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Chasing Diamonds
This was my second flight of the day at Denbigh after having been rained out of the sky about 45minutes earlier. I was in the air for about 5 hours so have trimmed out most of the wave S-turning and got the edit down to an hour and a half. You wouldn't have predicted the awesome wave views at the beginning of the flight.
Blog post : devonsomersetgc.blogspot.co.uk/2016/10/thursday-27th-october-denbigh-better.html
Flight Trace : skylines.aero/flights/70387
Book marks
00:01 preflight banter
00:49 hooking on
02:05 launch
02:51 oh more rain
03:05 arrive on the ridge
04:28 rain out west
04:42 JB checks the weather situation
05:10 230 reports on the southern end of the ridge
05:38 wind check
05:55 wondering about wave interference
06:10 a little bit of ridge hooning
07:48 behind 230
08:04 cloudbase
08:54 only if you are desperate
09:06 nearly IMC
13:19 through to clearer air and up up up
14:34 cloud skimming
14:55 time for sunnies
15:15 Understanding O2 equipment ???
16:18 Mountain high beeping (not detecting breathing)
17:01 Colwyn Bay visible in the distance
18:35 trying to figure out the wave
20:00 over St Asaph
20:50 not working
22:12 so close and yet so far
22:48 heading back for the ridge
23:31 back on the tusk
23:55 routing ideas
24:44 climbing in a closing hole
24:55 H5 about to join in the fun
25:47 Flarm alarm and back on the ridge again
26:35 rain rain go away
26:46 glider has just crashed on the ridge
27:17 pilot reports he is OK
27:40 glider on the hill
29:46 reminiscing about the dangers of flying behind the tusk
30:16 SF27a H5 goes past
30:41 turbulence
31:04 following 230 and into the wave proper
31:28 beautiful view of the Vale of Clwyd
32:06 easy on the torture
34:26 really getting going
35:04 back in the sun
36:09 alongside the whispies
38:18 3000' 3kts
39:02 shooting the gaps in the clouds
40:49 scraping over the tops
42:00 worth the drive up
42:19 above the clouds
43:00 Airspace warning 864-13
43:32 awesome view
44:12 6000' 5kts look ma no hands
45:21 wave shapes in the clouds
47:09 donning the oxygen
48:22 lets push west to the next bar
48:45 routing plans
50:25 arriving at the next bar
50:55 routing plans
51:45 into next patch of lift over 7.9/8ths overcast
52:25 8000' feet
52:38 10000 feet
52:54 14000 feet
53:40 heading north to Conway
54:34 talking to RAF Valley Radar
55:22 12kts of sink
56:12 alongside a spaceship
56:25 Conway valley
56:57 me and my shadow
57:55 cloud skimming
58:43 11000' 4km from the north coast of Wales
59:38 dipping my trace in the water
01:00:39 Colwyn Bay and Conway river Mouth
01:00:59 Menai Straits
01:01:35 epic lenticular
01:03:35 skimming the untrodden shores
01:06:02 trying to leave a wake trail
01:06:42 it's faint but it's there!
01:07:07 gunning the edge of the lenticular
01:08:35 signing off with RAF Valley Radar
01:09:09 230 a whisker away from his diamond height badge
01:10:50 climbing again
01:12:25 230 on track for his diamond
01:13:11 16500' awesome views of mid system wave bars
01:13:40 joined by 230 for some footage gathering
01:13:52 running out of daylight
01:15:00 alongside 230
01:17:18 oh look some clouds to play in
01:18:40 YEEEEEHA!
01:21:48 alien cloud scape
01:27:00 joining overhead airfield
01:28:27 1st bounce
01:28:31 2nd bounce
01:28:33 landing :-)
01:29:00 end of ground run.
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Відео

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Will Cruises the Cliffs
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smile & WAVE - an excuse to get up close
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F%#k the brief there might be wave about or words to that effect spurred us into a mad dash to get airborne and see if we could get some flying in despite a grim forecast. What resulted was a fun couple of hours testing the length of the wave slot that formed in the lee of the Clwyd hills and getting some aerial footage of all the other gliders, well unfortunately except for Barry in JEE. 01:39...
Landing after sunset in a glider
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The final part of a spectacularly beautiful wave flight.
Cloud Dancer - Cockpit Version
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It's a long one. Most of the raw footage from the cockpit Gopro. I've trimmed out most of the monotonous back and forth and tried to keep the bits where I attempt to give some insight to what's I think is happening. The point where I give up on the quest to go south and go and play in the clouds, the awesome last 20 minutes of the flight to joining overhead the airfield is shown in its entirety...
Cloud Dancer - Ultimate Sense of Freedom
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Immersed in wonder, filled with joy and relishing every precious minute. Man that was AWESOME! devonsomersetgc.blogspot.co.uk/2016/10/wednesday-5th-october-denbigh-in.html Music : Fingers of Love - Crowded House
C'mon you know you want to!
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Devon and Somerset Gliding Club, where I learnt to soar and began the adventure that I'm still living today! If only we could all be as motivated as Casey Neistat Music: Go with the Wind - The Foreground Set
Glider V Cessna...An impossible race!
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A silly day at the races!
Super Salto - Glider Aerobatic Display
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Christian treats us to an aerobatic display which captures the beauty and grace of flying. His performance was choreographed to the music which we played on my car stereo so we could all hear it and relayed to him via a small walkie talkie which you can see him holding up to his ear. Awesome! Music : Bedřich Smetana-Vltava (Moldau)
One Fine Day in the ALPS
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One of our last days flying from La Motte Du Caire in June. I was the last to launch and joined JB and Phil on a flight to Glacier Blanc via the Queyras region. You can see the high cloud bases over Col de Vars and the Queyras and the low clouds coming up from the Italian border. The mesmerising beauty of floating past the North face of the Barre des Ecrins is for me always one of the high ligh...
Shark Attack
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Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the air!
What makes you feel Alive?
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Bravo Bravo Bravo - Encore for Team Eagle
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Bravo Bravo Bravo - Encore for Team Eagle
Cliff Top Hooning
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Cliff Top Hooning
Come on, come with us to the Seaside
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Come on, come with us to the Seaside
playground PROVENCE
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playground PROVENCE
Nymsomnia
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Nymsomnia
One Wednesday in December
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One Wednesday in December
Enjoy the Wonder of Gliding
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Enjoy the Wonder of Gliding
Immersed in Wonder
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Immersed in Wonder
Playing in the North Wind - Portmoak
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Playing in the North Wind - Portmoak
North Wind on the Southdowns
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North Wind on the Southdowns
Post-frontal Ridge Action in Denbigh
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Post-frontal Ridge Action in Denbigh
Best Seats in the House - B747-400
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Best Seats in the House - B747-400
Blue Sky High
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Blue Sky High
Climbing up - It's DARE
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Climbing up - It's DARE
Epic Soaring with JB
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Epic Soaring with JB

КОМЕНТАРІ

  • @AIRLINERVIDEOS
    @AIRLINERVIDEOS 16 днів тому

    I was just thinking about you today and how I loved your videos. I came back to have a look... You are missed my friend.

  • @ladis4873
    @ladis4873 26 днів тому

    Beautiful

  • @tomarmstrong1281
    @tomarmstrong1281 28 днів тому

    Soaring is about winning altitude from the application of a basic personal set of skills and knowledge to work directly with the elusive bounties of nature. Nothing else comes close. The 'music' was not well chosen.

  • @ladis4873
    @ladis4873 Місяць тому

    Super 👍👍👍👍

  • @AL_FPV
    @AL_FPV Місяць тому

    This is my favourite balleka video, having only discovered the channel last year. I still watch it regularly, there's something just so awe-inspiring about all of his videos. What a legend!!! RIP

  • @user-hg8wk4vb2v
    @user-hg8wk4vb2v Місяць тому

    ua-cam.com/video/zSyO7ePfgtk/v-deo.htmlsi=pEcywcqawFsFw6o0

  • @Petercky319
    @Petercky319 2 місяці тому

    A friend of mine was just playing this song. It immediately reminded me of this video that I first watched now nearly 14 years ago. Brought back many memories and put a big smile on my face. Thank you.

  • @benjaminmcclatchey9814
    @benjaminmcclatchey9814 2 місяці тому

    If can could you post some inflight window views of the wing of a 747-200 I’ve been looking for that for a long time!!!!! 5 or 10 minutes would be great.

    • @AL_FPV
      @AL_FPV Місяць тому

      matt sadly passed away 8 years ago.

  • @rishiio
    @rishiio 2 місяці тому

    2024🎉

  • @gerardmoran9560
    @gerardmoran9560 3 місяці тому

    Wonderful.

  • @myZisfantastic
    @myZisfantastic 3 місяці тому

    Ols school airliners rule!

  • @kensummers7757
    @kensummers7757 4 місяці тому

    One share of ASH25 BB avalible at Lasham ua-cam.com/video/ZHqQWZtqF2w/v-deo.html

  • @ruralringo
    @ruralringo 4 місяці тому

    I miss his videos

  • @zamorajohana
    @zamorajohana 4 місяці тому

    That was a bit short takeoff of the Boeing 747-200/B ;)

  • @mrcohiba1662
    @mrcohiba1662 5 місяців тому

    RIP. I took my first flying lesson because of you.

  • @DebOxy
    @DebOxy 5 місяців тому

    13 year old vid and im just seeing this now……wow

  • @AnoTr3
    @AnoTr3 6 місяців тому

    Too bad it's already Been scrapped😢😢

  • @MalagaBoys
    @MalagaBoys 6 місяців тому

    This aircraft was put into storage about 1 months after this video was posted. The aircraft was then scrapped in 2013 so sad :(

  • @tomarmstrong1281
    @tomarmstrong1281 6 місяців тому

    Something you have to do, up close in person to know how good it really is. A bargain with mother nature, her bounty and your your skill. It is a rate and precious thing. As good as any to know what being alive means.

  • @user-yd9bj3bs8g
    @user-yd9bj3bs8g 8 місяців тому

    Been gliding 56 years. Still the best thing I do at 71 years young! John. FAI/BGA 51417.

  • @edsel6818
    @edsel6818 8 місяців тому

    My bad, I was thinkn of the L 10-11 your correct, my bad,.my apology.

  • @edsel6818
    @edsel6818 8 місяців тому

    SPECTACULAR FOOTAGE!!!!!! ALTHOUGH THIS ISN'T AN L 10 11 THIS IS A DC-10, I STILL LOVE THIS OUTSTANDING FOOTAGE, WHATS THE CHANCES OF YOU CATCHN UP TO ANOTHER JUMBO LIKE THIS, 🤯😵😱, WOWWWW!!! GREAT JOB, FRIEND, WHAT AIRCRAFT WERE FLING IN WHEN YOU CAUGHT UP TO THIS LUFTHANSA??? 👌😉👍😁👍 MORE PLEASE 😁👍😉👍😉

  • @tomarmstrong1281
    @tomarmstrong1281 9 місяців тому

    I feel I have to add a little bit. Sometimes, looking back over a long, and not uneventful life, some of my best moments were catching a thermal. I working it to cloud base and then set off cross country with no guarantee that I would make it back to the gliding field. There is a deep satisfaction in trusting to your skills and the bounties of nature. The breathtaking splendour of breaking out of a well-developed cumulous cloud into a dazzling world of the whitest of white and the bluest of blue, and imagining this magic belongs to you.

  • @tomarmstrong1281
    @tomarmstrong1281 9 місяців тому

    Years ago, at Sutton Bank, Yorkshire, it was possible to ridge soar for miles along the Hambleton hills. And in the T21, with the open cockpit and high wing just a few feet from the clifftop path, it was delightful with the scent of wildflowers and eavesdropping on the chatter of the walkers who seemed to enjoy a cheery wave. It was the only way to fly very low legally. I hope it still is and the powers that be never change it.

  • @grosponeyy
    @grosponeyy 9 місяців тому

    I remember spotting you in Lux during these years 🤙

  • @Dzordzikk
    @Dzordzikk 10 місяців тому

    This one and ASW-22, nicest glider ever, for me.

  • @OctoberWraith-gg4pe
    @OctoberWraith-gg4pe 10 місяців тому

    We , have achieved, Thermal Ascension...... ✌️😎😁. And that's a fact....😂

  • @OctoberWraith-gg4pe
    @OctoberWraith-gg4pe 10 місяців тому

    RIP.. my angel 😇

  • @strack1966
    @strack1966 10 місяців тому

    ASH25 ein wunderschöner Segler, tolle Aufnahmen 🤩

  • @MrFlyingPanda
    @MrFlyingPanda 11 місяців тому

    6 years :( still watching. fitting last vid where u rise above the grey to a stunning view..

  • @CameTo
    @CameTo 11 місяців тому

    This was the best video I've seen in a long time. The tail end of the golden days

  • @boredom4001
    @boredom4001 Рік тому

    i was looking for exactly a video like this, thank you man.

  • @eriksuniverse9717
    @eriksuniverse9717 Рік тому

    It’s pretty cool that it takes place on an airplane

  • @Nothinglefttosay
    @Nothinglefttosay Рік тому

    ALL DAY… I could watch this all damn day.. ❤

  • @dbraymore
    @dbraymore Рік тому

    Seeing the Hajj terminal in Jeddah brought back many memories, mostly in the form of scent because of all the Pilgrams that transit it not showering for weeks but none the less I had a pretty good time there. World MX Rep, 00-01.

  • @PauloSergioMDC
    @PauloSergioMDC Рік тому

    Still awesome ten years after I first saw it 🔥🔥🔥

  • @stanisawskalski435
    @stanisawskalski435 Рік тому

    RIP Matt. You truly knew what ment to live your life.

  • @wetwafflecz7374
    @wetwafflecz7374 Рік тому

    Sometimes I come back to this video when I'm feeling down and for some reason, it makes me feel good. Thanks Matt :)

  • @manvir6170
    @manvir6170 Рік тому

    Wow, the algorithm really gave me this video. Im amazed.

  • @FlyMD11Fly
    @FlyMD11Fly Рік тому

    Nice!

  • @Bjr747777
    @Bjr747777 Рік тому

    Awesome pilot

  • @deldridg
    @deldridg Рік тому

    May you rest in peace Matt. You have left us with some wonderful memories and no doubt have inspired many to take to the skies, where you are flying now wtih no more earthly concerns. Thank you for your spirit and beautiful contributions. With love and sadness - Dave

  • @s4minplays227
    @s4minplays227 Рік тому

    Gorgeous retro cockpit ❤

  • @tinaikana679
    @tinaikana679 Рік тому

    Take me back 😢❤

  • @peterlovett5841
    @peterlovett5841 Рік тому

    How ironic are the words of this song. RIP Matt, you and your videos are surely missed.

  • @cleengreeny
    @cleengreeny Рік тому

    It's been 13 years since I first saw this video, and I can't believe it's been that long. When I think of my childhood, this is the first thing I jump to, and it feels like multiple lifetimes since I first saw it with my dad. Thank you for all of the times you've gotten those songs stuck in my head, and more importantly, thank you for making me want to fly planes like those from a young age.

  • @TheArtofEngineering
    @TheArtofEngineering Рік тому

    As an ex ship's radio officer (merchant navy)....I know how it feels to lose your job to technology and automation. Great video!

  • @Paco_Gaepedores
    @Paco_Gaepedores Рік тому

    ❤️❤️❤️

  • @subterminalopenings
    @subterminalopenings Рік тому

    Just watched this again after quite a few years and it brought back to me how much I used to enjoy watching these as you put them out. Thanks Matt, blue skies and RIP mate.

  • @NaiBVaiZ
    @NaiBVaiZ Рік тому

    Favorite video which I saw many years before. I took training and now a captain... Good one guys. Rest in peace Matt.