2018-08-17, Videos, Deutschland

Scary Glider Outlanding

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DISCLAIMER: Don´t try this at home! The landing circuit and low level curves are dangerous. Fly safe!

Glider outlanding with my Std. Libelle at Pribina Cup 2018 in Slovakia. I tried to get a lift until the very end, but I had no chance. The wrong decision was made in th ...

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2018-08-16, News, Österreich

ACG News Ausgabe 01/18 online

"Ausgabe 01/18 der Aviation News ab sofort online. Aktuelle Themen unter anderem Innovative An- und Abflugverfahren, Neuerungen Flugwetter und lokale ATM Updates. ..." [austrocontrol.at]

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2018-08-15, Unfälle, Deutschland

Hodenhagen - Segelflugzeug

[wz-net.de] [presseportal.de]

2018-08-15, Videos, USA

First Ever Tow with Egrett

"The Perlan saga continues with a new chapter. The first ever tow by an Egrett was designed, fabricated and tested by the Perlan Project team and AV Experts. For Argentina a much more powerful tow plane had been a dream; one hour on tow to 10,000 feet was typical. Then Jim Payne said "What we really need is Einar's Egrett." The Egrett is a very large, very powerful single-seat plane capable of flying relatively slowly. ..." [perlanproject.org]

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Perlan Project needed a powerful plane that could fly slow and high to tow the pressurized Perlan 2 glider. The Egrett was a great candidate with 108 foot wingspan and 750 horsepower engine. The Perlan Team flew to Texas to test AV Experts' G-520 with our fabricated and certified tow ...

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2018-08-15, Presse, Österreich

Pinkafeld - Hofer absolvierte Kunst-Segelflug-Prüfung

[oe24.at]

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2018-08-15, Unfälle, Deutschland

Braunschweig - Ermittlungen gegen Fluglehrer

[ndr.de] [waz.de]

2018-08-14, Unfälle, Deutschland

Neuhaus/Pegnitz - Segelflugzeug

[nordbayern.de] [nordbayerischer-kurier.de]

2018-08-14, Videos, Italien

Avoiding the spin

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A right royal ramble, but hopefully I make some points about what spinning might really look like when it happens by mistake. Also sorry about moving my head around so much - a convenient place to mount the camera! Oh - and I did make it back to Pocklington! ...

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2018-08-13, Unfälle, Frankreich

Hautes-Alpes - Segelflugzeug

[orf.at] [leparisien.fr] [aviation-safety.net]

2018-08-13, News, Österreich

Wolfgang Janowitsch 18m-Weltmeister

Nach der Gesamtführung für Wolfgang Janowitsch am vorletzten Tag war es nochmals spannend, denn Mario Kiessling hatte nur wenige Punkte Abstand. Mit einem Tagessieg am letzten Tag hat Wolfgang seine Klasse gezeigt und ist nach 2003 zum zweiten Mal Weltmeister!!!

In der Offenen- und Doppelsitzerklasse gewinnen Michael Sommer und Sebastian Kawa.

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