Sam Deeks's posts

In this week’s show I learn how quickly the needle can swing from demotivation and despair to confident and engaged and I take you up with me on the flight that made all the difference. I also take a look at the Sky Race World Cup concept and ask ‘do we really want gliding to be a sexy TV sport?’ #gliding #confidence #glider #learning #aviation

In this show I get my wires crossed hunting for the legendary wave lift in the lee of Dartmoor. I think about where I've got with the podcast and where it could go next #podcast #dartmoor #wave #gliding #bocian #rudder

In this weeks show I enjoy being a passenger again; I test out a new camera, learn lots about winching and put a few more pieces of the jigsaw puzzle of learning to fly into place.

In this week’s show I’ll be part of an expedition to another airfield, doing a bit (a little bit) of ridge flying and getting the feel of another aircraft…

Welcome to The Glider Show # 5 and in in this week’s show I’m regaining my confidence by packing in 5 flights on a single day; I’m ‘pilot in command for the first time’ and I get to spend some more time in the classroom.

#gliding #pilot #solo #podcast

Should I stay or should I go now? My trial membership is up and it's time to decide my gliding future. #weightloss #gliding #ridge #soaring

A short podcast to get iTunes to find this podcast for the keyword 'gliding'. Turns out the only part of an AudioBoo podcast iTunes searches on is the title.

6 flights over two weekends test my confidence in the air. I learn how hard it is to land in a crosswind but more importantly, that there are 5 sizes of 'glider plumbing' I can choose from.. #gliding #soaring #sailplane #podcast #sport #winch #gliders #flying

'The Big Show' by French WWII fighter ace Pierre Clostermann is, to my mind, the best by a mile of its genre. Nobody else describes aerial combat like Clostermann.

#spitfire #tempest #WWII #combat #aviation #book

Rain stops play...again. But all isn't lost - it's just a good chance to learn in another way: on the Condor gliding simulator and in the classroom. In this show, I make sense of the primary and secondary effects of control surfaces and cast my mind back to some incredible feats in aviation #gliding #soaring #sailplane #podcast #sport #winch #gliders #flying #condor #siouxcity