Flight Club
7 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 3 years ago -WeGlide Weekly Podcast about pilots and their flight stories
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Day of the Decade - 1518 km in the Alps with 20yo Tom Wetzel
June 01, 2021 18:00 - 44 minutes - 30.5 MBWhat a number - 1500 km. In one flight in a glider. Unbelievable. Tom Wetzel succeeded in this feat on May 10 in the Alps with a southern foehn. You can find his 14 hours long flight across the Alps here on WeGlide: https://weglide.org/flight/59057 The flight: 1518km, 110,42 km/h 14 hours 7 min Glider: Nimbus 4 Pilot profile: Tom Wetzel, 20 years young Leave him some likes 🤙🏻 Questions? Feedback? Write them to [email protected] or comment on Instagram @weglide
Flying Endless Cloud Streets - 1247km with Frerk Frommholz in North Germany
May 12, 2021 20:00 - 1 hour - 41.8 MBYes, we are a bit late - but it was worth waiting... (explanation at the beginning of the podcast) My guest this week is none other than Frerk Frommholz himself. If you have been active on WeGlide, you know him - he has published a nice blog, and is generally not unknown in the gliding world. Frerk has done an incredible flight on 25th April 2021 which he presents in the #5 episode of Flight Club. The flight: 1.247 km, 10 hours 15 Min, 123km/h - insane! Here you can see it: Flight http...
Key to Success - Jura & Alps with World Champion Katrin Senne
April 30, 2021 13:00 - 41 minutes - 28.3 MBKatrin Senne is a 2 times World Champion in gliding, has won many competitions in her career and is a true inspiration for many female glider pilots worldwide. Katrin and Clemens talk about her key to success, how she became such a good pilot, as well as her adventurous flights into the Jura and Alps on 24th and 25th of April. Directly jump into the flights in minute 22:18 Q&A in minute 37:37 Her flight(s) from 24. and 25. April 2021: https://weglide.org/flight/51517 https://weglide....
Key to Success - Jura & Alps with World Champion Katrin Senne
April 30, 2021 13:00 - 41 minutes - 28.3 MBKatrin Senne is a 2 times World Champion in gliding, has won many competitions in her career and is a true inspiration for many female glider pilots worldwide. Katrin and Clemens talk about her key to success, how she became such a good pilot, as well as her adventurous flights into the Jura and Alps on 24th and 25th of April. Directly jump into the flights in minute 22:18 Q&A in minute 37:37 Her flight(s) from 24. and 25. April 2021: https://weglide.org/flight/51517 https://weglide....
Cruising through snow showers - Arne Röpling's 1000km from Germany
April 24, 2021 17:00 - 1 hour - 46.7 MBArne Röpling, commercial pilot and a very talented glider pilot from Germany is my guest in episode #3. We are good friends, for Flight Club we switched to English to make the flight and Arne's story accessible for everybody interested in gliding and cross country flying. Will it be the flight of the month? Arne's flight: https://weglide.org/flight/48083, 1030km, 119,86 km/h We start at 26:00 to talk about the flight. WeGlide is a new online portal for gliding that has been online...
Bugwipers for De-Icing - 750km with Lars Groot from the Netherlands
April 16, 2021 17:00 - 40 minutes - 27.6 MBWelcome back to episode #2 Flight Club takes you to the Netherlands. Compared to last week (we talked about ridge soaring in the Alps) this week is the total opposite. Hold your beer - 70 meter is called a mountain. My guest is Lars Groot, 26 years old. We talk about his flight and interesting stories. Tune in and post your feedback on instagram @weglide or write us a mail to [email protected] 750 km by Lars: https://weglide.org/flight/47088 His WeGlide Profile: https://weglide.org/pr...
La Dolce Vita - 1001 km with Davide Giovanelli
April 07, 2021 18:00 - 51 minutes - 35.1 MBThe first episode of Flight Club takes you to the Southern Alps, a beautiful area situated in between well known lakes like Lago Maggiore & Lago di Como and spectacular mountain ranges. Write us a mail to [email protected], add us on Instagram @weglide and leave a comment. Cheers!