Gliding

Enjoy the view from a glider cockit as the pilot does in this littel DivX5.0 video. The sound you hear ist beside the wind the variometer indicating a down draft.

Some other stills from airfield life in Langenlonsheim/Germany (EDEL). Click pictures to see a larger image. The pictures are shruk to max 800x600 and sized between 70kB and 200kB.

             

Glider Winch start in a classic KA 6

           
 
 
 
Everyone...
 
...can get in there! :-)
 
Instrument check.
 
The LEPO brings the tow rope from the winch
             
 
 
 
Rope is hooked on.   Take the wings and...   ...hold level.   Radio announcment,
             

 
 
 

and go!   Take-off within a few meters..   ...and up...   ...and up...
             
 
 
 
...to about 350m
 
Back to land with...
 
...spolers extended.
 
             
Airfield life at EDEL            
     
This young lady keeps the start list   Here's a real flight instructor!   Now, what's this guy doing?   Oh, sealing the wing joints with white tape.
             
         
Now here is why gliding   is considered a sport.        
             
       
EDEL from 1400m   Wine yards and Nahe river around Langenlonsheim   Enjoying the view.    
             

 

Older but still nice    
Bad Kreuznach city from 2000m
LS 4b

A beautiful ASK-16 Motorglider, great to fly.