Month: February 2020

54: Too Low Too Slow: Asvath Ravichandran Glider Pilot with a Masters in computational aerodynamics

Today our guest pilot is Asvath Ravichandran. Asvath left his home country to pursue his masters degree in Germany where he discovered gliders and soon started his soaring adventure. Asvath has flown the ASK 13, Schleicher K8, Ka6E, Piret SZD-30, K4 and …

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53: Leaping From The Edge Of Space: Brian Utley Soaring Record holder and World War II Survivor (Part One)

On this episode we rejoin Brian Utley to hear the rest of his aviation adventure that really was started after seeing aircraft flying overhead during the Battle Of Britain. Later he would Soar all over the globe and into the record books with records tha…

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52: Broken Canopy: Brian Utley Soaring Hall Of Fame Member Part Two

On this episode of the podcast we talk to a glider pilot and member of the Soaring hall of fame Brian Utley. Brian’s interest in aviation started at a very young age in Europe at the start of World War II with the sky above him filling up with aircraft. …

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51: Strong Thermals Big Sink: Ines Engelhardt

On this episode of the podcast lady aviator Ines Engelhardt joins us. She is a competition glider pilot flying near Berlin Germany who has just returned from flying In the 2020 Women’s World Gliding Championships. Today she talks to us about her aviation…

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