You think gliding is boring?

[petermach]

I've known commercial jet pilots who think of their job like its driving a bus or a truck and go gliding on their days off to remind them of the thrill of flight.

[CLdriver]

Anyone, (even power pilots) who may think that gliding is boring, never experienced the challenge of attempting to stay airborne in a glider.

[einmensch]

Yes, its extremly boring. I mean you get shot up in the Air 450 Meters and then can stay there only with the Power of Nature.
Hell no i love it

[volnuit]

Gliding is the most accomplished form of flight, requiring the greatest science of the element in which it operates. Glider pilots are sky-readers and in competitions the density of decisions to be made is greater than that of a fighter pilot. One every 20 seconds on average ... gliding brings more to my job as an airline pilot than the other way round, as a friend of mine said. And then there is the magic of flying close to a snowy ridge at 4000m in the Alps or above the clouds in a wave flight...

[rheinbit]

Gliding is always boring when you're not doing it. Like everything else - life is boring unless you live. Even picking your nose is boring if you don't find anything.

[njbabyboi]

I remember as a kid telling my parents. " I can't wait to drive!" then my mother stating "You won't be saying that when your alway the one driving." To this day I always drive. I still love it just as much as I always wanted to as a kid. "Creating a different outlook every time promotes adventure."

[OriginalFrozenJoe]

Gliding is one of the most under appreciated experiences in the world. I think this speaks to the terrible condition of society today. So many people want want want, they cannot just pause and enjoy the beauty of the world.

[noluja]

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[Freq]

The only thing boring about soaring is driving to the airport.

[wordreet]

Not at all boring! I love standing on a hill and flying my RC glider in the beautiful skies above 🥰

[TheSoaringChannel]

This is why I soar. It's nothing but fun. Well most of the time. For me: tasks, XC, and OLC is only a small piece of why I do this. The rest is for the fun of doing hammerheads at any given time, ripping across the airfield at 120kts, circling back around and landing, and sharing it all with my friends and family.

[_PJW_]

Why the sharp turn? No thermal in sight.

[terranovarain]

Never been off the ground know alot about aviation though the first books i read as a kid on aviation were about gliding and nothing has captivated my mind so much in my life
Probably why im still obsessed with making a strato solar glider wing

[randytolle]

A pilot with a new single engine power plane was showing it of to a glider crowd (Airline Pilots, Test Pilots in group.)
A NASA Test Pilot looked under the tail and remarked "No tow release? What are you going to do with this bird?"

LOL

[twistedyogert]

I'd argue that gliding is exhilarating, considering how much the pilot has to consider. Kinetic energy, winds, thermals.

[christophergagliano]

All I see is a boring turn to the left, the exciting part is going from sinking at 200 ft per minute to climbing it 1300 ft per minute in the thermal with your vario screaming, now that's excitement 😊

[thepostman]

I am still excited 3 hours after watching This, more please 😮

[CJR]

“You think gliding is boring?”

……. Turns glider left …….

“How about now? Bet you guys didn’t know it could do that.”

[Mareczekw]

I think it's chilling not boring, just like looking at landscapes

[federicomazzola]

I am recently approaching the glider flight! I start the course in September, in a few months I'll tell you haha ​​I can't wait now