Inverted Vantage
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Hey everyone, thought I'd share this As part of the club I started, we got a discount at a local glider club (Dansville Soaring Club, Dansville, NY). Went up today on my first flight in a glider. First of all, that tow takeoff is a BLAST! It's like being on a catapult on an aircraft carrier; and the tandem bubble cockpit is awesome, felt like a jet fighter . We get up and with the bright yellow towplane in front of us, bobbing up and down as the instructor talks to me (no headsets!) - was completely picturesque. He released us at 2,000 feet and we spent about 40 minutes searching for lift, gliding up and down the ridge near the field. Even got to fly it myself! Those things are really rudder sensitive, I was stomping on the pedals to get the nose over and centered into the turn. Got a little queesy from all the hard turns too, trying to stay in the lift columns. Was a blast though, and the landing was also amazing - those air brakes sure can slow a plane down fast!
Some pictures
Some pictures