Scariest flight of my life | Freedom in an Open Glider!

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  • čas přidán 29. 08. 2024
  • Maybe the shortest and most exhilarating flight of the year: 2 minutes in the 2G in Denmark! What an experience it was. Again I had the opportunity to use @Dalboe and Mikkels 360 camera. Thanks so much!
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Komentáře • 45

  • @AntoineMegens
    @AntoineMegens Před 3 lety +10

    With my VR glasses and the 5K resolution, it was almost like I was sitting in this thing with you 🙈👍🏻

  • @perlemhl5567
    @perlemhl5567 Před 3 lety +9

    One of the great things about flying 2G: That you can actually feel the thermals on your skin (or feet)!

    • @Harm10412
      @Harm10412 Před rokem +1

      But the glide ratio appears to be sub-par :D ;)

    • @Trevor_Austin
      @Trevor_Austin Před rokem

      You might feel a thermal but all the strongest one will ever do is slow your descent.

  • @michaelbailey8729
    @michaelbailey8729 Před rokem +2

    Bumpy day. So much joy for that lad.

  • @TheSoaringChannel
    @TheSoaringChannel Před 3 lety +6

    😂💀💀💀💀💀💀 want to try it but I don't know if I could! 😂
    I love how the pilot has a safety vest on. 😂
    So much for bug wipers, eh?

  • @user-ck9vi4nm7i
    @user-ck9vi4nm7i Před 6 měsíci

    Other than eye protection....if looks are amazing , then so much fun is so good for the soul. More people should have some.

  • @1506pinkers
    @1506pinkers Před rokem

    Looks like a sure fire cure for constipation.

  • @badman5509
    @badman5509 Před 3 lety +1

    That is certainly fun without end. It's just a shame that you can't really get up on the winch with these flying machines and then drop like a stone after releasing them!

  • @Anna._K
    @Anna._K Před 3 lety +1

    It's called ... Feel the wind in your hair ... Great... 😃👍

  • @mikegriffith8266
    @mikegriffith8266 Před rokem

    Very cool!

  • @FredrikElgstrand
    @FredrikElgstrand Před 2 lety

    Amazing flight i can imagen!

  • @teddynebel
    @teddynebel Před 3 lety +1

    this is amazing

  • @IANRPARKER
    @IANRPARKER Před 3 lety +3

    I think you may enjoy hang gliding after all birds don't fly feet first do they?

  • @abundantYOUniverse
    @abundantYOUniverse Před 3 lety

    Fantastic!

  • @ProfDrTubifexiusT
    @ProfDrTubifexiusT Před 3 lety +5

    Feet down before the wing is on the Ground! --------------------> Beer!

  • @jacekmak87
    @jacekmak87 Před 3 lety

    I'd love to try it

  • @FlyingSimon
    @FlyingSimon  Před 3 lety +6

    Would you dare to go for a ride on this glider?

    • @TheSanneTube
      @TheSanneTube Před 3 lety +2

      Yes!

    • @magnuskaasen2985
      @magnuskaasen2985 Před 3 lety +1

      I also got my first flight i a 2g (in Skrydstrup. An other gliding club) this year. It was very scary before launch but when i came in the air it was not so bad. I think its even more scary when you just assembled it. its very difficult. Amazing video. Its nice to see more of Denmark from above

    • @martinsibbe536
      @martinsibbe536 Před 3 lety +2

      I also went from Skrydstrup in Denmark in their 2G. This was way back in the late 90s some time. I was in the front seat which had no avionics, so no real horizon reference as I was used to in the modern gliders. Back seat was equipped though!
      I had no idea of our airspeed and the b*****d flying it decided to stall it! Twice! Much poo on the runway below hahaha
      I believe the guy might actually still be active in the club to this day all these years on. A damn good pilot, even if he was an arsehat hahaha

    • @lassewe4836
      @lassewe4836 Před 3 lety +2

      Are you going to post the video of our outlanding together in DK?

    • @FlyingSimon
      @FlyingSimon  Před 3 lety +2

      @@lassewe4836 Working on it! 😬

  • @ckim6400
    @ckim6400 Před 3 lety +2

    Well it's a glider it would be more fun if it had larger wings and could thermal. Do you know what the glide ratio is?

    • @perlemhl5567
      @perlemhl5567 Před 3 lety +2

      GR ≈ 13

    • @AntoineMegens
      @AntoineMegens Před 3 lety +3

      Controlled crashing, eh? 🤣

    • @tonywright8294
      @tonywright8294 Před 3 lety +2

      Antoine Megens what crashed ? You wanker

    • @julesviolin
      @julesviolin Před 3 lety +4

      Glide ratio is 800ft winch launch per 2 minutes 😜

    • @badman5509
      @badman5509 Před 3 lety +3

      @@tonywright8294 Antoine Megens was only joking. The term "controlled crash" is used, at least in Germany, to describe flying gliders with poor glide ratio. Only because of the rapid but controlled descent. Not because any damage has occurred.
      So no reason to be abusive. A little more kindness would be greatly appreciated.

  • @danielhermanus6909
    @danielhermanus6909 Před 3 lety +4

    2 min flight lul

  • @travelbugse2829
    @travelbugse2829 Před rokem

    I want to draw everyone's attention to something odd in the video. At 2:05 a white object appears a long way away. Within one or two frames it flashes past, just below the glider. Swivelling the view forward shows no sign of it! It must have been travelling at jet aircraft speed, but highly manoeuvrable. UAP? I thought it might have been a bird or a drone at first, but where did it go?

    • @travelbugse2829
      @travelbugse2829 Před rokem

      I should add, look at the 5 o'clock position. I now think there were two of them! One is a few hundred meters away.

  • @gliderpilot8882
    @gliderpilot8882 Před 3 lety +1

    E-Ticket ride.

  • @Paiadakine
    @Paiadakine Před 2 lety

    Nice video.

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    @thijspb Před 3 lety

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  • @Carlos-qz7ul
    @Carlos-qz7ul Před rokem

    Too funny 😆 I

  • @jackglossop4859
    @jackglossop4859 Před rokem

    Just doing the weight and balance, you good to not wear shoes bro?

  • @gusjackson3658
    @gusjackson3658 Před rokem

    No shoes no helmet…

  • @sgray1906
    @sgray1906 Před 3 lety

    need soap in mouth.