SUDDEN CLOUD SUCTION // Pilot's thought process

If you end up inside a cloud, stay calm and pay attention to the use of your brakes. I have heard that it is a risk that some pilots will brake without noticing and cause a stall.

Notes to self:
Keep more distance from the clouds
OR Fly closer to the edge of the cloud

0:00 At 1900m
0:40 At 2150m
1:55 At 2291m

[Bob_just_Bob]

I’m a helicopter pilot by profession for 40 years and a paraglider pilot by hobby for 2. I’m Airline Transport rated IFR pilot which means I’ve many many hours in cloud The white room as you guys call it. And have never really enjoyed it. Helicopter pilots tend to be pessimistic at heart so we are always waiting for something to go wrong. If this ever happened to me in a paraglider it would scare the crap out of me. Glad you kept your wits about you. Good job. 🎉

[muhammadafzaljhanwla]

اسلام علیکم اللہ کریم آپ کو ہمیشہ سلامت سلامت اور عزت والی زندگی سے نوازے آمین

[Vindolin]

Wow the view of the clouds reflecting in the water is beautiful!

[Cristian-jhiz]

I think the incident was well managed. I would point out however that a compass does not only "help a lot", but is kind of mandatory if you are planning to fly in these conditions. Nice video!

[AriintheAir]

Amazing video! So good and informative.

[dougtnitchie]

Good one - illustrates what it's like perfectly.
Always feels longer than it is. But so much can happen in 2 minutes

[RolloWi]

Du wusstest die Richtung wo es blau ist. Hast nach mir alles richtig gemacht. Cool bleiben, raus fliegen. 👍 Ich wusste bei meinem Video genau was ich tat. (Siehe unten)
Wenn man eingeschlossen wird von riesigen Wolken, ist der Fehler schon viel früher passiert.

[fly]

You will do it once and NEVER forget, rudely reminded when you do it a couple more times. At least my experience flying hang gliders.

[sandrainthesky]

Been there, done that. Big ears got me out but was pretty close to edge as well. You were quite a bit in, eek!

[marcuslajus]

With this kind of cloud (small cumulus), there is no real danger of being sucked into the cloud. You just had the appropriate behaviour : no panicking and flying straight.
Not the same story with big congestus or even Cb !

[christopherhutchinson]

Scary stuff happened to me while parachuting , was considering dumping the main and going to reserve lower down when it let me go

[Darksagan]

Holy shit that was wild. The suction of the clouds reminds me of the force of a rip current. Only experienced people can use it to their advantage but it's still dangerous.

[crimsondawn]

Imagine a plaine coming flying thru the clouds

[CoIoneIPanic]

i respect this whole thing except for the part where he pretends to chastise himself. He wanted that cloud suck. And we thank him. What a ride.

[jonathansummerfield]

Definitely learn to fly your wing full speed!
Fly close enough to the edge, specially if the clouds grow tall. Speed out when getting close! :-)

[ashleybarnes]

Good flying... just bought the m7 and ears are crap.. ill try the c3 ears next time... nice showing people how to fly i cloud, good effort.

[osmera_pg]

and when it happens it is good to be over flatlands as you :-)

[jeanmarieholzmann]

Tout cela est bien intéressant quand vous êtes le seul occupant de l'espace aérien. En réalité, il faudrait commencer par accepter les règles du vol à vue. Là, vous êtes dans le domaine du vol aux instruments.

[MrChrisBarker]

Only just found this channel, was scary .. 🥺

[cvlindsay]

Illegal flight close to the underside of clouds becomes illegal IFR IN the clouds