An Incredible Day

[Ovidio]

Yesterday, my boss called me: Ovidio, tomorrow we need to be in Thiene at the airfield at 9:30, bring also your son Alessandro.
We have the possibility of flying aerobatics with the world champion 2021, Luca Bertossio.
So, today there we were.
That guy is really nice, he gave us a very interesting briefing and then we started flying.
First up was my son, I went third.
He really shook us here and there without mercy. I even invited him to be rough: I’d tell him immediately if I needed him to slow down. He obliged.
He gave us 5-6g accelerations…
I could not believe it. Never thought that a glider could be so unbelievably agile, fast, nervous…
What a day.
He’ll send us the videos inside the cockpit in the coming days.
Of our group of seven, nobody puked, but a girl came close enough and asked him to bring her down.

Great!!!

Now I’m risking to get a certain question from my son: dad, why don’t we get a license for the glider?

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[Woodsy]

A great experience for you and your son! You have a good boss as well!

[browningautorifle]

Good to see you all...

[Ovidio]

A great experience for you and your son! You have a good boss as well!

Oh yes! He loves to share his passion for flight with those like-minded.
And he always hosts you full monty.

[30Three]

Looks like a great day out! Memories for a lifetime.

[Flying10uk]

Ovidio, is that your instructor wearing a parachute, strapping you in, 3rd pic? Did you get a parachute as well as your instructor?

[browningautorifle]

Did you get a parachute as well

He's wearing it... http://www.softieparachutes.com/

[Ovidio]

Ovidio, is that your instructor wearing a parachute, strapping you in, 3rd pic? Did you get a parachute as well as your instructor?

Yes, it’s him.
We got the parachute as well. That’s the rule.
I was already tight in the cabin, with the parachute on, I could have done without strapping.
Didn’t move a mm during the flight, and came out like a cork from a prosecco bottle when I opened the straps…

[browningautorifle]

came out like a cork from a prosecco bottle when I opened the straps

Then went and pulled a cork from a Prosecco bottle to celebrate...

[Ovidio]

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