This was a great watch with my morning coffee Bill . I love your channel as it is geared more towards soaring addicts , than a casual viewers . Thank you for sharing .
From the first upload (that uploaded in the wrong format). @RussOwens writes: Awesome video Bill. Amazing that you can fly such a nice flight, coordinate with ATC on one frequency, coordinate with Zach on another frequency, and put together the makings of such a nice video all at the same time. I've tried to video and fly at the same time and find it extremely demanding. You do us all a favor by posting these videos. You and Zach had awesome flights on October 5. I look forward to flying more with both of you on fun days like this. . Analytics Comments
Thanks, Russ, Glad you enjoy these. One of my cameras is mounted on the side rail. It’s a 360 camera so I can just turn it on and let it go I don’t even have to aim it until I pull the video in to edit. The other handheld camera I only use in low workload periods. I can easily work it with one hand and have it set up ready to go. Working with two radio frequencies going is and airline skill - so I’ve got lots of practice at that, but still a workload management item. Now as fall is upon us let’s look for those mountain wave flying opportunities! We’re sure to have some great flights that ways too!
Hi Bill, many thanks for sharing and taking the time to edit and everything. I saw in WeGlide flight statistics that average speed in thermals is 133-143kph with 31-35 angles. The speed surprises me a little bit. I fly Ls1 which is obviously much slower but still looks very fast. I just ask to learn, as I have much less experience than you or than most people, not to make any critic. Many thanks again!
I don't think those speeds are necessarily accurate, I was not usually flying thermals at 75 knots!. I was flying with nearly 400 pounds of water ballast so I was thermalling a little faster than I would when dry, but not that much.
Congratulations on your amazing flight. I noticed you didn't take any of your climbs up to cloud base. I was thinking the convergence lift would be stronger closer to the clouds. Is there a reason why?
@@johnfoster1201 oops, that was an answer to the wrong question. As far as cloud separation goes, you have to guesstimate. You might be able to learn what the bases are by climbing next to one. At any rate, if I did get close to a cloud contrary to 91.155, I wouldn’t post evidence of it on line. (Note in class G airspace the only required clearance is not to go into the cloud)
This was a great watch with my morning coffee Bill . I love your channel as it is geared more towards soaring addicts , than a casual viewers . Thank you for sharing .
@18:12 That's Nuts! I wish I could expirence that! Frick! Cheers from Down Under!
From the first upload (that uploaded in the wrong format). @RussOwens writes:
Awesome video Bill. Amazing that you can fly such a nice flight, coordinate with ATC on one frequency, coordinate with Zach on another frequency, and put together the makings of such a nice video all at the same time. I've tried to video and fly at the same time and find it extremely demanding. You do us all a favor by posting these videos.
You and Zach had awesome flights on October 5. I look forward to flying more with both of you on fun days like this.
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Thanks, Russ, Glad you enjoy these.
One of my cameras is mounted on the side rail. It’s a 360 camera so I can just turn it on and let it go I don’t even have to aim it until I pull the video in to edit. The other handheld camera I only use in low workload periods. I can easily work it with one hand and have it set up ready to go. Working with two radio frequencies going is and airline skill - so I’ve got lots of practice at that, but still a workload management item.
Now as fall is upon us let’s look for those mountain wave flying opportunities! We’re sure to have some great flights that ways too!
Congrats Bill
Hi Bill, many thanks for sharing and taking the time to edit and everything. I saw in WeGlide flight statistics that average speed in thermals is 133-143kph with 31-35 angles. The speed surprises me a little bit. I fly Ls1 which is obviously much slower but still looks very fast. I just ask to learn, as I have much less experience than you or than most people, not to make any critic. Many thanks again!
I don't think those speeds are necessarily accurate, I was not usually flying thermals at 75 knots!. I was flying with nearly 400 pounds of water ballast so I was thermalling a little faster than I would when dry, but not that much.
Amazing flight and video Bill! Thanks for sharing these with us. They're so fun to watch.
Glad you like them!
Congratulations on a great flight and an awesome video..loved tagging along!
Thanks for watching!
Nice flight Bill, talk about a long flight, congratulations!!
Time flies when you’re having fun
Stunning video Bill. Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it.
Congratulations on your amazing flight. I noticed you didn't take any of your climbs up to cloud base. I was thinking the convergence lift would be stronger closer to the clouds. Is there a reason why?
Well, above 10,000 feet It’s required to stay 1,000 feet below clouds! FAR 91.155
@@BillPalmer how do you measure that?
@@johnfoster1201 my flight recorders measure that and WeGlide measures it when the flight trace is uploaded. See the weglide link in the description
@@BillPalmer your flight recorders measure how far below the clouds you are? Cool! What flight recorder does that?
@@johnfoster1201 oops, that was an answer to the wrong question.
As far as cloud separation goes, you have to guesstimate. You might be able to learn what the bases are by climbing next to one. At any rate, if I did get close to a cloud contrary to 91.155, I wouldn’t post evidence of it on line. (Note in class G airspace the only required clearance is not to go into the cloud)