Great flight! Looked like outstanding conditions during the day and running into that convergence in the evening was a nice bonus. Hope you get many more nice flights on your Gecko!
Fantastic effort, well done! I pick up my Gecko tomorrow, at this stage with 72 hours on a Fun-190 I can’t imagine ever doing that distance on knowledge and skills... I would be happy with one third what you have done... Inspiring! Thanks for sharing, Blue
Congrats on that flight: brilliant. Was following Guises’ track on the day and was definitely bummed for missing out on a good day.. a little less so when I heard about his 4.45am return home in the morning 😄
Outstanding flight Dave, that was absolutely amazing. You just proved that it's not the glider but rather the pilot that makes an epic flight like this.
You really deserved this Dave. You have been an amazingly good pilot for so long now. Keep going! Great to know you are back into instructing. How many thermals did you need for the flight??
Hi Dave awesome flight ,amazed that you are still flying hang gliders ,I went to gliders a long time ago now flying a Nimbus 3 t 25.5 mt span makes it too easy Seems a long time ago we used to fly down at Cot and Mullaloo
The Gecko is without doubt the best glider I have ever owned…. Very high performance and amazingly easy to land and take off. I’ve never nosed in… not once! You’ll love your new glider!
Do you know Rohan Holtkamp from Trawalla? Is a good friend of mine. We travelled the world flying in competitions. Along with Manfred Ruhmer, Gerard Tevenot and many other amazing pilots.
Surely there’s such thing as a microphone designed to be used in high wind? Or a software filter that can remove “windy microphone” sound? I refuse to believe there’s no such thing, and that not a singer hang-glider-owner knows about them.
Great flight! Looked like outstanding conditions during the day and running into that convergence in the evening was a nice bonus. Hope you get many more nice flights on your Gecko!
Excellent! I'm partial to king post designed gliders as that is what I flew for years here in the states. Thanks for the great video!
well done , ps great ad for the Moyes Gecko 😏👍
Great flight report and video Thanks
Thanks for sharing. Very inspiring for those of us who are looking to get started in the sport.
100 feet AGL that is mad! And what a climb, brilliant mate.
Incredible flight, especially the bonus convergence at the end. Thanks for sharing.
Congrats on the super flight. Wow, that convergence...30K. Amazing.
Fantastic effort, well done!
I pick up my Gecko tomorrow, at this stage with 72 hours on a Fun-190 I can’t imagine ever doing that distance on knowledge and skills... I would be happy with one third what you have done... Inspiring! Thanks for sharing, Blue
Enjoy your new glider. You are about to have so much fun….
Nice flight!! Landing after sunset, wow!!
Wonderful flight, thanks the the video.
Great flight. Well done. Nice video.
Congrats
Thx!
Excellent flying and beautiful glider.
Congrats from an old HG pilot in Qld. Fantastic and in a Moyes too!! Thanks for sharing your great experience. Safe flying mate!!
Good flight ,try from Hobbs or Roswell NM AND FLY UP TO KANSAS
wow verry nice
So cool congratulations
Thank you…
Congratulations, that’s quite a distance!
Congrats on that flight: brilliant. Was following Guises’ track on the day and was definitely bummed for missing out on a good day.. a little less so when I heard about his 4.45am return home in the morning 😄
Thanks Tom... maybe we can all set a 400km task?
What an amazing flight!!! Thanks for sharing
Cool.
Outstanding flight Dave, that was absolutely amazing. You just proved that it's not the glider but rather the pilot that makes an epic flight like this.
Thanks Rolf, but I am sure the glider has a lot to do with it…
Amazing days
I'm so happy for you I'm tearing up over here
Wish you could customize your own sounds on that meter gizmo
Great flight and a very impressive distance for your new PB. 13,000 ft , top altitude gain as well.
SUPERB.
What an amazing day.
I really appreciated simply having the vario as soundtrack . Where was this climb you mentioned ovet bolgart
The climb at Bolgart is easier to see in Ayvri... ayvri.com/scene/pmke844wkx/ckxs7xp3h0002396kn32ojgak
Awesome 👍🏼
You really deserved this Dave. You have been an amazingly good pilot for so long now. Keep going! Great to know you are back into instructing. How many thermals did you need for the flight??
All of them! LOL
imagine having to have to go drive to him to pick him up!
Ola mui interesante todo pero no dan explicación como y donde comprar el ala
Hi Dave awesome flight ,amazed that you are still flying hang gliders ,I went to gliders a long time ago now flying a Nimbus 3 t 25.5 mt span makes it too easy
Seems a long time ago we used to fly down at Cot and Mullaloo
Great to hear from you Mike. The good ol days… :)
damn when you state WA i thought washington state not west australia, a bit far for me
Fantastic. Once in a lifetime (unless you're Jonny).
I hope not… I’d like to fly further!
Do you love the Gecko 170, I,m about to purchase one?
The Gecko is without doubt the best glider I have ever owned…. Very high performance and amazingly easy to land and take off. I’ve never nosed in… not once! You’ll love your new glider!
Amazing flight...which harness do you use ?
Thank you… I use an RR Mk 3 harness from Dynamic Flight…really comfy and plenty of wriggle room!
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how do you do this without trespassing?
Great flight my friend!COngrats. One question: Is your glider a Gecko Classic or the Gecko Pro option?. Thanks.
Hi, my Gecko is the Pro 170. As you can probably guess, I am very impressed with its performance.
@@drabsinwa180 Thanks for your advise! Just ordered one pro 155.... Yewww!
@@Petoven1 You are going to have so much fun...
Who is the contact for lessons please mate
What did you use to illisturate your track data? That looks very cool.
Ayvri....
It is from GPS file IGC. If you have any GPS recorder it records in that format then you can upload it or view in any IGC viewer.
Congrats. My record is 190 K in Rio de Janeiro flying a laminar.
Do you know Rohan Holtkamp from Trawalla? Is a good friend of mine. We travelled the world flying in competitions. Along with Manfred Ruhmer, Gerard Tevenot and many other amazing pilots.
I forgot to mention my best friend Guido Gehrmann. Unfortunately perished in a crash on his Red Bull BD-5.
@@luizlovasz8045 yes... I know Rohan - it is a very close knit community in Australia!
Very nice experience, any one knows his contact please? Im looking for learn hang glider.
What was your total take off weight?
I weigh around 95kgs, harness, parachute and helmet 11kgs, vario, radio, phone, Spot tracker and cameras 2kgs… glider 33kgs… 33+2+11+95=141kgs
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the thing I didn't like about hang gliding was that I needed a second person just to drive my truck
Thats a trek and a half home 🤣🤣
Surely there’s such thing as a microphone designed to be used in high wind? Or a software filter that can remove “windy microphone” sound? I refuse to believe there’s no such thing, and that not a singer hang-glider-owner knows about them.