New video of gliders racing 1000 ft above the desert

A few friends and I had an amazing time last week down at the
Hurricane, Utah airport doing some early spring soaring. I tested out
a new GoPro Hero2 HD video recorder (sorry about being hand held) and
was very pleased with the quality and results. I have 2 videos from
this trip with this one being the first and another spectacular one
coming out next week - soaring inside of Kolob Canyon below the
rim...

This week's video can be found on my youtube channel. Please make sure
to watch in full screen mode and as high of HD quality as your
computer allows. Worth the extra time to download clearer video!
It is hard to imagine that gliders could comfortably cruise less than
1,000 feet above the desert floor at ground speeds often over 140
miles per hour for over 20 miles with nowhere to land in sight!

This video shows pilots Bruno Vassel (B4 in an ASW-27B), Tim Taylor
(TT in a Ventus 2a) and Dan Wrobel (DW in a Ventus B) flying high
performance sailplanes along the small ridge southbound from the
Hurricane, Utah airport. We also had a great time soaring with Steve
in an LS3 flying R5. Note the completely unlandable terrain both
above and below the ridge making for spectacular scenery but scary
flying. This was a very fun day of flying!

http://youtu.be/aob5JxEFTw0?hd=1

Thanks for watching, Bruno (B4)