Schempp-Hirth Ventus 2ax - Untitled | Aviation Photo #0901247

Anonymous

18 years ago

Jusr great. Bravo.

Emmanuel Perez

Anonymous

18 years ago

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

Anonymous

18 years ago

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.

Anonymous

18 years ago

Unusual.

Anonymous

18 years ago

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.

Anonymous

18 years ago

Its my own glider

Anonymous

17 years ago

Superb picture look how low it flies its a glider plane!!! and the water tank release wow

Anonymous

17 years ago

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!

Anonymous

17 years ago

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

Anonymous

17 years ago

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!

Anonymous

17 years ago

Glider carrier landing?;) Fantastic 5* shot

Anonymous

17 years ago

Action, unusual proximity to the surface, proximity to trees, feel of speed.

Anonymous

17 years ago

So very cool

Anonymous

17 years ago

Incredible amazing picture

Anonymous

17 years ago

How can they fly for so long

Anonymous

17 years ago

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.

Anonymous

17 years ago

WOW Those wings are huge.

Anonymous

17 years ago

Beatyful as a girl

Anonymous

17 years ago

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.

Anonymous

17 years ago

Great photography

Anonymous

17 years ago

Absolutely amazing, and that is SO why I LOVE gliders!!!!!!!!! They are such beautiful aircraft! 5 stars!!!

Anonymous

17 years ago

So graceful.

Anonymous

17 years ago

I don`t belive it...!!!! FANTASTIC!!!

Anonymous

17 years ago

Just excelent

Anonymous

17 years ago

I feel natural beauty of flying

Anonymous

17 years ago

Simply a beautiful angle with the perfect backdrop. WOW !

Anonymous

16 years ago

Very nice photo

Anonymous

16 years ago

Really amazing photo! And the pilot is putting his ballast back where it came from!! Simply stunning 5*

Anonymous

16 years ago

Impressive that he could stay that low and still recover!

Anonymous

16 years ago

Pretty unique to see a glider on the deck like that, I think it is great!

Anonymous

15 years ago

Ballast dumping is cool !

Anonymous

15 years ago

Great photo, I've never seen anything like it before.

Anonymous

14 years ago

Nice flying

Anonymous

14 years ago

I own the same model. The greatest glider ever flown...

Anonymous

14 years ago

Great picture man take it on and thank you for suh picture..... coz im planning to be a pilot.

Anonymous

14 years ago

Where is this place? A river (lake) next to a strip...nice shoot !!

Anonymous

14 years ago

Very impressive.

Anonymous

13 years ago

Perfectly framed. Captures a sense of motion. Lots of drama.

Anonymous

13 years ago

Wonderful glider in a wonderful scenery. I wonder how much it sounded...

Anonymous

13 years ago

Fantastic point of view (Alex rc Greece)

Anonymous

13 years ago

Incredible feel of flight.

Anonymous

13 years ago

Wait.......is he gonna land on the river or some airstrip nearby. Great picture btw.

Anonymous

12 years ago

It is perfectly captured, it demonstrates speed and action in an unusual setting for a beautiful glider.
Morten F. Normann, Brazil.

Anonymous

12 years ago

I only though that this could be done if FSX until I saw this photo! Coool - doubleC MW

DJRobson

New Zealand

6 years ago

Too beautiful...!

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