Clouding Up in Rustavi | GoPro

Catching up with processing some of the old recordings. Here is one of a good Rustavi flying day that was bright and sunny, and within 35 minutes the clouds had closed in, the wind got stronger, and it was high time to land. You see the difference from cut to cut.



Long video (and I forgot to switch off the camera at the end, so there is a glimpse of me reflecting on weather patterns with Nodari & the Boss) --  I still love the panoramic perspective of the GoPro in these wide-open spaces.

 More to follow.

Flying in Rustavi, July 2011

You have seen it before, but this video by Levan Iasashvili (in the air with Alex Iskandarov) gives you an even better idea of the gorgeous time one has in Rustavi when the wind is right.

Great video, guys!

Rustavi Soaring | April

Here are some impressions from soaring in Rustavi. Wind like this (NW, 300-320 degrees, 10-12 knots at TBS airport, frequency 138.500) is rare, but when we have it it makes for great flying.



You see Alexander flying, and Roland launching. We were in the air for more than two hours. Generally, we stayed well in front of the ridge line, to be ready to descend in case the winds get too strong. (A few weeks earlier, winds had increased from around 25 km average to about 50 km average, within 30 min.)