Settembre 8, 2019
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Category
Flying
December 2018 – One week gliding in South Africa
Insane gliding week at Soaring Safaris, Bloemfontein (SA).
In 5 of 7 possible days I flew more than 3.000 km, for 30 hours and highest altitude was 5.500 m!
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- Day 1 – probably the best day of the week
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- Day 1 – probably the best day of the week
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- Day 2 – blue day (not one single cloud in the sky)
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- Day 4 – FL165
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- Day 7 – flying of the edge of the thunderstorm
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- Day 7 – flying of the edge of the thunderstorm
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- Day 7 – a thunderstorm (right) and a sandstorm (left) in the same picture
Dicembre 20, 2018
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Why I fly
“Once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return.”
Leonardo da Vinci
Soaring means conquering not only the sky you are flying in but the whole nature which surrounds you.
You don’t need any kind of power or energy but the one from the nature and, most important, the one from your mind.
You must establish a visceral relationship with your glider, which becomes vital part of your body. It will act as an extension of your senses in understanding the external weather for gaining the right speed and quote.
Two are the most important aspects for a pilot: understanding the external conditions (mainly of the weather) and making the right decisions, at the right time.
“It’s a managers’ sport.”Leonardo Brigliadori
You must accept the limits: yours (of your experience and personal capacity) and the ones of the nature.
You will learn everyday, for every flight.
Agosto 12, 2018
677
8th July 2018 – 292 km
Glider: Scempp-Hirth Duo Discus XL
Time: 5h 30min
Distance: 292 km
Altitude: 1600/1900 m QNH 1013
Departure/arrival airport: Turin Aeritalia/LIMA
Luglio 8, 2018
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