Once I saw Steve McQueen soaring in the Thomas Crown Affair, I knew I had to do that. When I hear the theme from that movie "Windmills Of Your Mind", I immediately think back to watching that movie and going to the airport the next day for my first sailplane lesson. I have done a lot of soaring over the years and these photos and video are of my last check ride.
This is my instructor doing a pre-flight check.
More flight planning!
Tow Plane
This is so much fun!
Checking altitude and getting ready for release from tow.
Cut away!
Make a high speed low pass over an old fire tower before heading back to the airport.
This is a video of a check ride I took in a sailplane to see how much I retained from years earlier. It really is like riding a bike and once you get into it, everything comes back like yesterday.
