Weekend Fly-In at Panoche, CA, Sept 23-24, 2006. BASA members and Hollister Glider Club members spent the weekend flying, eating, and having fun.
Glider rides:
http://www.bayare agliderrides.com
Flight instruction:
http://www.soarho llister.com
FWIW: I have no commercial affiliation with either organization.
Practice landings of a glider while still under tow. Knowing how to do this is useful if the tow rope release fails. Filmed at Hollister, CA on 9/5/2006, with various pilots at the controls.
Glider rides:
http://www.bayare agliderrides.com
Flight instruction:
http://www.soarho llister.com
FWIW: I have no commercial affiliation with either organization.
Practice landing of a Schweizer SGS 2-32 sailplane, in a crosswind, without using the divebreaks. Hollister, California.
Glider rides:
http://www.bayare agliderrides.com
Flight instruction:
http://www.soarho llister.com
FWIW: I have no commercial affiliation with either organization.
Big wave lift over Santa Cruz Mountains. All the gliders came out to play, and what a day it was. Several gliders made 18,000 feet.
Glider rides:
http://www.bayare agliderrides.com
Flight instruction:
http://www.soarho llister.com
FWIW: I have no commercial affiliation with either organization.
In-flight shutdown of the Carat motorglider engine. In the unique design of the Carat, the propeller blades fold forward like spears. This results in significantly-lower drag than feathering a propeller.
Flying a glider in wave lift. This must be the gentlest way to be in the air, except possibly for ballooning. As one pilot once said, "Flying in wave is even smoother than sitting still on the ground."
