How to Fly a Glider in Wave to 19,000 feet

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An epic flight in Wave in the Nor'West Arch, a massive wave cloud that forms over the Southern Alps of the South Island New Zealand. I launched from Springfield, near Christchurch for this amazing flight. We were under air traffic control most of this flight, and ran into technical issues and had to descend out of airspace. How did I handle it? Did I make it home? We're flying a Ventus cT Glider, talking to ATC and they were very help and friendly.

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📷 Equipment Used to Make this Video:
GoPro Hero 8
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00:00 Intro
00:40 Climbing into the Wave
02:48 How to get into Wave Discussion
03:37 Epic views of the Nor'West Arch Wave
05:07 Essential Things to Know: Oxygen & Air Traffic Control
05:45 Wind Speed & Clouds
06:30 Dealing with 70 knot winds
07:40 The Cold
08:05 Running out of Time
08:22 Turning to the South
10:03 ATC asking me to leave airspace
11:27 Discussion descending into inhospitable terrain and weather
12:34 Low in the mountains with 40 knot winds
14:22 G Dale's Book, where to learn more
15:02 Landing