To the Limit - 323 km Triangle on an Island by Glider

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  • čas přidán 31. 01. 2020
  • Flying a big triangle on the Nothern Island of New Zealand is a huge challenge!
    If I would fly this task at the same weather conditions again, I would definately NOT push as hard to the limits as I did here.
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  • @Joyplanes
    @Joyplanes Před 4 lety +172

    Fun video! It was a surprise to see my footage, I'm happy you used it. I hope we can meet someday to make a great video. Fly safe.

    • @SteFly
      @SteFly  Před 4 lety +22

      Thank you so much for these great animations! Someday I need to learn doing them on my own. Would be awesome to make a video together in the future. :)

    • @reyesreyesjuandavid5953
      @reyesreyesjuandavid5953 Před 3 lety

      Oooooo😮

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      @1islam1 Před 3 lety

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  • @DutchThackers
    @DutchThackers Před 4 lety +22

    Wow, really impressive flying. As a pilot I have the highest respect for glider pilots. You guys really fly the aircraft perfectly coordinated and reading nature to give you the best performance. I will be trying gliders this year for the first time in my flying career here in the pyrenees. Can't wait.

    • @Itsfalcon9
      @Itsfalcon9 Před 2 lety +2

      It's been 2 years. I was wondering if you liked it?

  • @ludovicokilowatt3952
    @ludovicokilowatt3952 Před 4 lety +50

    I'm watching this during the quarantine w/ my glider sleeping in its trailer. I am physically suffering.

  • @dougsanders5717
    @dougsanders5717 Před 4 lety +16

    felt like i was right there sweating flying over blue water. better you than me. good saves

  • @defyent
    @defyent Před 4 lety +28

    I've spend the last 12 years flying around this area, always wondered if something like this could be done in a glider. Very cool.

  • @MarcGroefsema
    @MarcGroefsema Před 4 lety +21

    "Clicking on a Stefen Langer video", after a few seconds in: "He! It's Bruno! I must have clicked on a Bruno video.". After another few seconds: "He! That's not Bruno's voice! It is Stefen!". Great to see multiple yt pilots in one video :)

  • @hannesspohn
    @hannesspohn Před 4 lety +40

    Hey, I enjoyed the new video format a lot. I lilked the fact that you explained a lot and showed us the task you were flying.
    And it s quite nice to see how your english improved so much during you time in NZ. It makes your videos much more enjoyable.
    Happy Landings
    Hannes

  • @bengeorges5239
    @bengeorges5239 Před 4 lety +45

    Hallo Stefan. Das neue Format gefällt mir richtig gut! Viel erklärt und natürlich wieder sehr schöne Aufnahmen. Ab und zu den Task einzublenden und die Taktik zu erklären hat dem ganzen Video einen roten Faden verliehen 👍

    • @SteFly
      @SteFly  Před 4 lety +7

      Dankeschön! Ich wollte in dem Video etwas neues ausprobiere, mal schauen wie die allgemeine Resonanz dazu ist.

    • @Zwen-tx3qk
      @Zwen-tx3qk Před 4 lety +1

      Ich sehe das genauso. Gerne mehr solcher Videos, Stefan!

  • @hatimmounib745
    @hatimmounib745 Před 4 lety +5

    Thank you a lot. You allowed me to escape this confinement mood, and brought so many happy memories to me. It's been nearly two years I didn't fly, and I do really miss that wonderful feeling when you get into a good ascendent thermal, or when you just glid at the seeling of the clouds. Thanks again for this very great footage

    • @SteFly
      @SteFly  Před 4 lety +1

      Thank you! 😀

  • @fatbudgiekillen8997
    @fatbudgiekillen8997 Před 4 lety +1

    Thank you Stefan ,I am enjoying your New Zealand series ! Look forward to the next.

  • @zacktong8105
    @zacktong8105 Před 4 lety +3

    Stefan, Once again what a joy it is to fly a cross country with you . Our club ground school is currently in secession and this video will be most helpful and for the very many of us who haven't and probably never will do it we learn so much from you! / Thank you.

    • @SteFly
      @SteFly  Před 4 lety +1

      Thank you for the nice comment!

  • @hangfly1
    @hangfly1 Před 4 lety +2

    Another wonderful video! Thanks for posting, fly safe and keep them coming!

  • @tadeksmutek5840
    @tadeksmutek5840 Před 4 lety +3

    Vielen Dank, Stefan, für dieses sehr interessante Video, wo du sehr interessant deine Flugtaktik erklärt hast. Dieses neue Format hat mir auch sehr gefallen. Fliege hoch und save!:-)

  • @pilot_Julius30
    @pilot_Julius30 Před 4 lety +5

    I like the competition explanations.👍🏽
    It's nice for me as an glider student trying to begin cross country flying to see how competition is going.
    And New Zealand is awesome!
    🛩👍🏽

  • @gilnemesis3547
    @gilnemesis3547 Před 4 lety +4

    Great and strange when you were flying over the blue ! Thank you again, nice pictures.

  • @dinskipper7987
    @dinskipper7987 Před 4 lety +3

    This is real master-class with charts and explanations. I can imagine how you were exhausted to fly this triangle but I was even exhausted to watch this video with a lot of real adrenalin. Congratulation with this flight and with new format of video. Fly safe.

  • @titahibayflier3160
    @titahibayflier3160 Před 4 lety +4

    Solid effort there stefan in tricky conditions. Great video!

  • @jarvissdot7700
    @jarvissdot7700 Před 3 lety +11

    its crazy how this plan stays in the air so long

  • @haraldschallerl2973
    @haraldschallerl2973 Před 4 lety +1

    Das war echt spannend anzuschauen. Ich habe da viel mitgelitten. Daumen hoch!

  • @arlindocarvalho256
    @arlindocarvalho256 Před 4 lety +3

    4 - Congratulations Stefan!!!
    You are the big one!!!

  • @papatangovictor
    @papatangovictor Před 4 lety +5

    Great trail of clouds into the sea! What an incredible experience! Despite being a task, there is always time to explore new paths and sensations. The free flight above all.

  • @8Konrad4
    @8Konrad4 Před 4 lety +2

    Very good video. I like it when you explain what you are thinking and planning and what the challenges are. Quite informative.

  • @craigcottam
    @craigcottam Před 4 lety +15

    Thanks for this Stefan, I live near the Matamata airfield and see these hills everyday. Amazing to see them from above finally, it only took a German glider pilot to show me lol. Good luck with your future travels!

    • @SteFly
      @SteFly  Před 4 lety +1

      Haha, nice 😂 Thank you!

  • @SuperReasonable
    @SuperReasonable Před 4 lety +10

    Wow, two incredibly lucky 'saves' over the beach!

  • @PavloLukashuk
    @PavloLukashuk Před 4 lety +1

    Wow! Full process, wings - main points ! Thanks.

  • @slickstersf
    @slickstersf Před 4 lety +2

    Great exciting video. Had me holding my breath that you gonna make it back.

  • @anonymxs._7570
    @anonymxs._7570 Před 4 lety

    Some really nice footage in this video, amazing shots :D

  • @viardmike4130
    @viardmike4130 Před 3 lety

    Very nice, very beautyful, very instructive. Congrats man!

  • @dmt3339
    @dmt3339 Před 4 lety +7

    A shout out to Bruno! nice. Always enjoy his videos.

  • @JuliKanos
    @JuliKanos Před 4 lety +62

    amazing video Stefan! because of your videos i fell in love with flying and i signed up to get my glider pilot license! i start the theoretical course next saturday!

    • @hannesjonasson3550
      @hannesjonasson3550 Před 4 lety +8

      Haha, I also start my theoretical next Saturday!

    • @SteFly
      @SteFly  Před 4 lety +7

      Wow, great! All the best for your training :)

    • @JuliKanos
      @JuliKanos Před 4 lety +2

      had my first flight yesterday and it was awesome!

    • @Gilermortis
      @Gilermortis Před 3 lety

      @@JuliKanos man, gliders aren't dangerous to fly?
      Like, if you can't find any thermals or wind you basically is forced to do a emergency landing?

    • @avi7278
      @avi7278 Před 3 lety

      @@Gilermortis Earth is one big ball of thermals and wind. If the conditions aren't right, you don't go out. Of course, anything is dangerous if you do it in the wrong conditions. I love wakeboarding, but I would never wakeboard behind a car.

  • @user-hb1rb7dm5h
    @user-hb1rb7dm5h Před 11 měsíci

    Hey Stefan! Huge fan here, watching your vids has helped me with my own flying, cant wait to see more from you ❤

  • @ChrisPinCornwall
    @ChrisPinCornwall Před 2 lety

    Amazing. Well done Stefan.

  • @gahazebrouck
    @gahazebrouck Před 3 lety +1

    It seems you and Bruno have become gliding stars! You both have really wonderful videos. The comments during flight are very much appreciated.

  • @marccretten
    @marccretten Před 4 lety +2

    This was great!

  • @dbibbyma
    @dbibbyma Před 3 lety

    Wow! Ganz Toll und sehr, sehr schon. Seriously, I just love the shots of the other glider soaring above and below. It's a beautiful thing to watch. Nice music too. I am making it a goal to go for a glider ride after Covid ist Kaput - Ich denke, nächsten Sommer. Ich hoffe. Love the channel. Keep flying

  • @philtdi
    @philtdi Před 4 lety +2

    Great work Stefan, I've posted the link on our club FB page (Richmond Gliding Club) as a training reference for our young Xcountry pilots as there are so many positive lessons in the video and your narrative throughout adds great value to what is visually a stunning flight. Well done and thanks for sharing your flying videos.

  • @rogeriolopes6297
    @rogeriolopes6297 Před 4 lety

    Awesome video! Congratulations!

  • @kiwiflieger59
    @kiwiflieger59 Před 4 lety +11

    I can relate to the "Yeehaa!" at 17:10 :D
    Come again soon Stefan!

  • @GC987
    @GC987 Před 4 lety

    Awesome - finding thermals at the coast and some of those difficult ridges with poor, broken lift - great flight !

  • @stanislouse4168
    @stanislouse4168 Před 3 lety

    Nice job, great vid as always.

  • @lautoka63
    @lautoka63 Před 4 lety

    Nice video, Stefan. Having flown that task on the same day I recognised some of your challenges, though I wasn't brave enough to go to the coast first.

  • @aviationforlive7434
    @aviationforlive7434 Před 4 lety +1

    Bitte mach mehr von solchen Videos echt gutes Format weiter so!

  • @1313chri
    @1313chri Před 4 lety

    Sehr cooles Video! Man kann sich richtig in den Flug mit hinein fühlen! Das macht mir richtig Laune auf die Saison 2020 bei uns in den Alpen!

  • @fritz4345
    @fritz4345 Před 4 lety

    Excellent video to explain how gliding works.

  • @user-sf9pq5ox7w
    @user-sf9pq5ox7w Před 4 lety

    well done!! thanks for sharing.

  • @NaBaseVooaVela
    @NaBaseVooaVela Před 4 lety +4

    Great video!!! Cheers from Brasil!

  • @stewartcampbell8618
    @stewartcampbell8618 Před 4 lety +1

    Great video and beautiful scenery. I found this terrifying to watch at times.... a braver man than I am..

  • @aaronhorn6849
    @aaronhorn6849 Před 4 lety +1

    That area is home for me. I grew up in a place north of Thames called Coromandel. My Dad would take us flying around there.
    Thank you for sharing

    • @SteFly
      @SteFly  Před 4 lety +2

      Great place to live!

  • @stephaniekent8483
    @stephaniekent8483 Před 4 lety

    loved every minute wow!

  • @christophermarshall5765

    One word: AWESOME!!!!

  • @pawankumarsingh8195
    @pawankumarsingh8195 Před 4 lety

    i love your videos man

  • @malibu188
    @malibu188 Před 4 lety +2

    Nice low save over the black sand beach. Beach thermals 👍

  • @mpasowicz
    @mpasowicz Před 4 lety

    Beautiful :-)

  • @iforce2d
    @iforce2d Před 4 lety +10

    wtf!! You flew almost directly over my house, twice! I didn't even know you were still here :)

    • @SteFly
      @SteFly  Před 4 lety +3

      I'm already back in Germany ;)

  • @chrishamilton4999
    @chrishamilton4999 Před 2 lety +1

    Its only taken me 18 months to get to this video! I am not sure how it slipped under my guard. Great flight, and terrific to see "professional standard" thermalling in action. Really well done. Thanks for putting such an unusual flight up. I am about to watch it for a second time, as a few reviews allow me to understand what is going on.

    • @SteFly
      @SteFly  Před 2 lety

      Just rewatched the video now and I can only tell you it´s still my most extreme flight so far. And I don´t like to go as far in the future, hahaaa :D

  • @TheTonynoble
    @TheTonynoble Před 10 měsíci

    I’ve done that flight many times over the years and astefan did amazingly well, especially considering his unfamiliarity with the area.

  • @eifmailru
    @eifmailru Před 4 lety

    Nice!

  • @B777pilot
    @B777pilot Před 4 lety +1

    I’ve been flying in and out of Auckland-Vanuatu the last 2 weeks (my day job), the weather has been great and hoping to see gliders down below having fun!

  • @msierra3827
    @msierra3827 Před 3 lety

    Deine Videos machen Süchtig! Weiter so!

  • @MrBerzulis
    @MrBerzulis Před 3 lety

    Nice video ! A bit intense to watch also. You do have a stamina!

  • @jonasrosengren9093
    @jonasrosengren9093 Před 3 lety

    Really cool video. I miss gliding for sure...

  • @mat2941
    @mat2941 Před 4 lety +1

    Gliders are so cool

  • @keithking1985
    @keithking1985 Před 2 lety

    its very hard not to move your head all over the place watching this... ITS BLOODY AWESOME... : )

  • @npc6817
    @npc6817 Před 4 lety

    damn what a beautiful sky... lucky bastard:)

  • @profiskipinternational4402

    Getting dizzy ... bibibi ... bbbbbbiiiibibibiiii .... bbbbbbibibbbbibi .. bibi🤣😆what a fun. As professional sailor I am curious about ur weather navigation... well explained in this vid. Keep going 👍🙂Always safe landings

  • @csleclerc57
    @csleclerc57 Před 3 lety

    Late in the task, solid high cirrus overcast, no significant cu and over the water still getting lift. Amazing.

  • @TriadAgone
    @TriadAgone Před rokem

    Gotta go down to the Kapiti coast, it's a bit of a jump near Masterton when the ridge gets low, but you can fly out on an Island ridge out 3m in the Ocean, and its just you, ocean, and the ridge. From Paraparaumu you can also hop down below the wellington airspace and fly along the ridge beside the cars over the ocean all the way down to wellington

  • @troublehd7236
    @troublehd7236 Před 4 lety

    Richtig gutes Video, was hast du da wieder gezaubert...

  • @aadityabhattacharya1811
    @aadityabhattacharya1811 Před 3 lety +1

    Ok you did fly over a god damn sea with a aircraft which is said to glide without an engine well technically I’ll call it improvised falling!XD (kidding though awesome job) you do have balls of steel

  • @kousiikadavikolanu2888
    @kousiikadavikolanu2888 Před 4 lety +2

    Good video bro. Excellent work. I am from India (Bharat).

    • @SteFly
      @SteFly  Před 4 lety +2

      Thank you ✌🏼

  • @kpv19741
    @kpv19741 Před 3 lety

    Очень красиво, спасибо!

  • @nob0dy27_
    @nob0dy27_ Před 4 lety

    schönes video :D
    kommt noch mehr aus neuseeland? waren echt schöne aufnahmen bis jetzt

  • @kid4718
    @kid4718 Před 4 lety

    nice

  • @Thequietkid4
    @Thequietkid4 Před rokem

    It would be a lot of fun low gliding on the beaches of St. Ann’s bay, Jamaica. Pls make a video of you doing that!

  • @berndkorthaus5082
    @berndkorthaus5082 Před 4 lety +1

    Great video where you showed the essence of many soaring days where it can get difficult sometimes, resulting in great excitement at the end however.
    How many others did complete that task?

    • @SteFly
      @SteFly  Před 4 lety +1

      Most of the other pilots managed to fly the task. But it is a different competition format than we are used to in Germany. It´s called enterprise. So we had some waypoints which we should fly to and for each turnpoint we got 50 or 100 points. Additionally we got 1 point for every kilometer of an FAI triangle. I tried to fly as big as possible, but that was a little bit too much.

  • @TriadAgone
    @TriadAgone Před 4 lety

    In Paraparaumu the guys would fairly frequently fly south under the Wellington Class C zone on the coast around 500-700'. The other party trick was to fly out to an island off the coast which had a beautiful shear rock face on the ocean side, soar up in it and join the wave which common set up just behind it near the coast. 5 or 6 miles over water feels very wierd when you are down low on the island!

    • @SteFly
      @SteFly  Před 2 lety +1

      Sounds even more crazy than my flight. Where do I need to start and who is a good coach? :D

  • @edwassermann8368
    @edwassermann8368 Před 2 lety

    cool

  • @stealhty1
    @stealhty1 Před 3 lety

    Wow, takes A lot experience to fly cross country that low ,over the water and in those condition

  • @corruptedsnetzteil5598

    Ich kann nur sagen wow ...

  • @alexeysmith
    @alexeysmith Před 4 lety +7

    10:33 It's a kinda bumpy road, fasten your seatbelts KEKW

  • @michalmilko8347
    @michalmilko8347 Před 3 lety

    what a nice surprise to see a slovak made Eurofox in New Zealand

  • @keithking1985
    @keithking1985 Před 2 lety

    Heres me tilting my head to the side when hes catching thermals

  • @Abcdefghi592
    @Abcdefghi592 Před 3 lety

    Ich würde mich bei dem ganzen gedrehte schon übergeben müssen :D

  • @allrounderish
    @allrounderish Před 4 lety +1

    Hi Stefan, kannst du mal ein Video machen, wie du deine Flüge planst? Das fänd ich super! 👍🏻

    • @SteFly
      @SteFly  Před 4 lety +4

      So planlos wie hier 🤣

  • @user-xg5yl3wf7x
    @user-xg5yl3wf7x Před 4 lety

    Боже......Какая красота.....

  • @LSVFlachkurbler
    @LSVFlachkurbler Před 4 lety +2

    das war ja mal spannend ! Werd jetzt langsam neidisch. Aber wie ist das mit den Bonuspunkten ? Du bist da ja ewig an der Küste geparkt nur um da noch einen Punkt zu bekommen, kommts da auf Speed auch an oder nur daß man die Punkte einfliegt ?

    • @SteFly
      @SteFly  Před 4 lety +1

      An der Westküste war kein Bonuspunkt. Dort wollte ich nur ein möglichst großes Dreieck aufspannen. An dem Tag gab es keine Speedwertung, die Punktzahl hat sich aus den erreichten Bonuspunkten und den FAI Dreieckskilometern errechnet. Ich fand die Enterprise Wettbewerbsform interessant, jedoch sollte es auch dafür Regeln und Richtlinien geben. Manchmal war die Aufgabenstellung und -auswertung etwas planlos.

    • @LSVFlachkurbler
      @LSVFlachkurbler Před 4 lety +1

      @@SteFly Merci für die Antwort. Naja, an solche Flüge erinnert man sich nach 5 Jahren mehr als an den X. Tausender. Tolle Erlebnisse sammeln, darum gehts.

    • @SteFly
      @SteFly  Před 4 lety +1

      @@LSVFlachkurbler Genau so sehe ich das auch ;)

  • @ze2004
    @ze2004 Před 4 lety

    dam pilot

  • @rolandomag-asin1765
    @rolandomag-asin1765 Před 3 lety

    Glider is early futuristic

  • @orangestoneface
    @orangestoneface Před 6 měsíci

    small float on the sea and line up to non powered glider sail plane that moves up like a kite and backwards cos float moves but has some adjustable resistance too from the water...could work

  • @RealMozart
    @RealMozart Před 4 lety

    3:02 yea man I was so scared

  • @TheXboxSux
    @TheXboxSux Před 3 lety

    I like the part where the glider was like: Booop boop BOOP boop boop boop boo BOOP BoOp

  • @Hawkeye948
    @Hawkeye948 Před 4 lety +4

    Very interessting video and realy a great flight.
    Have you a link for your OLC track.

    • @SteFly
      @SteFly  Před 4 lety +2

      Thank you! Here is the OLC link: www.onlinecontest.org/olc-3.0/gliding/flightinfo.html?dsId=7675278

    • @michaelderflinger5002
      @michaelderflinger5002 Před 4 lety

      Not that hard to find... 'Stefan Langer OLC 2020' ->
      www.onlinecontest.org/olc-3.0/gliding/flightinfo.html?dsId=7675278

  • @bigwings1891
    @bigwings1891 Před 4 lety +2

    I think you need to move house!

  • @kyoung3345
    @kyoung3345 Před 4 lety

    be be be ... it sounds like a flying ufo^^;

  • @Techn0man1ac
    @Techn0man1ac Před 4 lety

    Так вот оказывается как оно, летать на планере

  • @kacpermielczarek2087
    @kacpermielczarek2087 Před 3 lety

    The cockpit looks like a one from su-33

  • @nightfoxg
    @nightfoxg Před 4 lety

    SMEG...Gavin Free intensifies

  • @asebastiaraz5392
    @asebastiaraz5392 Před 4 lety

    No entendí nada pero me gustó el video jajaja

  • @video4all100
    @video4all100 Před 2 lety +1

    hit and run 10:35

  • @joaoramos5678
    @joaoramos5678 Před 2 lety +1

    Hello, thanks to share your experience. I'm just new to the gliders world, but I would like to now what's the programe you use, that shows the glider and the route i've done.
    Thanks from Portugal.

    • @SteFly
      @SteFly  Před 2 lety

      I can suggest WeGlide. (www.weglide.org) It´s free and has some great statistics.