Where can you fly 100 or even 200 XC kilometres? What should I bear in mind? What equipment should you have with you? What skills should you have to fly such distances? How can I plan routes? What tools will help me to find the next thermal in flight? Questions upon questions, which I get to the bottom of in an interview with Ulrich Scheller, an experienced cross-country pilot.
Biwaktours, very few of us do it. For the majority of us standard Ottonormal pilots, bivouacking is too strenuous, too dependent on the weather and too dangerous, the list goes on and on, but there are a few pilots who are not deterred by any of this. One of these intrepid pilots is Ben Spengler. In this interview, he shares the experiences he has had in recent years and many tips and tricks for bivouac flying.
The 2nd attempt to fly the Mölltal triangle. Would I succeed this time?
It is already becoming apparent that it was the right step to switch from an EN-C back to an EN-B. A flight report from me again after a long time.
The Karwendel Triangle - the classic near Munich to fly a 100 km triangle according to FAI rules from Brauneck. I myself have tried it 3 times, but unfortunately have failed early so far. I hope, with good planning, that it will be in 2023.
