Tag: gliding
22-year-old suffers crash landing in glider – Bavaria
A glider pilot overshot the runway during an emergency landing in Upper Franconia. As the police announced on Monday, the 22-year-old and her 17-year-old passenger were uninjured in the accident…
Glider pilot falls to his death near Oberammergau – Bavaria
In the Ammer Mountains near Oberammergau, a 66-year-old glider pilot died in a crash on Saturday afternoon. His plane crashed on a steep mountainside. The cause of the fatal accident…
Gliding in Microsoft Flight Simulator
Never before has a flight sim looked more beautiful. But clouds and water are currently rather pretty pictures and not actually calculated physically. That should change soon, says Flight Simulator…
The ski book: The magic of gliding through the snow
Things are not looking good for a skiing holiday in the mountains these weeks. In the German-speaking Alpine region from Berchtesgaden to Oberstdorf, the 2G-Plus rule applies to cable cars.…