Soaring Videos



Make sure to enter thr turnpoint sector. The third most viewed video of this series is back. 2000 hits in one month! The badge lady doesn't forgive.
Video by Mario Lazaga.
A new 13-year-year-old student. Memorial weekend, 2011. Little Mario moves up to the front seat and takes his first soaring lesson.
Video by Mario Lazaga.
Cold enough for you?. January 2nd, 2011. First flight of the year. Nyal Williams is one 80 year old that will accept cold weather as long as he can fly.
Music: George Winston: "Cloudy this morning"
Video by Mario Lazaga.
Soaring the friendly skies. Chris Hall finds that the skies over Alexandria are a little crowded with lots of friendly ships. The music is epic.
Video by Chris Hall.
Come fly with me. Chris Hall invites you to come fly away.
Video by Chris Hall.
August in Indiana Ron Clarke makes excellent use of good soaring weather at end of August in Indiana.
Music: Philip Glass: "Opening"
Video by Mario Lazaga.
John Day flies solo! Johnny Day had it good. Johnny had a good day. Day had a good journey. Johnny be good.
Music: Chuck Berry: "Johnny be good"
Video by John Gardner, edited by Mario Lazaga.
Lindsay flies solo! July 17th, 2010 saw Lindsay Sorg take to the skies without an instructor in the plane. Congratulations Lindsay!
Music: The Police: "Spirits in a Material World."
Video by Mario Lazaga.
1960 was the year our club was born. 50 years ago! Happy 50 Central Indiana Soaring Society!! Thousand thanks go to those who started it all. Thanks Jim Ross for being there fifty years ago and for being there today.
Music: Vangelis: "So long ago. So clear."
Video by Mario Lazaga.
Hundreds of smiles are produced at the airport by the great sport of soaring. The 2009 soaring season was a very good one, considering the number of badges, records, XC flights and SMILES it produced.
Music: Rosenstolz: "Ich gehe in Flammen auf".
Video by Mario Lazaga.
Gerry Simpson and Dan DeWitt finishing their Gold distance flights. July 6th, 2009 A Discus named PV and an LS4 named IZ land within minutes of each other. They come from a 5 1/2 hour flight around a pre-declared 300km triangle. Congratulations Gerry and Dan!
Music: Ennio Morricone: "The Ecstasy of Gold".
Video by Mario Lazaga.
Mike Meister solo flight. August 15th, 2009 Mike flies 303BA for his first solo flight. Larry Miller is the happy instructor. Their reflexes are good enough to avoid the cold water shower. Congratulations Mike!
Video by Mario Lazaga.
Marlin solo flight. August 2nd, 2009 Marlin flies 809S for his first, 2nd and 3rd solo flights. George is happy to see his first endorsed student fly like a pro. Congratulations!
Video by Mario Lazaga.
Regina solo flight. June 13th, 2009 Regina takes 303BA to the skies without an instructor for the first time. Congrats!
Video by Mario Lazaga.
Winch launch rope break. The winch rope broke a few times during the winch launch weekend. This is one of them as seen by the camera mounted on the plane looking back. Plane landed without problems.
Video by Mario Lazaga.
Winch launching. May 15,16,17 was the weekend to try winch launching in Alexandria. Generally a low altitude is achieved, but a few of the pilots actually caught a thermal and got away.
Video by Mario Lazaga.
Why do we soar?. Have you ever considered why you soar at all? Is it the view from above? Or may be the thrill of motorless flight? Or perhaps some other personal reason? This is what some pilots said.
Music: Supermode: "Tell me why".
Video by Mario Lazaga.
High parasitic drag approach. Dave intentionally finishes base too high to practice his high parasitic approach with full spoilers to lose altitude quickly. Hold on to your glider hats.
Video by Mario Lazaga.
Glider Aerobatic flight in Central Indiana. Dale takes 303BA and does his aerobatic thing. Other gliders in the air got to see a great air show.
Music: Macneto: "Vuela, Vuela" (Go fly, go fly).
Video by Mario Lazaga.
Caught in the rain in Central Indiana. What started like a little sprinkle, turned into a shower, and then into a tempest. The plane got washed very well.
Music: Ecuador Manta: "Tempest".
Video by Mario Lazaga.
Josh Daisey flies his "thermonuclear powered" ship. Josh Daisey flies his "thermonuclear powered", home-build, V-tailed ship. The asymetrical wing configuration is meant to optimize turning right in the northern hemisphere :)
Josh is trying to catch the moments as they fly.
Music: Shannon River Dance: "Catch the moments as they fly".
Video by Mario Lazaga.
12 year old Marlin Tessarzyk shows excellent tow technique. This is Marlin Tessarzyk being towed by Olaf on April 20th. The ceilings were low and the atmosphere too stable and hazy, but Marlin wanted to have a couple of take offs and landings. He's an excellent student, and he had too much time on his hands.
Music: Styx "Too much time on my hands".
Video by Mario Lazaga.
Indiana Joni flies with CISS July 4th, 2005, Joni Mitchel came to Alexandria to have a flight in a sailplane. Ron Clarke flew the Grob 103 with Joni as passenger in the back seat. She liked the experience. Don Taylor talks to Ron about the thermal strength.
Video by Joni Mitchel, aka "Indiana Joni" of WB4.
Ron Clarke at Geist Ron Clarke explains the sport to a friend from the Geist Homeowners Association. He mentions going to "the border to Michigan and back in the same day."
As if it was a piece of cake.
Start of 2008 season Saturday, April 3rd was the first day of good soaring weather in Indiana.
Dan Dewitt assembles his LS-4 after doing a very nice winter work on it. John Weber brings his own glider back to the field.
Video by Mario Lazaga.
Scot Ortman Interview Scot talks about the duties of the members of the club and about his 300Km flight.
Nice takes of Olaf and Terry Wools landing their gliders.
Video by Fly-in/Cruise-in Video Magazine produced by Inge Harte & Ray Johnson.
http://www.FlyInCruiseIn.com
Tom Eaton Interview Tom talks about tow procedures in the air and on the ground and about the tow planes. A nice interview of Tom's mother after a glider flight.
Nice takes of the tow plane from the cockpit of the Grob 103 during tow.
Video by Fly-in/Cruise-in Video Magazine produced by Inge Harte & Ray Johnson.
http://www.FlyInCruiseIn.com
Nyal Williams Interview Nyal talks about the kind of people that he's instructed and about the days when he was starting.
Nice takes of Mike Nichols landing his Libelle and Nyal taking off in his Discus.
Video by Fly-in/Cruise-in Video Magazine produced by Inge Harte & Ray Johnson.
http://www.FlyInCruiseIn.com
Dick Hutchinson Interview This is a video from 2005. Our friends at Fly-in/Cruise-in Video Magazine brought their cameras and took some footage to include our club in the Video Magazine issue, . Dick talks about the soaring badges and the flight instruments. Several takes of Dick preparing for a flight, on tow, thermalling and landing. The takes from inside the cockpit are great.
Video by Fly-in/Cruise-in Video Magazine produced by Inge Harte & Ray Johnson.
http://www.FlyInCruiseIn.com
Base Overshoot This is a video from 2006 at Knotts Airport, in Alexandria IN. Mario landing the Grob 103 and overshooting base.
Video by Gerry Simpson.
Soaring Sonata #11 This is a video from 2004 at Knotts Airport, in Alexandria IN. Ron Clarke flying the Grob 103 around the 15-mile "tiny triangle" around the airport.
Music: Mozart "Sonata #11 (Turkish Rondo)".
Video by Mario Lazaga.
Soaring in #D This is a video from 2003 at Terry Airport, in Zionsville, IN. Don Reid flying the Grob 103. Mario, the passenger brought his digital camera and capture many pictures and some movie clips.
Music: Pachelbel "Cannon in D major".
Video by Mario Lazaga.
Soaring with the Lion This is a video from 2003 at Terry Airport, nowadays known as Indianapolis Executive Airport, in Zionsville, IN. Dick Hutchinson flying the Grob 103 on a nice, sunny day, full of cummulus clouds and lift everywhere.
Music: Andreas Vollenweider "Dancing with the Lion".
Video by Mario Lazaga.