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A visitor from - posted Wed June 29, 2011: I only though that this could be done if FSX until I saw this photo! Coool - doubleC MW
A visitor from Norway posted Wed December 1, 2010: It is perfectly captured, it demonstrates speed and action in an unusual setting for a beautiful glider. Morten F. Normann, Brazil.
A visitor from - posted Thu August 26, 2010: Wait.......is he gonna land on the river or some airstrip nearby. Great picture btw.
A visitor from Ukraine posted Tue February 16, 2010: Incredible feel of flight.
A visitor from - posted Sat January 2, 2010: Fantastic point of view (Alex rc Greece)
A visitor from United Kingdom posted Mon November 23, 2009: Wonderful glider in a wonderful scenery. I wonder how much it sounded...
A visitor from Canada posted Sun November 15, 2009: Perfectly framed. Captures a sense of motion. Lots of drama.
A visitor from Russian Federation posted Wed July 15, 2009: Very impressive.
A visitor from Italy posted Mon July 13, 2009: Where is this place? A river (lake) next to a strip...nice shoot !!
A visitor from Nepal posted Sat April 4, 2009: Great picture man take it on and thank you for suh picture..... coz im planning to be a pilot.
A visitor from Germany posted Tue December 9, 2008: I own the same model. The greatest glider ever flown...
A visitor from - posted Sat November 29, 2008: Nice flying
A visitor from Norway posted Wed April 9, 2008: Great photo, I've never seen anything like it before.
A visitor from France posted Sat February 2, 2008: Ballast dumping is cool !
A visitor from United States posted Thu May 10, 2007: Pretty unique to see a glider on the deck like that, I think it is great!
A visitor from United States posted Wed March 7, 2007: Impressive that he could stay that low and still recover!
A visitor from New Zealand posted Wed January 3, 2007: Really amazing photo! And the pilot is putting his ballast back where it came from!! Simply stunning 5*
A visitor from United States posted Sun December 17, 2006: Very nice photo
A visitor from United States posted Sat October 28, 2006: Simply a beautiful angle with the perfect backdrop. WOW !
A visitor from Serbia And Montenegro posted Fri October 20, 2006: I feel natural beauty of flying
A visitor from United States posted Wed October 4, 2006: Just excelent
A visitor from Switzerland posted Sat September 2, 2006: I don`t belive it...!!!! FANTASTIC!!!
A visitor from Bahamas posted Sun August 13, 2006: So graceful.
A visitor from United Kingdom posted Wed July 19, 2006: Absolutely amazing, and that is SO why I LOVE gliders!!!!!!!!! They are such beautiful aircraft! 5 stars!!!
A visitor from United Kingdom posted Fri July 7, 2006: Great photography
A visitor from United States posted Tue June 13, 2006: Lighting is just right. Smoke trail gives the impression of great speed and makes it look like it had just skimmed the water. Location is most unusual because you don't usually find a sailplane in this environment.
A visitor from Sweden posted Sat June 10, 2006: Beatyful as a girl
A visitor from United States posted Thu June 8, 2006: WOW Those wings are huge.
A visitor from United Kingdom posted Sun May 21, 2006: Nice shot! Its quite spectacular to watch a finish of a competition :-). @ "A visitor from United States posted Fri April 14, 2006": leanr about glide ratio, and take up gliding sometime :-). Its a fantastic sport, being pre-solo myself im really enjoying it :-D.
A visitor from United States posted Fri April 14, 2006: How can they fly for so long
A visitor from Venezuela posted Thu March 16, 2006: Incredible amazing picture
A visitor from United States posted Fri March 10, 2006: So very cool
A visitor from United States posted Tue February 28, 2006: Action, unusual proximity to the surface, proximity to trees, feel of speed.
A visitor from United Kingdom posted Tue February 14, 2006: Glider carrier landing?;) Fantastic 5* shot
A visitor from Thailand posted Thu February 2, 2006: This is very graceful..captures the essence of flight plus the background of nature's green is good and still water below combines all elements. Serene almost. Good job!
A visitor from United States posted Sat January 28, 2006: Yeah listen to this guy from Poland. He flies gliders and is in a virtual aerobatic team with me called "RedGuys." Great Picture btw!!! :-) 5 stars
A visitor from Poland posted Sat January 28, 2006: It IS the water ballast, but it's not used to "keep momentum up". It's used to keep weight/wing area ratio high, to make it flying faster! Trust me, I'm a glider pilot... It has to be dropped before landing, because it's is too heavy to land safely... Some gliders can take a ballast heavier than glider itself!
A visitor from Germany posted Thu January 19, 2006: Superb picture look how low it flies its a glider plane!!! and the water tank release wow
A visitor from Netherlands posted Wed August 31, 2005: Its my own glider
A visitor from Korea, Republic Of posted Tue August 30, 2005: Great shot. I think the spraying is in fact the water ballast. The glider needed it to keep the momentum up for long distance flying and dump it over board when coming in for landing.
A visitor from United Kingdom posted Sun August 21, 2005: Unusual.
A visitor from Finland posted Sat August 20, 2005: This is my mother country and i though that was different country. There is cool waterspray or something behind the plane. And low gliding is also cool.
A visitor from Sweden posted Fri August 19, 2005: Great captured. The glider is nicely positioned in the picture. The background with the trees really improves the vision about how low he is. That he is dumping the ballast gives speed to the picture, wich otherwise would have been hard to see. Great,/Jens
A visitor from Luxembourg posted Fri August 19, 2005: Jusr great. Bravo. Emmanuel Perez

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