Can a 747 PILOT fly a GLIDER? Behind the Scenes with CAPTAIN JOE

dont let a 747 pilot do the landing flare, you'll still be 15 metres in the air...

„Thats what we always look at …. :clouds“ can’t imagine a better way to describe us glider pilots

I was fortunate enough to have my first flight (at age 62) in a glider a couple of month ago here in Down Under. I was feeling quite seedy as well, but managed to keep it down - just ;-).
Having a flight simulator at home (MSFS) I have spent many hours gliding using my VR goggles, and it really helped when my pilot handed control over to me. He barely believed me that I haven't flown a real glider before 🙂.
A quick comment in regards to towing: in Australia, and in some other countries, the glider stays below the towing plane, not above. My understanding is that this should help prevent 'pulling up' the tow planes tail, sending it inadvertently into a dive.

Hi Stefan! Any chance you are coming for a flight in the Dolomites soon?

Seen it also on Capt Joe's channel too.... well done both of you.

Can a GLIDER PILOT fly a 747?

wow nice. In the field of airplane CAPTAIN JOE is my favorite one .

Why not let him attempt to l;and

What propels this glider?

Flying gliders since I was 15 and had a 35 year career with the airlines. I instruct in gliders and I like when airline guys join our club. Airline guys only use rudder when engine out and kicking out the crab on crosswind landing. However, it's fun to watch them try to keep the glider from yawing all the time. Any little bank necessitates using rudder and that is hard for them to control. So we go yawing thru the sky.

..incredible...I gained my ATC Gliding wings in 1961...winch lift...RAF Kenley aerodrome.....Slingsby T31....never forget 'CISTRS'......

B52 pilots visiting us at raf marham, england had a hell of a time( but a good one) flying precise enough to stay in the air. good times had by all!

Stefan: "Great flight. Great thermals."
Joe: "Great vomit."

Just kidding. Loved the video, guys. Very lighthearted.

Cheers.

Good to see even a professional can get sick on a glider flight x Keep up the good work both of you.

YOU'RE AMAZING🎉THIS VIDEO MAKE ME TO WATCH AGING & AGING🙂BEST MOTIVATION👌BEST OF LUCK❤I LIKE TO SEE YOUR SMILEY FACE🥰KEEP GOING WELL🛩️

Can a glider pilot fly a B747?

I believe Augsberg is where my friend Mark Liczbinski learnt to fly gliders from the age of about 13. He then progresses to Lufthansa, where he became their youngest ever pilot at 21 I think. I also flew gliders from there on a few occasions, our teacher was an old Me110 mechanic. I also remember the F104 Starfighters on the airfield, and standing right next to them while they had their engines tested.

In my country of New Zealand there is a vibrant gliding community. Recently they published some safety statistics and according to them the sport caries five times the risk of death than riding a motorcycle on our roads.

Gliding for years from my early teens layed the foundation of my entire aviation career : I beat the Air Force selection and became a fighter pilot and later took on a commercial career and flew all the 747 series from the dash 1 to 8 . I can assure in retrospect that gliding made me a better pilot. I had several complete engine failures and I never had the sense it was catastrophic .

IMHO - ALL Pilots should be required to get a glider license before they get any plane license or fly any plane like it used to be in ww2,
As the skills learnt in glider are key survival skills as proven by a few Commercial jets which had lost engine power & without the pilots being Former Glider pilots they would have most likely Crashed instead of landing.

Stefan, an incredible master of non-motorized flight! 👍 The master of air currents, relying on which he soars like a bird!🤔

Seeing cpt Joe vomiting is so reassuring 🤣

'Back to basics' the smiles of Captain Joe ! Priceless.

all power pilots should first qualify solo + a few hrs before learning power and not just for the obvious reason!

love to see that you've met Joe, he seem such a nice guy, i've been following you two for a long time :)

Captain Joe is such a nice guy, like to see you having fun in a glider, have a wonderful Easter bless you

CAN A SEMI-Truck driver drive a Porsche 911?
CAN a Harley rider balance a Schwinn?
CAN a bourbon drinker quaff wine?
REALLY dude, don’t we have something else to do?

For the Incredible Hulk, this beautiful glider would be a DLG.🤭

(Sorry, that's a not very funny radio-controlled modeller's joke. DLG stands for 'Discus-Launched Glider', which is a model that's flung into the air from a flat field by grabbing it by a wingtip, spinning round, and letting go. A really good launch can exceed 70 metres, which gives plenty of altitude from which to start hunting for thermals.)

But can a glider pilot fly a 747?

I knew I had recognized Joe's voice, but when I saw him in uniform, I realized that I've watched his channel. It would be interesting to fly glider with a 747 pilot, considering the manual flying that's required.

This is also me fear when having to make endless steep turns in thermal winds to maximize gaining altitude getting motion sick and needing these bags for reverse eating 🤣
I am very confused with your airfield ... it was not Augsburg and from the distance it looked like North of Donauwörth but then it wasn't that either?!
Thanks for sharing - I personally think glider pilots are the very best pilots because they have to have a perfect feeling for aerodynamics and energy management in order to make it down not being too fast and not too slow, though the speed brakes will probably give you a wider range to compensate for quite some margin or error.
On motorized planes you can always do a go around if you mess up, here you have only one chance. Respect!
I really want to try a glider flight this year and see how I can cope with it ... since I live closer to Königsdorf I consider trying it there also because of less air traffic, but occasionally I am also flying with a befriended pilot at EDMA, so maybe that is an opportunity with the Augsburg glider crowd, which I know is south of the field?

Nothing can touch the efficiency of a modern glider. I flew hang gliders for ten years in the 80s and 90s, speeds were kept between 25-40mph or 40-65kph, only the Wills Wing Ram Air liked to stretch its legs at 60mph or 100kph but it was a pig to fly. To see a modern glider cruising along at 130kph and probably a 40-50 to 1 glide ratio says somethiong about efficiency.

The airline pilot getting sick in a glider....

You hold the wings on with sticky tape? OMG 😱

Sehr cooles Video und schöne Werbung für den Segelflug! 😎 An das Gefühl musste ich mich auch erst gewöhnen 😅

As a passenger, I would say he or she better be able to fly a glider, or I'm getting the phwck off this plane.
In fact, he should have started on a glider. If you skipped glider school, and never learned how to fly the wing, you FAIL as a pilot.

Strange that gliders want extra weight. And I can imagine getting sea sick because a glider constantly turns.

Depends on the pilot.
If he is fat he can not.

should be no problem at all since the 747 is basically a fat glider with lots of seats 😜

Well now i know what my hobby will be when i grow up. Thanks stefan

Assembling it by hand with those kind of connections? i wouldn't trust it haha I'd want full welds or something on mine

We have several members at Midland Gliding Club (Long Mynd) who were big commercial jet pilots. Some still are working commercial jets....

Bob Buck, author of all those flying books, and his autobiography "North Star Over my Shoulder", was the Chief Pilot of TWA before he retired, and often flew a 747 from New York to Paris and back. He also flew gliders from a small airport in Vermont near his home, and that is where I met him. Wow, was he full of stories...

promo sm ⭐

hey :) kann man auch mit eine hand und einen fuß fliegen?😅

Ive heard gliders are statistically quite dangerous 🤔 Im guessing weather knowledge is a big factor in reducing the odds of something going wrong .

What a stupid question, even if the answer is yes, or no.

Just a question before I start my gliding journey. How common is it to feel sick while flying gliders? I tend to feel sick real fast. Any advice to prevent to feel sick while flying?

are you using a parachute?

If you can make a 747 pilot puke, I'm never going in a glider.