{"id":1940,"date":"2005-11-13T21:00:00","date_gmt":"2005-11-13T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/new.radio-active.net.au\/web3\/freaked-out\/"},"modified":"2014-10-10T12:29:40","modified_gmt":"2014-10-10T01:29:40","slug":"freaked-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.radio-active.net.au\/web3\/1940","title":{"rendered":"Freaked Out…"},"content":{"rendered":"

You might have guessed by my last post that I was slightly freaked out by my Glider flight. I was in a two seater glider, in the front seat. Thankfully I had a pilot in the back seat who could actually fly a glider, and could actually do it quite well. <\/p>\n

The first thing that freaked me was that we were being towed by such a flimsy rope out the back of a Cesna plane. Being attached to a plane was sort of freaky. The Cesna seemed so far above, which it probably was. I found it quite bumpy on the start of the tow, and quite bouncy. <\/p>\n

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The plane just seemed to climb further and further. What really freaked me was when I saw about 20-30 gliders circling in what appeared to be a huge cylinder, which was actually a big thermal. And the gliders looked so close to each other. When we got closer it was almost a game of cat and mouse, with only a few hundred meters between gliders. You might think that is a lot, but just remember that we are all going at least 100km\/h, and we can all move in three dimensions, and move at any time.
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What made all this worse, was that we were under a G-force, and also under turbulance from the thermals. At one stage we were raising about 1000 feet\/minute. This is a lot. <\/p>\n

The OzFlarm<\/a> collision detection system seemed to work. It really scared me when it gave a 20 second warning of a collision at one stage. This must have turned me white, but I don’t think that the pilot the colour drain from my face. After the first lot of testing the pilot asked me if I was ready to go. YES… Definitely.<\/p>\n

Then he found another thermal, and told me that it was too good to pass up. This one had him pulling more G’s, and chasing more gliders. I could probably cope with the G’s but the other gliders actually scared me. Basically since they can go anywhere this was scaring me. I gingerly asked if we could land… Once we got on the land a comment was made that I was looking a little green before landing.<\/p>\n

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Anyway I was happy to get on the ground, even on a grass strip. I think that I would go in a glider again, but I do not think I would want to go into the air where a lot of gliders were around. Or where there were any gliders out there really… I can assure you I am happy to be on the ground.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

You might have guessed by my last post that I was slightly freaked out by my Glider flight. I was in a two seater glider, in the front seat. Thankfully I had a pilot in the back seat who could …<\/p>\n

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