A parachute wouldn't have been much use at that altitude! Amazing flight, I have done a lot of x-country glider flying but never that over such a long distance - Respect!
@calikalbo calikalbo Ridge lift its pretty interesting, won't necessarily get you much altitude but will allow you to maintain your altitude as long as you follow the contour of the mountain. Someone like Pure Glide could give you a good explanation.
This looks so amazing! Flying this fast and low, with so much visibility and only the noise of the wind is simply amazing. Too bad being low without an engine scares the crap out of me as a non-glider pilot.
Being low is fine, and being slow is fine, but being low *and* slow scares the crap out of me. I guess he can land out on any of those grassy fields, but that sounds really unpleasant too.
Not often, I need to be in the cockpit when watching someone soar. But, ridge and slope soaring always gets me excited and I need to be flying with you on this flight. Very nice, predictable, and safe flight. Great job and fun watching you fly.
Amazing how calm and relaxed you look with very few but decided moves on the stick, it's a pleasure to see you fly! Amazing scenario too! Keep posting and happy flying.
hi there i have a few questions ,how long does it take for someone to learn how to glide , and does the FES system prevent you from major accidents that could happen like losing altitude ? meaning is there something worry about ?
@@ElyesBoudhina Hi Elyes, learning to glide can easily take months to over a year, it depends on how often you fly. I haven't flown any gliders with an FES (Front-Electric-Sustainer?)system so I cannot speak from experience. I can imagine flying with an FES system is a confidence boost though.
@@thespudbud9910 So what can you do if you glide with no FES and encounter an emergency situation ( because the way i see it, if you glide with no FES its seems like it would be like jumping from an airplane with a faulty parachute is it not )
@@thespudbud9910 when i was watching gliding videos that was the first thing that ran through my mind => security how can i survive if shit goes south , is the seat ejectable ? can i have parachute ? i just can not get into something that does not have back up plan and FES just killed it . cuz with out it i think you are willingly rolling dice on your life .
Nice flying. Low flights make for great videos and I am a new pilot, not comfortable with being close to anything. I only recently stopped being afraid of clouds.
Not risky, but fun, light Ridge lift can stay up a long time and Ridge lift you are allways pretty low and close to the rige to stay in the lift, especially true on mild ridges like the ones he is flying over. Love having no engine. He looks like he has lots of landing spots. Gliders like his have good glide ratios, as in over 40:1 so you can glide a long way. A glider recently reset the sailplane altitude record climbing at 500 to over 1000 fpm to 90,000 feet asl using natural super smooth mountain wave. A RC model glider with 9 ft wingspan hand launched off Ridge using dynamic Soaring off the downwind side of a ridge flying in a circle many tulimes accelerating to a world record of 545 mph, this type of Soaring pulls way more g's then a human can withstand, imagine flying in a circle of less then 100 yards diameter at 545 mph, accelerating from had launched after 4-5 turns to 545mph! Or fly in a sailplane race to one to two defined turn points over a 109 mile plus triangle in a glider averaging from 45 to over 100mph
Situation at 4:50 looked scary.. no altitude. Nose towards the hill. No energy at 90kph. 1 error (bump and set the flaps wrong) and then the situation is not fixable. Stunning views.
I’ve seen several comments of you stating that what you were doing was particularly risky. Now you comment again that a situation was not comfortable. Where do you personally draw the line between risk & reward? You seem to put yourself in those situations relatively often. Aren’t you afraid you are going to push it a little bit too far at some point? Don’t get me wrong, some people are willing to simply take more risk (there are a lot more dangerous hobbies out there) and can deal with those more risky situations better, but just like Anne said, all you need is a bump and you could potentially cross the line because of some ‘bad luck’. As long as you are aware of the possible consequences it is ok imo, but I would like to know your point of view on this.
@@MauritsHebels You're not the only one wondering this. I do have concerns that other, less-experienced pilots in lesser gliders may try to emulate this.
Very skillful flying, always with an escape route to the right when getting low. Sometimes looks on the edge of impossible but you are very good at finding lift. Great video!
I checked that this ASG29 (registration number: D-2915 ; manufactured in 2007 ; construction number 29015) from Germany - HAS NO SUSTAINER MOTOR ! It is a clean glider without propulsion and this guy who flies it on this film has balls out of steel.
Bravo Stefan, you have incredible courage, skill and faith in your ASG29 sailplane and I fully expected the nose to fall into the trees at any second. There was no safe landing area, without incurring damage as you traversed that inhospitable shallow ridge and several times, I found that I was forgetting to breathe. The clip ended too soon, as I would have loved to see how you climbed away when the ridge ended.
Hallo Stefan! Ich versuch immer von dir was zu lernen. Heute habe ich gelernt oder besser gesagt erkannt: " D i e Nerven hätte ich nie." So fliegen Weltmeister! Chapeau!
For sure your videos are spectacular!! But with no narrative they are not the complete package. Tell us what you are doing, what you are thinking, and what your “plan b” is, if what you are doing does not work. Also would be good to mention your land out options. Looking forward to more of your flights.
This was great! Very meditative. Did you cut out sections just to shorten it? I would like to request that you also upload the entire raw footage, the longer the better.
I think I know the secret the camera's not showing. That hillside to the right goes down quite a long ways, so if he gets into trouble he can bail out to the right and extend by matching the descending angle of the hillside until he can catch some wind again. That's probably why he has the confidence to do what he's doing. He has an escape route.
In glider flying I am curious as to how much elevation you can get on pure momentum and mechanical input alone. Can you maintain a phugoid cycle indefinitely?
The Vario registers what?...minute changes in altitude ?....by changes in air pressure? This is a stunning video of a pilot with full confidence in his ability and of the glider
Danke, Stefan, für so ein schönes Video, aber ich muss ehrlich gestehen, dass diese Art und Weise des Fliegens nicht für meine schwachen Nerven (und selbstverständlich für meine noch geringe Fliegererfahrung) ist. Mein persönliches Regel ist aktuell - wenn ich niedriger als 300 m. AGL bin, dann alle Manövern sind nur zur Landung.
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Hallo Stefan, ich bin einer derjenigen der einer Anzahl von Schülern für 25 Jahre das Fliegen beigebracht hat. Selbst habe ich vor Beendigung des aktiven Fliegens eine DG 400 geflogen. Inzwischen bin ich 79 Jahre alt und mich würde interessieren wie hoch du über Grund warst bei diesem Flug. Oder anders ausgedrückt, woher nimmt man in einer solchen Situation das Vertrauen, dass alles O K ist. Mein Nervenkostüm hast so etwas nie erlaubt. Danke für eine ehrliche Antwort!!
Hallo Rüdiger, die Höhe über Grund kann man in dem Video schon relativ gut abschätzen. Das Vertrauen kommt daher, dass ein Flugzeug bis zu einer bestimmten Geschwindigkeit fliegt und ich das Wetter für längere Zeit beobachtet habe. Das heißt nur sehr schwacher, wenig turbulenter Wind und kaum Thermik. Dadurch gibt es nur noch mich als potentielle Fehlerquelle und die Wölbklappen können die Mindestfahrt im Extremfall noch einmal minimieren.
im not a expert in this at all but i think its heat bouncing up the hills that create lift i think its called ridge lift if your interested in googling it
@@fivemeomedia My own experience alone here, provided that the warmer air is rolling up the slope its effect resembles in a way, the ground effect. Very slight drift correction is essential in order to traverse and with the wind direction immediately behind you its like skiing uphill. Try it. Get out and fly the mountains. Its more than challenging your skills. Be safe. Good luck. Foxtrotkilogolf.
The cam is pointed slightly left. And the lower terrain seems to be on the right. I think that's what makes people nervous. To me, it looks like you could turn to the right towards the lower terrain at all times and find a landing spot. Right? That's why I think using a head mounted camera would improve your video's, since it would show the terrain to left and right when you're turning your head. People will love to see the winglets too!
I know it’s not a big deal but when anything composite creaks it just puts me “on edge”! It would bug me to death. Like extreme wing bending on the open class ships. “Hold your breath”.
Hi Stefan, very nice fight. Can you told me your XCSoar settings of gauges on bottom of screen? Cannot read it from video screenshot. From left to right, from top row to bottom row. Thank you very much.
Отличный полёт, я думал всё, вот сейчас он точно в долину будет спускаться, но упорно вверх по склону забрался, хотя это скорее особенность полетов на данной местности.
Very nice! Tad long edit though :) when I fly my PG I love the bit you're doing, milking every last drop of lift to get just a little further. Was wondering, in these conditions, should you not find lift, are you always having a suitable landing field within glide or do you take the risk of a tree landing?
@@SteFly Wow. So I'm confused (this is not unusual) - why aren't you sinking the few feet to the ground? Even the best glider has a glide ratio of - what is it these days - 1 in 50?
Impossible to watch this video without a smile of satisfaction. As in life, you have to choose the right one every moment ...
Stefan is my hero, first pilot I’ve ever seen who wears a parachute and I admire that!
A parachute wouldn't have been much use at that altitude! Amazing flight, I have done a lot of x-country glider flying but never that over such a long distance - Respect!
Flying in a motorless plane over beautiful country that would take weeks to traverse on foot...priceless!
actually its very expensive
lithium25693 who said a thing about price
@@lithium25693 Actually it isn't expensive. I have been gliding for a year and have spent unter 400€ in total, all costs considered.
@@EirikAnd99 how much does it cost to buy a glider?
@@Niraol Depending on the glider it can cost from 10.000$ to 300.000$ and more.
How much does the anti gravity option cost? It seems to work well. :)
IT's free! :) aka wind
@@stephansalas1464
What wind? I hardly heard lift at all from the Vario.
@calikalbo calikalbo Ridge lift its pretty interesting, won't necessarily get you much altitude but will allow you to maintain your altitude as long as you follow the contour of the mountain. Someone like Pure Glide could give you a good explanation.
This looks so amazing!
Flying this fast and low, with so much visibility and only the noise of the wind is simply amazing.
Too bad being low without an engine scares the crap out of me as a non-glider pilot.
Being low is fine, and being slow is fine, but being low *and* slow scares the crap out of me. I guess he can land out on any of those grassy fields, but that sounds really unpleasant too.
I bet it was fun for you! No words = high concentration!
Not often, I need to be in the cockpit when watching someone soar. But, ridge and slope soaring always gets me excited and I need to be flying with you on this flight. Very nice, predictable, and safe flight. Great job and fun watching you fly.
Amazing how calm and relaxed you look with very few but decided moves on the stick, it's a pleasure to see you fly! Amazing scenario too! Keep posting and happy flying.
That soflty mountened landscape with a relaxing beeping sound in background make me trully relaxed.
Your videos are the reason I started gliding 🕶
hi there i have a few questions ,how long does it take for someone to learn how to glide , and does the FES system prevent you from major accidents that could happen like losing altitude ? meaning is there something worry about ?
@@ElyesBoudhina Hi Elyes, learning to glide can easily take months to over a year, it depends on how often you fly. I haven't flown any gliders with an FES (Front-Electric-Sustainer?)system so I cannot speak from experience. I can imagine flying with an FES system is a confidence boost though.
@@thespudbud9910 So what can you do if you glide with no FES and encounter an emergency situation ( because the way i see it, if you glide with no FES its seems like it would be like jumping from an airplane with a faulty parachute is it not )
@@ElyesBoudhina Find a good thermal or ridge, pray or look for a healthy field to 'land' XD
@@thespudbud9910 when i was watching gliding videos that was the first thing that ran through my mind => security how can i survive if shit goes south , is the seat ejectable ? can i have parachute ? i just can not get into something that does not have back up plan and FES just killed it . cuz with out it i think you are willingly rolling dice on your life .
Nice flying. Low flights make for great videos and I am a new pilot, not comfortable with being close to anything. I only recently stopped being afraid of clouds.
Wow that was intense and amazing - really enjoyed the flight and expect to repeat numerous times - thanks mate!
Low and slow in a glider is risky, isn't it?
But if you *ASG* me, it looks absolutely stunning!
Not risky, but fun, light Ridge lift can stay up a long time and Ridge lift you are allways pretty low and close to the rige to stay in the lift, especially true on mild ridges like the ones he is flying over. Love having no engine. He looks like he has lots of landing spots. Gliders like his have good glide ratios, as in over 40:1 so you can glide a long way.
A glider recently reset the sailplane altitude record climbing at 500 to over 1000 fpm to 90,000 feet asl using natural super smooth mountain wave.
A RC model glider with 9 ft wingspan hand launched off Ridge using dynamic Soaring off the downwind side of a ridge flying in a circle many tulimes accelerating to a world record of 545 mph, this type of Soaring pulls way more g's then a human can withstand, imagine flying in a circle of less then 100 yards diameter at 545 mph, accelerating from had launched after 4-5 turns to 545mph!
Or fly in a sailplane race to one to two defined turn points over a 109 mile plus triangle in a glider averaging from 45 to over 100mph
Yes, that´s correct! Nice integration of ASG :D
@@SteFly Perfect Playground for my ATOS VR..
@@airgliderz wow that is a lot of great info thank you so mutch 😁💪
Beautiful flying, over beautiful scenery, very well done.
At 8:05 watch the bird take evasive action!
He didn't have FAlarm.
wow, was eine Landschaft, gut geflogen! Ein Traum!
Great example of ridge lift! Subbed.
I love that you had Clangers for company the whole time too :D
Situation at 4:50 looked scary.. no altitude. Nose towards the hill. No energy at 90kph. 1 error (bump and set the flaps wrong) and then the situation is not fixable. Stunning views.
Yes, that was no comfortable Situation! The wingloading was very low and the ASG29 still flies with 70 - 75 km/h, so a small margin was still there.
I’ve seen several comments of you stating that what you were doing was particularly risky. Now you comment again that a situation was not comfortable. Where do you personally draw the line between risk & reward? You seem to put yourself in those situations relatively often. Aren’t you afraid you are going to push it a little bit too far at some point? Don’t get me wrong, some people are willing to simply take more risk (there are a lot more dangerous hobbies out there) and can deal with those more risky situations better, but just like Anne said, all you need is a bump and you could potentially cross the line because of some ‘bad luck’. As long as you are aware of the possible consequences it is ok imo, but I would like to know your point of view on this.
@@MauritsHebels You're not the only one wondering this. I do have concerns that other, less-experienced pilots in lesser gliders may try to emulate this.
@@SteFly Far far too little potential and kinetic energy reserves over such a shallow slope
Very skillful flying, always with an escape route to the right when getting low. Sometimes looks on the edge of impossible but you are very good at finding lift. Great video!
Bosnia is beautiful. The terrain reminds me of Eastern Oregon. It looks like power lines were not a problem out there.
I checked that this ASG29 (registration number: D-2915 ; manufactured in 2007 ; construction number 29015) from Germany -
HAS NO SUSTAINER MOTOR !
It is a clean glider without propulsion and this guy who flies it on this film has balls out of steel.
Bravo Stefan, you have incredible courage, skill and faith in your ASG29 sailplane and I fully expected the nose to fall into the trees at any second. There was no safe landing area, without incurring damage as you traversed that inhospitable shallow ridge and several times, I found that I was forgetting to breathe. The clip ended too soon, as I would have loved to see how you climbed away when the ridge ended.
At the end everything was safe and easy to glide back to the airfield. Finished the task and landed ;)
swallow at 8:05 ... unbelieveable how good the glider flies under right conditions, with a good pilot and nerves made of steel. :)
Awesome flying! Thanks for risking your life to put up this video!
👍 👍 👍 Das war ein Meisterstück, Stefan.
Nice to see my home country from this point of view. Cheers from Germany!
For the first 5 minutes I was squirming in my seat, but it’s amazing just how relaxed I got with flying so low after a while.
It is easy... you were not there...
I can imagine what a sight from the ground !!!
The first 5 minutes was scary!! And I have a ton of experience!!
2:26 Wish we could have seen how you pulled that next stretch off.... impressive !
agree too many cuts, and what about the landing
Tactical flight (low level flight) with glider.
Respect!
Its amazing how far they can fly, so cool.
Thanks for the ride!
Looks really cool, wish I could fly like that
that was spectacular Thank You !
Big risk taking here. Glad it ended well.
Cool video. I hope you don´t get hurt some of these days.
This is the best eco-friendly way for this terrain.
Beautiful video and amazing flying. Your name comes up a lot at our Virginia airport.
wow. this video made my day!!! awesome flying!! :)
Imma need one of these if there’s ever a zombie apocalypse it’s so quiet and stealthy lol
some parts of the video are scary because we don't see the valley on the right...!
Even tough, you run out of altitude once.
Your Camera Perspective is so nice. You literally think this is a computer game or smth .D
Another Beautiful Example Of Dynamic Flying!😀👍
Sorry, but you need to educate yourself on what dynamic soaring (flying ) is. This is not it. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic_soaring
This is NOT dynamic soaring...
Amazing video and excellent flying, watched it twice!
It seems like the lift was very smooth but weak.
Wow! Amazing flying.
Beautiful video, Stefan.
Coś pięknego :)
Incredible ride !!! 😯😯😯👍😍😊
Wow....how does he keep that in the air at that altitude....fantastic.
When I get my pilots license, one of these are top of my list
Hallo Stefan! Ich versuch immer von dir was zu lernen. Heute habe ich gelernt oder besser gesagt erkannt: " D i e Nerven hätte ich nie." So fliegen Weltmeister! Chapeau!
For sure your videos are spectacular!! But with no narrative they are not the complete package. Tell us what you are doing, what you are thinking, and what your “plan b” is, if what you are doing does not work. Also would be good to mention your land out options. Looking forward to more of your flights.
That was "Plan C" , Plan A high and happy,Plan B on the top's and having to find a good climb
Plan D, turn out and land in 20 seconds
14:07 Just time for some internet banking.
Quite risky and challenging, bravo !!
I've sh't bricks while watching this video :) It's truly amazing!
This was great! Very meditative. Did you cut out sections just to shorten it? I would like to request that you also upload the entire raw footage, the longer the better.
Fantastic!
Welcome to Bosnia🇧🇦❤
That's some awesome flying.
I think I know the secret the camera's not showing. That hillside to the right goes down quite a long ways, so if he gets into trouble he can bail out to the right and extend by matching the descending angle of the hillside until he can catch some wind again.
That's probably why he has the confidence to do what he's doing. He has an escape route.
Grandiosso!!!
Pass auf dich auf diggah 😁👍
Got the pucker factor going in me.
good video
In glider flying I am curious as to how much elevation you can get on pure momentum and mechanical input alone. Can you maintain a phugoid cycle indefinitely?
Thank you Stefan
The Vario registers what?...minute changes in altitude ?....by changes in air pressure?
This is a stunning video of a pilot with full confidence in his ability and of the glider
Gorgeous! 😍
"Ballsey" flying!
It is beautiful there. Nothing more to say
nice,,, can you even notice the difference between the flap settings ??
Very nice vid
I’ve only flew thermals in the US. Would love to fly ridge lift some day!
Danke, Stefan, für so ein schönes Video, aber ich muss ehrlich gestehen, dass diese Art und Weise des Fliegens nicht für meine schwachen Nerven (und selbstverständlich für meine noch geringe Fliegererfahrung) ist. Mein persönliches Regel ist aktuell - wenn ich niedriger als 300 m. AGL bin, dann alle Manövern sind nur zur Landung.
Hallo Stefan,
ich bin einer derjenigen der einer Anzahl von Schülern für 25 Jahre das Fliegen beigebracht hat. Selbst habe ich vor Beendigung des aktiven Fliegens eine DG 400 geflogen. Inzwischen bin ich 79 Jahre alt und mich würde interessieren wie hoch du über Grund warst bei diesem Flug. Oder anders ausgedrückt, woher nimmt man in einer solchen Situation das Vertrauen, dass alles O K ist. Mein Nervenkostüm hast so etwas nie erlaubt. Danke für eine ehrliche Antwort!!
Hallo Rüdiger, die Höhe über Grund kann man in dem Video schon relativ gut abschätzen. Das Vertrauen kommt daher, dass ein Flugzeug bis zu einer bestimmten Geschwindigkeit fliegt und ich das Wetter für längere Zeit beobachtet habe. Das heißt nur sehr schwacher, wenig turbulenter Wind und kaum Thermik. Dadurch gibt es nur noch mich als potentielle Fehlerquelle und die Wölbklappen können die Mindestfahrt im Extremfall noch einmal minimieren.
Amazing low n slow flight, its a great experience flight a glider
4:32 had me shook! How did the glider keep going uphill!? Nice flying :) Condor style...
im not a expert in this at all but i think its heat bouncing up the hills that create lift i think its called ridge lift if your interested in googling it
@@misterpspdude incorrect. Not thermals. Ridge lift. I saw no thermals in this video.
@@fivemeomedia My own experience alone here, provided that the warmer air is rolling up the slope its effect resembles in a way, the ground effect. Very slight drift correction is essential in order to traverse and with the wind direction immediately behind you its like skiing uphill. Try it. Get out and fly the mountains. Its more than challenging your skills. Be safe. Good luck. Foxtrotkilogolf.
Is there a parachute? Also imagine the sensation of flying without the cockpit glass( i know it would mess with the aerodynamics)....
I only play engine plane simulator on PC. So, don't have the power at the low altitude in the video, it will feel crash.
Gliders are amazing!
Wishing I could read the airspeed indicator during this
Beautiful ridge!
welcome to Bosnia :))
The cam is pointed slightly left. And the lower terrain seems to be on the right. I think that's what makes people nervous. To me, it looks like you could turn to the right towards the lower terrain at all times and find a landing spot. Right? That's why I think using a head mounted camera would improve your video's, since it would show the terrain to left and right when you're turning your head. People will love to see the winglets too!
I know it’s not a big deal but when anything composite creaks it just puts me “on edge”!
It would bug me to death. Like extreme wing bending on the open class ships. “Hold your breath”.
Ridge lift game 👌
Hi Stefan, very nice fight. Can you told me your XCSoar settings of gauges on bottom of screen? Cannot read it from video screenshot. From left to right, from top row to bottom row. Thank you very much.
amazing
Did you end up finding anything with that metal detector I could hear?
I was really looking forward to seeing the end, ie, how you got home. too bad the video was cut off in the middle.
At the end of the video I had enough height to glide back home to the airfield and finish the task.
Hi great video. I know nothing about gliding so wondering where your lift is coming from to stay airborne?
Отличный полёт, я думал всё, вот сейчас он точно в долину будет спускаться, но упорно вверх по склону забрался, хотя это скорее особенность полетов на данной местности.
FS2020 looks nice
Очень круто, спасибо! Very cool! Thanks!
Very nice! Tad long edit though :) when I fly my PG I love the bit you're doing, milking every last drop of lift to get just a little further. Was wondering, in these conditions, should you not find lift, are you always having a suitable landing field within glide or do you take the risk of a tree landing?
Should a glider wings Creek and grown and make noises like that.... might want to check things out
Looks like openvario isn't it?
Pull up (wooop wooop) pull up (wooop wooop)
8:05 Do gliders ever get hit by birds? That one looked pretty close.
I've hit one in a glider.
You slowed the video though, right? ASI and vario seem to confirm.
No, that is real time!
@@SteFly Wow. So I'm confused (this is not unusual) - why aren't you sinking the few feet to the ground? Even the best glider has a glide ratio of - what is it these days - 1 in 50?