That eagle was gorgeous. Not exactly the same kind of situation but years ago in Massachussets I was climbing out of MVY in a Cessna 172. At about 400 feet agl a red-tailed hawk (to my mind more eagle size than hawk) and I passed each other on directly opposing headings so the encounter was a fraction of a second. He passed low and to my left. We both gave each other a wide-eyed, "WTF?!" expression. It would've been over for both of us if we hit each other. But man, he was beautiful, as most raptors are.
I have had a hawk join me in a thermal when flying gliders here in NZ - in Taupo. It is a beautiful thing to see / experience. I just wish I could fly as good as he did.
Based on the fact that the eagle extended his talons every time he swept in, I suspect that he was trying to grab the tasty soft nougat in the center of the giant canary.
You can’t really appreciate how DAMN BIG these eagles are this video, great video btw. While touring in Northern Queensland, riding a BMW R75/7, I stopped to watch 2 Wedge Tails feasting on a buffalo carcass. One of the birds was a head height higher than the handle bars of the bike. It just an estimate really as I had no intention of whipping out the tape measure and going up to measure it, like really?
Damn, I've had my share of close encounters while flying both hang gliders and powered aircraft, with soaring birds, but nothing like that, that was frigging excellent!
That was so cool! I had a similar encounter w/ a California Condor, while flying at Crestline Park, in San Bernardino, CA. I had just been told by a rigid-wing delta glider that I was at "ten two." 10,200 ft. He also pointed out Lake Arrowhead - what a sight. A few minutes after the delta kite left me behind, I caught some movement off to my right and, sure as I'm typing now, I'm nearly eye-to-eye w/ a California Condor. We flew on for maybe a minute or so checking each other out and then it just dropped off to my left and under me and I never saw it again. Its been a long time since I've flown due to a motorcycle accident, that's why I like to watch videos of folk having good flights. Keep it high, mate.
Are you able to fly a sailplane glider? I was set to start my training to get licensed @ southern California soaring academy. It sucks that tradegies happen but if you're able to, do it. Life is too short yet still so long to not fly.
@@bobbyguns100 You don't "require" oxygen until you get up around 15K+ft. I lived w/ a whole bunch of other folk in Mammoth, CA and that sits at 10Kft. As for the Condor or any of my post, believe what you want. Some people actually get outside and do things vs sit behind a keyboard making snarky comments on others' related experiences.
Awesome footage! I've only been hit by red tailed hawks twice flying hang gliders in the US, both times going at and hitting my leading edge with their talons. These wedge tails seem a bit more adventurous!
Wedge Tail Hawks are extremely protective of their nests. They're also known to attack planes and helicopters. I read that on the internets so I know it's true.
Haha i lived in areas that had them... lets just say if they are feasting on road kill on the highway and your approaching them, they arent ever exactly in any hurry to gtfotw and it usally takes them a while to take off because they are big motherfuckers with enourmous wing spans and long feathered trousers and claws hanging down. Not that they would weigh much its just that they are ballsy as fuck. The cunts eat brown snakes, the second most poisonous snake in the world. They make american bald eagles look like pet house birds
@@maershkinschrabs7597 Two questions, Do Australian Wedged tail eagles attack Dingos and Emus? And are they more aggressive than Golden Eagles? Just wanted to know because I love them and Golden Eagles.
@@airelement7785 Yes, very. Wedge Tails are the only Eagle known to actively attack planes, helicopters and parachute gliders without giving a single solitary fuck. And they'll have a go at anything really. Young emus, foxes, wild cats, any type of bird, some deer, it's all a matter of convenience. Big motherfuckers with 3 meter wingspans glide to the ground and snatch or attack whatever it's hunting. There are SOME cases of Wedge Tails attacking human children, whilst the bigger much scarier (to a bird) adult humans are like a few feet away. So yes, they're much more aggressive and dangerous.
@@airelement7785 The Wedgetail Eagle will attack small Dingo's and baby Emus and also Kangaroos. They do prefer to scavenge for food but they will kill to eat if an easy target presents.
How many 1000s of people in the long line of human history have looked to the skies and viewed Eagles with envy, their apparently effortless master of the sky? Now we've been existing in their domain for a little over a century, as hard as that may be to believe for many of our ancestors. I love to see things like this that remind me of that.
Great footage. I had a similar Fish Eagle kick a big hole in the wing of my RC glider years ago. Looks like you were big enough to make this guy think twice about it.
No wonder the goat decal eyes are bulging. The wedged tail eagle is king in Australian skies, has no fear, has been known to kill sheep and kangaroos and chases down crows and sulpher creasted cockatoos their main avian prey. Nice video
It looks like he was trying to land on the strut that goes from the nose to the wing. He must have been tired. LOL. Tried to take a quick break in flight.
What an absolute wonder and thrill. I'm sure the eagle was being territorial, but I'm sure its presence was welcome (short of its sharp talons, of course).
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that guy must have huge balls...sitting on a 2x4 beam about 2 miles up in thin air-and then having to have a dialogue with a mad eagle.
He was just escorting you out of his airspace lol
lol
for fucks sake australia. even in the sky something is trying to kill you
Yep. That’s Australia. Only thing trying it not kill you is volcanos. Because they’ve either dead are very much asleep.
Eagle1: control I have dumnass pushing a restricted area.
Control: copy that, proceed to intercept the hostile target.
Eagle1: Roger.
Amazing 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤘🤘🤘 CS
@Johnny G Brenner It's he doesn't get flagged.
mill plinth. ,
😂😂😂
That eagle was gorgeous.
Not exactly the same kind of situation but years ago in Massachussets I was climbing out of MVY in a Cessna 172. At about 400 feet agl a red-tailed hawk (to my mind more eagle size than hawk) and I passed each other on directly opposing headings so the encounter was a fraction of a second. He passed low and to my left. We both gave each other a wide-eyed, "WTF?!" expression. It would've been over for both of us if we hit each other. But man, he was beautiful, as most raptors are.
The eagle 🦅 was saying hey ‘hey buddy welcome to my world , while you’re here let Show you a couple of moves’ lol ,what an awesome moment !!,
@daAnder71 loser
@daAnder71 please stop
Nah the Eagle was being cocky...like : "you can't do this, look at me"
No he wasn't. Did you see the talons?. He probably figured that was where the jugular vein might be on this fearsome beast.
This eagle has been playing too much Far Cry 3.
I have had a hawk join me in a thermal when flying gliders here in NZ - in Taupo. It is a beautiful thing to see / experience. I just wish I could fly as good as he did.
"hello mate, just dropping by"
bro you entered restricted airspace
LMFAO
Excellent!🤗
🤣🤣🤣
Were those Strike Eagles, I wonder? 😁
No, he SQUAWK 7500
At one point, I thought the Eagle was going to perch. That's so cool.
me too
That Eagle was laughing at you because you need all that extra stuff to fly.
Cool how the eagle can keep up with the ultralight, no engine pure muscle and skill.
Based on the fact that the eagle extended his talons every time he swept in, I suspect that he was trying to grab the tasty soft nougat in the center of the giant canary.
The eagle just wanted to say G'day
Don't worry ! Just an inspection by aviation experts. You're good to fly !
You know when a bird is almost bigger than your plane, you need a bigger plane 😂
I am pretty sure that was a mating call. He was wanting you in that special way.
ATTENTION HUMAN: THE PENALTY FOR VIOLATING EAGLE AIRSPACE IS **SEXYTIME**
I was going to like this, but the number of comments... it's fitting
Amazing, the eagle had to lower his gear to slow down for you.
I was driving and a pigeon pooped right on my car. Kind of the same. Didn’t get a video, though. My loss.
This is the moment when the eagle is realizing he is not at the top of the food chain.
I thought only dolphins play with people in the wild! This is so cool I love these birds!
Australia has the sexiest eagle
Now we know why you're banned from the Bird park.
@@Stratigic_Cheese_Reserve rofl
Fosters - "Hummingbird" 🤭
The Eagle is squawking " THIS IS MY AIRSPACE , GET LOST " 🦅
That's so awesome, and they are so high up in the air .
Need to rig him up a little perch on the front he can be a flight buddy lol
Ha Ha, was thinking the same!
You can’t really appreciate how DAMN BIG these eagles are this video, great video btw. While touring in Northern Queensland, riding a BMW R75/7, I stopped to watch 2 Wedge Tails feasting on a buffalo carcass. One of the birds was a head height higher than the handle bars of the bike. It just an estimate really as I had no intention of whipping out the tape measure and going up to measure it, like really?
Incredible contact of two flying species, one feathery and one not.
eagle is just like the drunk pilot in independence day movie,
believing that he is doing the greatest feat of his life
Damn, I've had my share of close encounters while flying both hang gliders and powered aircraft, with soaring birds, but nothing like that, that was frigging excellent!
I can understand why the eagle is freaked out though. To a bird, that glider is probably like the Avian version of the Power Loader from Aliens.
I think the colour also might attract it? Ravens will pick up golf balls the same colour on course! Aussie birds they’re something else.
It's good he has that helmet on.....in case he falls
Lmaoooooo fax
fuck good thing he did though incase that eagle dug its talons into his face lol
You ever catch a bug/debris at 100+mph? Yah, bring your helmet.
An issue during take-off or landing that caused a crash would probably be a good reason to wear a helmet
Amazing, probably something you'll remember the rest of your life.
Just when you think something can't kill you while in the air...
*This thing shows up.* I'm Brazilian and i can say this:
*Bloody hell m8.*
Oh I suspect you guys probably have some pretty awesome eagles and hawks in the Amazon. I wonder if Harpy eagles do this sort of thing.
That's so awesome. Such a beautiful but grumpy fucking bird.
That was so cool! I had a similar encounter w/ a California Condor, while flying at Crestline Park, in San Bernardino, CA. I had just been told by a rigid-wing delta glider that I was at "ten two." 10,200 ft. He also pointed out Lake Arrowhead - what a sight. A few minutes after the delta kite left me behind, I caught some movement off to my right and, sure as I'm typing now, I'm nearly eye-to-eye w/ a California Condor. We flew on for maybe a minute or so checking each other out and then it just dropped off to my left and under me and I never saw it again. Its been a long time since I've flown due to a motorcycle accident, that's why I like to watch videos of folk having good flights. Keep it high, mate.
Are you able to fly a sailplane glider? I was set to start my training to get licensed @ southern California soaring academy. It sucks that tradegies happen but if you're able to, do it. Life is too short yet still so long to not fly.
@@sicZ32 1:16
You where at 10,200 ft. with no oxygen and a condor was that high ? Something about this doesn’t seem right ?
@@bobbyguns100 1:13
@@bobbyguns100 You don't "require" oxygen until you get up around 15K+ft. I lived w/ a whole bunch of other folk in Mammoth, CA and that sits at 10Kft. As for the Condor or any of my post, believe what you want. Some people actually get outside and do things vs sit behind a keyboard making snarky comments on others' related experiences.
Next time bring eagle treats.
The eagle's like "WTF's that bird?!"
Ahh 😅.. I almost tought that it's graphic computerized of Disney! Nice encounter !
You weren't attacked, you were intercepted.
The eagle was so tired of his flight that he wanted to climb like a plane and then relaxing.
The Eagle said : I rule the skies but, this bird is getting bigger as I get closer .
🦅This hawk is a little boy.. he thinks this is his mother ....😁👍
That's an eagle. One of the largest in the world.
Sweet. Very cool.
She see's something in you, maybe herself in your visor or shades and likes the look.
That's amazingly cool but I would absolutely poo my pants if that was me
Yes I had a ripped leading surface on my hanglider from the well known wedgies at Mt Buffalo Australian from the 1980s and 1990
Awesome footage! I've only been hit by red tailed hawks twice flying hang gliders in the US, both times going at and hitting my leading edge with their talons. These wedge tails seem a bit more adventurous!
Wedge tails are true alpha predators. They do not give a f*ck. Kangaroo makes up a large portion of their diet.
I feel so goosebumped with the "faraway down there" background..
Wedge Tail Hawks are extremely protective of their nests. They're also known to attack planes and helicopters. I read that on the internets so I know it's true.
Haha i lived in areas that had them... lets just say if they are feasting on road kill on the highway and your approaching them, they arent ever exactly in any hurry to gtfotw and it usally takes them a while to take off because they are big motherfuckers with enourmous wing spans and long feathered trousers and claws hanging down. Not that they would weigh much its just that they are ballsy as fuck. The cunts eat brown snakes, the second most poisonous snake in the world. They make american bald eagles look like pet house birds
@@maershkinschrabs7597 Two questions, Do Australian Wedged tail eagles attack Dingos and Emus? And are they more aggressive than Golden Eagles? Just wanted to know because I love them and Golden Eagles.
@@airelement7785 Yes, very. Wedge Tails are the only Eagle known to actively attack planes, helicopters and parachute gliders without giving a single solitary fuck. And they'll have a go at anything really. Young emus, foxes, wild cats, any type of bird, some deer, it's all a matter of convenience. Big motherfuckers with 3 meter wingspans glide to the ground and snatch or attack whatever it's hunting. There are SOME cases of Wedge Tails attacking human children, whilst the bigger much scarier (to a bird) adult humans are like a few feet away. So yes, they're much more aggressive and dangerous.
@@airelement7785 The Wedgetail Eagle will attack small Dingo's and baby Emus and also Kangaroos. They do prefer to scavenge for food but they will kill to eat if an easy target presents.
Dayam! That looks to be about 5000ft AGL, can't believe a bird thinks his territory extends to space?
Eagle was worried how could this big bird come with the head like a human💁🖐️
How many 1000s of people in the long line of human history have looked to the skies and viewed Eagles with envy, their apparently effortless master of the sky? Now we've been existing in their domain for a little over a century, as hard as that may be to believe for many of our ancestors. I love to see things like this that remind me of that.
Dudes flying a fold up chair...
Looked like he was trying to make a quick pitstop on your glider
Bro..that goat sticker that make the eagle gone mad.. lol
I'd be scared to fly that thing (even without any encounters :)
It seems like it was instinctively looking for a head to strike and the best it could guess was the point by the tow hook.
It’s a damn good thing ole Iron Claw didn’t get a grip on the fabric !!! 😳
Had one flt under the wing of my Citabria on final several times in Victoria Texas. Seemed to enjoy riding the pressure wave
Dude is literally soaring with the eagles.
Great footage. I had a similar Fish Eagle kick a big hole in the wing of my RC glider years ago.
Looks like you were big enough to make this guy think twice about it.
No wonder the goat decal eyes are bulging. The wedged tail eagle is king in Australian skies, has no fear, has been known to kill sheep and kangaroos and chases down crows and sulpher creasted cockatoos their main avian prey. Nice video
that is the coolest video ever you are my hero!!!
Dude Flying - Whoa an eagle 'Hey dude just flying through "
Eagle - "Not on my watch Buddy "
I so badly wanted to build a Goat. Such a great design.
watched a couple repetitively lock talons only to tumble somersaulty down into the deep mountainous canyon on Valentine's Day
Maybe he thinks the glider is a bird!
You need to get an AIRSOFT paintball gun. Then there would be multi colored wedgetails
Imagine if that eagle decided to attack the man directly, I don't think the man could've done any thing about it.
Abandon ship! 🤣
Well, that's why the require a full face mask in Eagle country, while flying an open glider. Did Skypig mention whether or not he pissed himself?
Looks like he was trying to get a ride 😁
I also want to fly into the blue sky like this
Looks so primitive but it gives you real sense of flying!!!
I don't know who's the craziest. The guy flying that thing or the damned Eagle.
Lucky didn't tear up the fabric wing with those talons which are razor sharp vice grips
Looked to me like he was trying to attack you!
It looks like he was trying to land on the strut that goes from the nose to the wing. He must have been tired. LOL. Tried to take a quick break in flight.
That bird is so cute
That goat on the tail keeps staring at me.
'' leave my thermal, I circled it first''
Egale:this is a air patrol,where is your licence?
I don't even think that's a fully grown on considering they can grow to just shy of 3 meters in wingspan.
It was an adult.....dark brown/ black plumage. Young are tan.
This man really intercepted an eagle lmao
What an absolute wonder and thrill. I'm sure the eagle was being territorial, but I'm sure its presence was welcome (short of its sharp talons, of course).
I doubt it was a "thrill," probably more terrifying.
I can imagine how awsom that must have been to experiance this
Birds are jealous that humans have taken over their entire air space, it’s no wonder why they always have to investigate flying objects.
He played beautifully.
I have lost several kites to bird attacks, I feel for you. At least they are not trying to rip a chunk of flesh out of my leg with their talons.
That's pretty neat. He's kinda just hanging out with you.
He's saying "get out of my airspace human wannabe"
Eagle: sir you are entered in restricted area I repeat it’s last warning ⚠️
Most heated Dogfight I've ever seen
Cuz you posted that goat sticker on your plane...eagle spotted your provocation...😂
Mate that is one of the coolest things I've ever seen.
Muito maneiro...
The eagle is informing you that you need to follow him and land immediately.
So much for peace and serenity of flying one of those
I think I'd like to try that.
Invaded the airspace of an eagle The eagle yells: leave the airspace immediately or you will be shot down by our fighters I repeat .., ...
You are so much lucky! 😊👍
Eagle : if it drops I will eat
Man: ha, it’s funny, lol
Eagle is thinking...
- How in hell did this yellow bird to take a whole human on air?
maybe the eagle has mistaken your shoes for a pray