These photos and, below, video clips are from a couple of flights with my friends Abe and Vit on their birthdays last summer. We took turns putting the old Blanik through its paces. Fun fun!
Video Clips
Abe takes off
Abe on tow
Abe on tow - external view
Abe releases from tow
Abe centers a thermal
Clouds
Abe's first loop of the day
Abe gets jiggy with it. Note yaw string at the end. What the hell was that?
Looking back as Abe does a couple of loops
Abe Lands
Vit takes the tow
Vit gets ready to rumble
Vit does a loop, a wing-over (kind-of), then two more loops. WOW!
Glider Pilot Candid Camera: Behind the Glamour
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