Glider does a low final above water

This video was shot at the end of a task during the Nordic Junior Gliding Championships 2018, held at the fantastic Räyskälä in Finland.

The famous Räyskälä Runway 12L has a lake just by the end of it, that gives the opportunity to make some awesome approaches if the glider has enough energy. I was coming home with high speed and had the glider filled with water, so I decided to hit the deck and go low.

My landing on the airfield was not that pretty, bear in mind that the glider still had a lot of kinetic energy in it.

[martinsevilla]

"Attention passengers, glider now arriving at gate 8, gate 9, gate 10... Gate 23"

[adhdrenalin]

Bruh looks like you went about mach 0.85 on that landing

[sam]

Did you log all three of those landings?

[maxwiens]

For glider enthusiasts - its a Rolladen-Schneider LS 8-a, manufactured in 1998 in Germany. Its a one-seated glider for competition use (not a training glider), but it is not certified for aerobatics. The wingspan is 15m, maximal speed - 280km/h IAS at 2000m.

BTW nice Registration Code ;-)

[Slarti]

That looked like one hell of a hot landing.

[Kodos]

Like the old flight simulator when you run off the runway but don't crash. You just keep going.

[boltar]

I like how the pilots legs are the frontal impact protection in a glider.

[MatematicaTel]

I guess he's not the glider's owner...

[brbob]

This glider he was flying sure wasn't the Donald Duck training version. That thing was efficient as hell. Probably had done the water thing about 100x too, but I think he landed about the same speed as a Gulfstream jet.

[marsaeolus]

250 km/h on final approach touch down at 150 km/h LMAO Was that a glider or a jet?

[jeffreylindsey]

Great job. The glide ratio's of these modern sail plane's are phenomenal.

[rickkimball]

I fly high wing, powered aircraft...The smart aleck in me: that's terrifying and appears to be unsafe as hell. Any wind deviation, or even a hiccup at the stick would've put you in the drink at about 90mph...The pilot in me: that was exceptional flying and a great demonstration of staying cool, knowing your plane, and landing on a (very) narrow strip. Tip o' the cap from me. Very skillful.

[carveroutdoors]

Glider clear of the runway at Taxiway Zulu...

[ON]

Whats with that peculiar sound in the video like a sportscar revving up...??

[pankajjaiswal]

Would have loved to see the view of you glider flying, skimming over the water. Must have been super awesome.

[TheRealBoroNut]

@0:30 The Dambusters are recruiting if you fancy a job.

[montgomeryburns]

There's an old aviation saying;

There are old pilots, and bold pilots, but there are no old bold pilots....

[cellokid]

This plane keeps it's speed like air resistance wasn't even a thing.

[worldbestpilot]

... and there was that day with this unexpected downdraft in the final that no one could explain ...
... we will always remember you; you left us too soon !

[alishanmao]

amazing man, without any power this thing has such speeds