nil and headwind parts., And academically the tailwind is mathematically correct. If the thermals are dead and unlikely to recover, no problem, just use the wind to drift you home. But if it's crossing dead ground but looks better ahead, again perhaps later in the day, where time may be of the.essence, perhaps fly at best LD for still air, or maybe slightly faster, which may gain you a few minutes, depending on the width of the dead band... You could regard it as eating into the conservative 1/2 best LD calculation. Your thoughts?

What is the “Boulder Technique” for slack line?

Once again, thanks for sharing this series!! Great content. Really useful

As usual, great content and thanks for sharing!

Great content. Thanks for sharing!! 🎉

Great content! Thanks for sharing. Trim tabs are not exclusive to airplanes. For example, the LET L13 Blanik is the most produced glider in history and it features trim tabs!

You sound like a self righteous hypocrite and feel that one of your age shouldn't be training ,maybe then you need to turn in your licenses as well. Like the saying goes you're never to old to learn something new.

Excellent information..

ty!

Great video! Thank you for sharing your knowledge. How does the distance between thermals effect the MC settings?

Outstanding Glider ground school. Thank you for this.

Ahh, Thank You. I actually finally understand QNE, QNH, and QFE. For all of my training, I have just been accustomed to setting the dial in the ol Cessna 172 "just because." I really can explain it now. Just beginning in Gliders, and wow, so much to learn.

This is great material! Thank you. Are you able to publish links to presentations used in these videos?

Impressive

Glad to have found this video on TH-cam. FYI... I learned to fly gliders in Boulder and Armand prepared me for my check-ride. He's a dedicated glider pilot, I'm still enjoying soaring flights, and often think about his words of wisdom in various phases of my flights.

Fantastic presentations. Keep up the initiative Armond! Thank you much to all involved.

Great video! Can you do one on slack lines techniques?

I appricate your videos!

Good job to you both.

I am really enjoying the videos from Soaring Society of Boulder! I was watching this video and when I came to the 38:00 minute point of the video there is mention of not seeing trim settings on gliders. I was watching Stefan Langer showing his new to him LS3 glider and he showed a trim handle on the left side of the cockpit. Not sure if the glider actually uses tabs on the elevator. Here is trim handle in the video: th-cam.com/video/01tzhwZZ6PU/w-d-xo.htmlsi=saZphChdBKrDHmLf&t=220

It would be good to include FAR oxygen requirements and PRICE pre-flight oxygen check.

Great Video...Thanks for producing. (Typo on the slide at 23:27, where it says... which means one knot "per hour"...)

Should I pre order 2024 FAR-Aim? or does it not matter?

Whare do you teach out of

You've really done your studying Jan. Hope to do as well by the end of this season.

Absolutely fantastic presentation

Outstanding job Jan! You're brave to do this mock oral exam in public, and you aced it. I took many notes.

Could use a little bit of editing, if you have the time. Thanks.

`You can use the plain again, good JOB

Amazing video from an amazing Article. Thanks a lot, really a lot, for the great job done.

This presentation should really get a wider circulation than the 37(!) views it currently has.

should i get a private pilot licence to fly a glider or just a student license, then get the private later if i wanted to?

This is absolutely inspiring. What a true craftsman and engineer.

PV=nRT. As V increases, then T increases by tapping the energy in the surrounding air. That air cools. Stable air decreases 2C per 1000’

what software did you use to add the height rings to the sectional?

I can feel the heat through this video.

Armand: Thank you so much for all your sharing and outstanding educational videos. Mark G. currently training at Dillingham Airfield, Hawai`i

Dont try to fly into the whispy area under the cloud, the rotating air could flip your glider. th-cam.com/video/xBiutx8UjaE/w-d-xo.html&feature=shares&t=81

Föhn is a word of German, Swiss and Austria origin. In the Alps its known as Alpenföhn. (Germans most likely will think you are talking about a hairdryer =))

Great video, thanks for making this!

Thanks so much for this! I've been live streaming glider flying in Microsoft Flight Simulator on Twitch and getting several people popping in that are curious but have no knowledge of glider flying. So, I've been working on a knowledge bank to refer them to. This is going in it. Also a good re-fresher course for me.

This is wonderful information; very well presented and explained. We at Mile High Gliding need to change some of our practices. Cutting a worn rope and re-tying the bowline knot has been a standard practice in the year-and-a-half I've been flying there. :/

Great video, thanks. I trained to become a gliding instructor in the UK, and symptoms of the (approaching) stall basically is what you said in the video. There is just one thing that was added there, that if the glider is properly stalled, you cannot raise the nose (increase pitch) by moving the stick backwards. Main point being: if you ever find your self in a situation where pulling on the stick does not raise the nose, then you are stalled. Push the stick forward to recover from the stall. Could be a life-saver.