Soaring the sky a glider pilot‘s Podcast
Leisure:Aviation
Contest Flying, scary landouts, hangar stories, Waco gliders & world war II and more! Our featured guest pilot today is Dave Reilly joining us from Merlan Soaring center in Virginia.
Like many of us From the time he was a kid he wanted to fly. Dave discovered gliding in 2005 and progressed from the 2-33 to the 1-26 and on. He now enjoys flying in is very own LS8-18 Dave shares some great stories with us like the time he was not sure if he was going to make it back to the glider port but remembered he had been in this situation before in the same area during simulation flying in Condor what happens next may surprise you?
In mid May Dave did a 240 mile flight that completed the altitude and distance requirements for his Silver Badge, as well as the requirements for his Gold Distance and the Diamond Goal. On a fun note, he recently flew a 114 mile run to the North west ridges and retrieved the Boomerang plaque from the Front Royal club after they landed at Merlin and claimed it on 5/15. He will better explain the Boomerang during our chat.
Dave's only regret? he wishes he would have discovered this amazing sport earlier!
We will then head to the Netherlands for our new segment "Simon Says" as Flying Simon talks about one of his favorite soaring activities...flying contest.
Our Listener logbook is back today as we head to the Hangars in Tehachapi California and dust off the pages of some vintage glider logbooks that hold some amazing stories from World War II and more. Christopher Stevenson chats with Doug Fronius a vintage glider owner and enthusiast.
Have you ever been bored in the Cockpit while in the air? Is that even possible? Dale Masters will bring us another soaring Tale and this one is titled Stir Crazy! All that and much more now on episode 95!
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145: Eagle Eyes, Australian Skies & the PW5
144: Extraterrestrial Soaring: Max Fabricius Interview & WGC 2023 Update
143: Behind The Art Of Gliding with Simon Lemmerer
142: Soaring To The Podium In Spain: 2023 Woman’s World’s Standard Class Champion Barbora Moravcova
141: Perlan II Back In Argentina: Reaching for 91,000 Feet
140: Flying with your feet: Sara Stearns story
139: Aerobatics & Team Flying
138: Sailplanes & Scud Missiles: Joe Aldrian
137: North To Alaska In The Stemme S12: Michael Reid
136: Soaring The Sonoran: Eric Redweik Interview
135: Soaring Tasmania: Robert Kennedy
134: MiniMoas, Flying Fire Trucks & Sharing the Transferable Skill: Keith Eyler Interview
133: Soaring Below Sea Level: Natan Elsberg
132: 2022 A Year In Review
131: Engineered To Soar: Adriana’s aviation adventure
130: Paragliding & Sailplanes: An aviation adventure with Wim Decrook In Belgium
129: Soaring & Simulation: Getting the most out of your simulator experience
128: Soaring In The Junior Worlds & OLC Rookie Of The Year: David McMaster & Laura Stern Interviews
127: A Mission To Soar In Montana & The Dust Devil Dash 2022: John Foster Interview, Doug Fronius
126: From Sailing to Soaring & The Women’s World Gliding Championship 2022: Georgia Schofield & Barbora Moracova
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