the BEST GLIDER FLIGHT of my life - how i went from zero to hero!

Starting the engine during a soaring flight often means a mental break for a glider pilot. But on this day everything developed differently.
Since many years i have been pursuing the goal of completing a declared glider flight over 1000km. I have made numerous attempts in the past. So on that day, but due to impatience at the beginning of my flight i had to use the engine at an early stage.
I never thought that this day would end so greatly in the evening.
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  • @MrSheymie
    @MrSheymie5 ай бұрын

    Congratulations. That is a tremendous achievement.

  • @RudisGlidingAdventures

    @RudisGlidingAdventures

    5 ай бұрын

    Thank you very much, yes it really was a long journey to reach that goal ... so it is really precious to me 😊

  • @b_wisniewski
    @b_wisniewski5 ай бұрын

    Congratulations Rudi! Hope that reaching such a top achievement will not decrease your motivation for further flying!

  • @RudisGlidingAdventures

    @RudisGlidingAdventures

    5 ай бұрын

    No, for sure not 😃! But of course I am thinking of what comes next. And besides of doing long cross country, which I still love to do, it will be about passing on my knowledge to other glider pilots ... maybe even here on KZread 😃. Thank you for your congratulations 😃🥳🥳

  • @florianhoflehner2877
    @florianhoflehner28775 ай бұрын

    Amazing storytelling throughout the whole video with ups and downs. Cant wait for your next challenges!

  • @RudisGlidingAdventures

    @RudisGlidingAdventures

    5 ай бұрын

    Thank you very much Flo for your feedback 😀! Not only for this video but also for all your help and support in video making in the last years 😀!!

  • @johannesachleitner912
    @johannesachleitner9125 ай бұрын

    Congratulations, Rudi! It requires a lot of courage to have the way home being cut off by a non-crossable airspace in the late afternoon. Crazy idea, very cool flight and a great guy!

  • @RudisGlidingAdventures

    @RudisGlidingAdventures

    5 ай бұрын

    Thank you Hannes, I tried the circumnavigation of Prague TMA already earlier that year. I had to cancel the plan as I was too slow to have a chance for success. So I am even more happy that it worked out on that day 😊!!

  • @bernarddobre
    @bernarddobre5 ай бұрын

    Congrats Rudi! That is an incredible achievement!

  • @RudisGlidingAdventures

    @RudisGlidingAdventures

    5 ай бұрын

    Thank you Bernard, next goal is to fly wave with you in your area 😀 !!

  • @flyneur
    @flyneur5 ай бұрын

    Yeah yeah yeah, congratulations! Thanks for sharing with this great video!

  • @RudisGlidingAdventures

    @RudisGlidingAdventures

    5 ай бұрын

    Thank you 😀! I am enjoying your videos too, keep up creating and sharing 😀 !!

  • @CLdriver1960
    @CLdriver19605 ай бұрын

    Congrats Rudi, well done! 👍

  • @RudisGlidingAdventures

    @RudisGlidingAdventures

    5 ай бұрын

    Thank you :-)!

  • @RobertMartensFly
    @RobertMartensFly5 ай бұрын

    Congrats! Great flight, especially because you did not give up after the first "outlanding". Keep on!

  • @RudisGlidingAdventures

    @RudisGlidingAdventures

    5 ай бұрын

    Thank you for your comment, yes thats right. I could not express it in the way i wanted in the video, but my mental preparation was one of the main factors on that day why i did not give up. Interesting to see what a little change in mind setting can alter the outcome.

  • @TheMKNEZ
    @TheMKNEZ5 ай бұрын

    Congratulations Rudi🎉😊 Big respect and thank you for nice video 😀👍

  • @RudisGlidingAdventures

    @RudisGlidingAdventures

    5 ай бұрын

    Thank you very much 😃👍

  • @p.z.332
    @p.z.3325 ай бұрын

    Congrats Rudi to your success!

  • @RudisGlidingAdventures

    @RudisGlidingAdventures

    5 ай бұрын

    Thank you for your congratulations 😀!!

  • @jimpike7445
    @jimpike74455 ай бұрын

    Congratulations Rudi!

  • @RudisGlidingAdventures

    @RudisGlidingAdventures

    5 ай бұрын

    Thank you 😃😃

  • @Johan-ex5yj
    @Johan-ex5yj5 ай бұрын

    Well done Rudi. What a Champion! 😃👍

  • @RudisGlidingAdventures

    @RudisGlidingAdventures

    5 ай бұрын

    Thank you Johan! And as i mentioned, i also have to thank every glider pilot from who shared his knowledge with me in the last decades. At the end there is a saying in german, which is like: the success has many fathers 😀

  • @Johan-ex5yj

    @Johan-ex5yj

    5 ай бұрын

    @@RudisGlidingAdventures That's a good one. :-)

  • @swissgliderpilot6871
    @swissgliderpilot68715 ай бұрын

    Gratuliere für die super Leistung! Geiles Video! Lengendary!

  • @RudisGlidingAdventures

    @RudisGlidingAdventures

    5 ай бұрын

    Danke 🥳🥳🥳!!

  • @nathangrimes641
    @nathangrimes6415 ай бұрын

    Way to! Congratulations.

  • @RudisGlidingAdventures

    @RudisGlidingAdventures

    5 ай бұрын

    Thank you 😃😃👍

  • @KIPRY
    @KIPRY5 ай бұрын

    Can’t wait!!

  • @RudisGlidingAdventures

    @RudisGlidingAdventures

    5 ай бұрын

    Thank you 😍😍

  • @IsleofMull2011
    @IsleofMull20115 ай бұрын

    Fantastic.... very well deserved 👏

  • @RudisGlidingAdventures

    @RudisGlidingAdventures

    5 ай бұрын

    Thank you ... yes it took me a long time to achieve this goal 😀- Thank you for your words 😀

  • @dja1353
    @dja13535 ай бұрын

    Kudos to you Rudi!

  • @RudisGlidingAdventures

    @RudisGlidingAdventures

    4 ай бұрын

    Thank you 😃👍

  • @mikeaustria1360
    @mikeaustria13605 ай бұрын

    Echt cool :D! Ich schau es mir immer wieder an :D!

  • @RudisGlidingAdventures

    @RudisGlidingAdventures

    5 ай бұрын

    Danke 😀👍

  • @tobiasbarth1275
    @tobiasbarth12755 ай бұрын

    Super Rudi, weiter so!

  • @RudisGlidingAdventures

    @RudisGlidingAdventures

    5 ай бұрын

    Danke Tobi 😀!!

  • @Alpha-III
    @Alpha-III5 ай бұрын

    Mensch Rudi, da bin ich gerne mitgeflogen! Freut mich sehr, dass du das durchgezogen hast!

  • @RudisGlidingAdventures

    @RudisGlidingAdventures

    5 ай бұрын

    Danke, ja ich bin superhappy! Es sind letztes Jahr einige Dinge zusammengekommen, die mich dazu gebracht haben, da jetzt die Umrundung der TMA Prag durchzuziehen. Egal was am Abend dabei herausgekommt. Das hat mir mental extrem geholfen. Erwartungsloses Bemühen lautet das Schlagwort. Im Nachhinein habe ich mir gedacht, es ist ja echt unglaublich was es ändert wenn man die mentale Einstellung ein wenig verändert. So tolle Sachen können dann rauskommen. All die Faktoren habe ich am österreichischen Segelfliegertag in Rahmen eines Vortrages gebracht, den man irgendwann ebenfalls auf KZread finden kann ... aber so wie hier dauert eben gut Ding Weile 😀 Danke für dein Kommentar!

  • @Alpha-III

    @Alpha-III

    5 ай бұрын

    @@RudisGlidingAdventures Das Feuer brennt, und deine Begeisterung muss raus... Das kenne ich und das freut mich um so mehr! Ich hoffe wir treffen uns mal... Serres, Ostern? Wäre doch was!

  • @RudisGlidingAdventures

    @RudisGlidingAdventures

    5 ай бұрын

    @@Alpha-III würde mich freuen! Aber Ostern ist leider anders verplant 😕. Aber hoffentlich sonst mal wo!

  • @ChristianKueppers
    @ChristianKueppers5 ай бұрын

    Herzlichen Glückwunsch....well done...

  • @RudisGlidingAdventures

    @RudisGlidingAdventures

    5 ай бұрын

    Danke Christian 😃🥳

  • @hamishkebb3550
    @hamishkebb35505 ай бұрын

    congratulations

  • @RudisGlidingAdventures

    @RudisGlidingAdventures

    5 ай бұрын

    Many thanks :-D !!

  • @andalusienrolfito3382
    @andalusienrolfito33822 ай бұрын

    glückwunsch...👍 das 1000 kilometer diplom hängt bei mir auch an der wand...😉

  • @RudisGlidingAdventures

    @RudisGlidingAdventures

    2 ай бұрын

    Dankeschön, ja war ein langjähriger Traum der in Erfüllung gegangen ist 😊

  • @andalusienrolfito3382

    @andalusienrolfito3382

    2 ай бұрын

    @@RudisGlidingAdventures ja, ein tolles erlebnis... bei mir ist es schon ein paar jahre her, werde es aber nie vergessen, wie ich am feuerstein empfangen wurde...🥂

  • @BillPalmer
    @BillPalmer5 ай бұрын

    Wow. And I thought my 500 k took all day. Awesome flight

  • @RudisGlidingAdventures

    @RudisGlidingAdventures

    5 ай бұрын

    You will see, in some years you will also fly much further on one day 😀. Never give up. By the way, what helped me a lot in improving my speed was the book from G Dale: the Soaring Engine part 3, "High performance soaring". It was besides of training the mental attitude the greatest single contribution to this success. Thank you for your comment Bill and keep up gliding!

  • @BillPalmer

    @BillPalmer

    5 ай бұрын

    @@RudisGlidingAdventures thanks. Great book !