Soarin'
Out the glider window
Originally uploaded by BunnyHutchToday I went soarin' without being at Disney World! A friend has his glider license and invited me out for a day with the Blue Ridge Soaring Society near New Castle, Virginia. We had a fantastic flight for my first time in a glider! The tow plane took us up to about 3000' above the ground. From there we had great luck finding thermals and managed to gain another 3000' or more. We were able to soar for well over an hour, and we only landed when we did because the glider lacked a lavatory. I survived a few brief moments of 0g and a few hard turns -- not white-knuckled like I was when he took me through a stall in a single-engine plane.
While I was there, I also ran into someone who was faculty in the Electrical Engineering department at Virginia Tech back when I was a student, and we got to chat about other professors I knew from those days.
It really was an amazing, exhilarating afternoon and I look forward to another flight!