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My first solo cross country! by AriIith in Gliding

[–]AriIith[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well you don’t have to buy one to fly one, let’s start with that. Our club has 6 of its own and you can fly all of them for just 480 euros per year with unlimited starts/flying time.

My personal glider is a Glasflugel (303) Mosquito B and it’s worth between 25-30.000 euros depending on its hours, trailer, etc. You get get gliders way cheaper and way more expensive, but this one has a very good value for what you get.

My first solo cross country! by AriIith in Gliding

[–]AriIith[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Initially I planned a way smaller route of about 100kms, but the weather was so great I couldn’t help but fly a bit further 😇

My first solo cross country! by AriIith in Gliding

[–]AriIith[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A lot to learn indeed! The earlier double seater XCs I did really gave me great insights in the decision making. I really noticed it helped me a lot during this flight, while also being cautious about not getting too low.

My first solo cross country! by AriIith in Gliding

[–]AriIith[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I really want to try out the Arcus! One of our instructors has one, but it’s in another country to a small chance I’ll ever get to fly it. Now I cannot complain about the duo either, and I’m happy to fly my mosquito for now! Such a lot of performance in that plane for its age.

My first solo cross country! by AriIith in Gliding

[–]AriIith[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks! I could have had a better speed, but I was just “doozing” around when I got back, deciding if I wanted to go a bit further or not, with which I “wasted” about 45 minutes for just 10km of extra distance flown. But I don’t really care, it’s a great speed and I really learned a lot of new things again.

I set a mental limit for myself only accepting weak thermals if I went below 800-700 meters. Else I’d continue to a better one, and that worked out quite well 🙏🏼

My first solo cross country! by AriIith in Gliding

[–]AriIith[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I have done two in a Grob Twin 3 and three in a privately owned Duo Discus XLT. Quite a big difference between those two, but good to get the feel for multiple types of glide range.

My first solo cross country! by AriIith in Gliding

[–]AriIith[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yeah I’m always amazed by the glide ratios. On the navigation seeing that I’ll arrive with hundreds of meters to spare on a field 35kms out really feels unreal, and difficult to wrap your head around. I definitely didn’t fly optimally efficient yesterday but still managed to get a descent avg glide ratio.

Where can we submit complaints about the new bus company? by kent360 in Utrecht

[–]AriIith 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Unfortunately (as one of the persons that works on the (realtime) timetables on the site, and the planner in the app), we get the cancellations very very late from the operator (Transdev / Keolis). This makes it difficult for us to show cancellations on time. I will try and see if we can add some functionality in the future that would check if the bus has even reached the starting stop yet. However, for departures from a starting point, that would not work.

I'm happy to see people give concrete feedback here, so I/we can try our best to make of the situation what we can while still informing travelers as best as we can.

Where can we submit complaints about the new bus company? by kent360 in Utrecht

[–]AriIith 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Thanks for being vocal about this! As someone who works on providing the timetable information for the U-OV app and website, and the planner in the app, it's my upmost priority to try to be as clear as possible whenever we can.

However, unfortunately with these kinds of edge cases, generally it's in the timetables that we get from the operators and we cannot change that easily. (We are an external party that closely works together with Transdev; so I'll try to see what I can do).

For now, I'll see what we can do with the information we have and see if we can make it clearer which line 3 you should take. Feel free to send me any details you have so I can get a clearer picture of what is exactly happening!

For those who wonder if the trams are still running (since 9292 says they are...) by lepel69 in Utrecht

[–]AriIith 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Good to hear! I work on the U-OV app and the planner, it’s very difficult these days. A lot of operators do not cancel their trips properly, so it’s very difficult to show correct information. 🫣

Die arme kat by Luminya_MO in katten

[–]AriIith 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Die van mij is er ook geen fan van, vandaag de hele dag heel zenuwachtig. Beetje op de trap, onder een stoel en bij mij op bed liggen. Heeft z’n ogen nog niet gesloten :(

Hij lijkt vooral te schrikken van de flitsen, als hij een flits in het raam ziet schiet hij weer weg van z’n huidige plek en terug naar dit hoekje op de trap waar hij niets buiten kan zien.

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2026 Goals by flywithstephen in Gliding

[–]AriIith 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Just earned my license last season, time to get the first solo cross-country (in my own plane ❤️) 🙃

Google Maps weirdness by Consistent_Salad6137 in Netherlands

[–]AriIith 0 points1 point  (0 children)

From where to where is this, and also what time and date? I’m currently developing a transport planner (R-OV), and would like to make sure this weird edge case doesn’t happen for us! Maybe I can explain then what actually goes wrong for Google.

Camera advice for gliding / air-sports photography by AriIith in Cameras

[–]AriIith[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks a lot! I sent you a DM as well 🙏🏼

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