Flying to Corsica in a Glider - From the Alps to the island, and (almost) back
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- čas přidán 10. 11. 2023
- Join me on an extraordinary journey. I finally got the chance to fly across the Mediterranean sea from the breathtaking Alpine heights of Aosta, Italy, to the stunning Mediterranean vistas of Corsica and then back to Alessandria, all without the aid of an engine.
✈️ Flight trace: www.weglide.org/flight/344669
Flight Date: 27.10.2023
Glider: DG-800/18m
Pilot: Yves Gerster
Departure: Aosta
Arrival: Alessandria
Powered by: www.swiss-sailplane.ch
"Cipher" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
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Further credits go to:
Aude Untersee for the weather forecast
Thomas Puthod and Baptiste Innocent for the tips along the way
Max Milano, Ugo Vietti and the Aeroclub Valle d'Aosta for the logistics
Urs Muntwyler for letting me fly his glider
Matthew Scutter for having developed Skysight - Sport
Wow! A few days ago I came across a wave flight along Adriatic coast from Slovenia almost to Albania and back, also 1000km and now this! Such a distance over the sea in the glider. It requires a great knowledge, confidence and a great set of balls. Congrats!
Wow this is absolutely insane. Would you mind making an explaination video about the weather forecasting you did and the size of these waves and how large they get? I'm a paragliding pilot but can't really wrap my head around this phenomena and how you predicted it. Thanks for sharing this!
Congratulations to your amazing glider-flight to Corsica while surpassing 1000km in total. Cheerio
I don't think I've ever seen better views from a plane.
Holy cow!!! Well done Yves! What an achievement! You have just become my hero. As a glider pilot this would be my dream flight. On behalf of all glider pilots - a special thank you to the Italian authorities for being so accommodating.
I'd appreciate a video on how you deal with controlled airspace in your glider!
Good question. Check out at 7:15 where he describes his conversations with Marseille and Italian air controllers.
Just saw my old house in Pietracorbara from your glider 😮
What a trip! Thanks for sharing this amazing adventure ❤
I have flown in gliders in the UK but never thought that this was possible. I have lived and worked in Switzerland and travelled all over Europe and the terrain of the alps is truly inspiring but to fly over them in an unpowered plane is incredible. Well done!!!!
Awesome
You are amazing 🎉🎉🎉 congratulations from Texas!
Absolutely crazy! As a former glider pilot myself this is unfathomable.
So ein unglaublicher Flug. Herzliche Gratulation.
Going over such a long stretch of sea in a glider is really impressive!
Going over that big body of water with a glider is amazing
As a paraglider I have to say, kudos for this incredible achievement.
You moved me. My dad was a glider pilot. On long flights looking for thermals. And doing aerobatics too. Thanks.
Congratulations for this achievement and thanks for sharing these incredible moments! Cheers!
Wonderful performance!Most sincere congrats and cheers !
This is incredible.
Congratulations for this amazing flight.
Nice long flight :-) A modern glider with a high glide ration like 1:50 can travel really far away, like 200 kilometer from 4.000 meter. But it just need a small engine, and like 50-100 liter of fuel
wowwwwwwww dayum
Congrats Yves! Such a stunning achievement your flight! keep pushing! Greetings from Brazil.
Wow, what an awesome flight!!! First saw it on OLC, thanks for sharing the flight here!
Thank Yves, stunning views and great commentary.
This was an incredible video! Thanks for sharing.
Outstanding!
Congratulations Yves that is fantastic flight. Thank you for sharing and many more flights like this
Amazing flight!
Amazing trip, well done. Thanks for sharing.
Amazing!
Amazing 🤩.
Congratulations Yves! Great flight. Just a few years ago I would never have thought of the possibility of flights like these. I like the wave and fly from Turin and Aosta, but never such complicated flights. The road opened by Claus and Batpiste and you will hold many surprises for us.
Amazing flight and incredible video! Congrats!
This is amazing!! Thanks for sharing :)
Congratulations! What a flight, well done Ives.
Amazing! Congratulations!
This is by far the most awesome flight I have ever seen!
Incredible, congrats!
Epic! Thanks for sharing!
I would not have expected you to come back! Absolutely amazing videos and breathtaking views! Great job!
Wooow!! What a flight! congratulations! 😃
Wow! This is an impressive adventure
I've never ever said this before, but here I go: That was EPIC!
I can't wait to get my license!
That was awesmoe, I wasn´t even aware that such long trips were feasable.
Bravo! Amazing flight
Epic Adventure! Congratulations, Yves. 👏👏👏
This is fantastic! 🤩🤩
Awesome... Just Awesome.
Great man, what a flight!! Regards from Sweden!
What an awesome flight! Congartaulations!
Amazing flight and amazing video!
Thanks for the journey!
Wow! What an incredible flight!!😲
IMPRESSIVE, congratulations!!
amazing!
Epic! Thank you for sharing your flight.
This is absolutely amazing. Thanks for sharing.
I live down there thank you for the visuals! Stunning
Nice!!!
Spectacular
Fantastic! Congratulations!
Bravo!
As a paraglider pilot myself, I can only say WOW!! AMAZING!! Well done!!
Its incredible, i really appreciated the video !
Impressive !
Stunning photos😍
Wow ! I didn't even know it was possible. Awesome
Awesome flight, congrats!
Great video Yves!
Affengeil! So cool 👍👍
wow respect this is sooooooooo crazy
Congratulation with 1K subscribers! And with the Great Flight!
Wow incredible feat, congragulations, keep up the excellent work !!
Dream Flight
Megaaa! gratuliere!
wow, that is really pretty amazing..
I am pretty happy when I fly 100km on paraglider, the scale difference is impressive! Really want to try sailplane
Would never have thought this possible!
Wow, very impressive!
Nuts !!!! Whoa 🙂
What an awesome flight and video. Hope I´ll get to fly someday too :D
totally badass...
Geil gemacht Yves! Grosses Kino, gratuliere! Bis am Samstag an der Segelflugkonfrenz 👍✌️
nice video !! keep it up
Beautiful views, thanks for sharing.
I flew (as a passenger) from London to Calvi in July 23 and the flight path was diverted over Germany, Switzerland and Italy and the approach to Corsica was very similar.
Hi, 10/10 and amazing views!
If you are looking for other fun places to visit, Bezmiechowa, Poland is a must visit for glider fans ;)
Unusual and surprising considering those outstanding pair of balls. Bravo.
Congrats! Great water chellange.
A wunderbare Flug muess das gsi sii! Guet gmacht! und Hopp Schwiiz!
Propre.
Nice
Oh man.. so much eye candy.. the buzz of getting cleared to FL240 would knock me unconscious before ever getting low on O2. An extended cut with 2x or 4x speed please❤
Incroyable 1000km, avec un mistral en corse bien fort. belle balade l ami !
Just like a bird , effortless journey .
Don't know much about gliders but great achivement!
👏👏👏👏
Thanks Yves for sharing this kind of experience ! These flights make me dream... It's very well explained . Remember that's New Zealand isn't far away from Australia ;)
Congratulations.
Lol at the Milano ATC. The controller managed to put so many emotions into his comment:-D I bet it must've been an equally exciting day for them as for you.
👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽