Thread: Glider pilots piss their pants

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This is a good recap on what happened. This kind of glider flying is an extreme sport. When you use mountain sides for lift, you are brave or stupid or both. It is New Zealand. So Im going with stupid.

Originally Posted by Backspin

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More like 2.50

Originally Posted by TheRealKW

More like 2.50

It's socal he's stupid.

Originally Posted by AntRobertson

It's socal he's stupid.

I included the near fatal mistake you stupid fucks

I disagree. The student was out of his depth and the instructor should've taken control way earlier when it was obvious the glider was running parallel. Especially as soon as he hit the clouds. No instructor I know would let a student take a sailplane into clouds. It nearly stalled before the instructor took control. Rule no 1 in sail planes is not to fly in clouds at least in Australia. The instructor should've told him to adjust his angle by looking at the yaw string apart from visuals. Glad he wasn't my instructor when I was learning.

Fuck that shit show a proper crash.

^ Took a while, but got that 90 degree angle perfect.

At least the OP is not posting bat shit crazy conspiracies, or vids about flabby Thai birds.

Originally Posted by Edmond

^ Took a while, but got that 90 degree angle perfect.

And no splash.

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

Fuck that shit show a proper crash.

WTF. These idiots stalled the wing a couple times and somehow managed to get it back. There must have been something wrong with the glider. Either that or the pilot was drunk