100 Years of Soaring

[flynlion]

Originally Posted by FOZ_1983

Nice clip mate, it looks like a rather pleasant flight..... well it would be without that endless buzzing type sound haha.

As nice and pleasant as it looks though....

Its just basically falling out of the sky slowly haha. Would scare the living hell out of me!!

You're correct, they didn't really do much "soaring" during this event, it was mostly just low altitude stuff to show off for the crowd. The real "sport" of soaring comes when you catch a good thermal and ride Mother Nature's elevator up, up, up and away! I freakin' love that

The buzzing noise you hear is the electronic variometer which is required during competition so the pilot can tell if he's in lift or sink without looking inside the cockpit. I personally hate the racket they make and rarely use them.