My 1st gliding experience
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Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Glens o' Angus by way of LA
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Was it one off you guys on here that was gliding over my tractor ploughing today between Forfar and Brechin near the village of Aberlemno?
Whoever it was, it was amazing watching you hunting for lift, the glider circled about 200 ft above my tractor I assume picking up heat from the newly ploughed field, I was convinced it was gonna have to "land out" due to higher terrain all round apart from a drop down into a valley to the north which has really large pylons at the same height as the glider, after about 12 to 14 circles above my plough it got just enough lift to get over to a ridge about 1 mile way and then zoom up to what must have been at a least 1500 agl in seconds then cruised of to the West with ample altitude.
All in all a breathtaking display of airmanship, thanks for the show !!
Whoever it was, it was amazing watching you hunting for lift, the glider circled about 200 ft above my tractor I assume picking up heat from the newly ploughed field, I was convinced it was gonna have to "land out" due to higher terrain all round apart from a drop down into a valley to the north which has really large pylons at the same height as the glider, after about 12 to 14 circles above my plough it got just enough lift to get over to a ridge about 1 mile way and then zoom up to what must have been at a least 1500 agl in seconds then cruised of to the West with ample altitude.
All in all a breathtaking display of airmanship, thanks for the show !!
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Well as a gliding instructor I would not be praising his airmanship or his brains. At 200 ft if that what it was, he was only seconds from being on the ground. We were taught to select a field to land in at not less that 1000ft and on no account to try thermalling at heights below that.
