Soaring the sky a glider pilot‘s Podcast

By Chuck Fulton

What's Soaring the sky a glider pilot‘s Podcast about?

Soaring the sky is an aviation podcast dedicated to sailplanes and gliding. Join Chuck as he talks with glider pilots around the globe. You never know who my be the next guest on Soaring the sky.

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Soaring the sky a glider pilot‘s Podcast episodes:

01.23.2024
145: Eagle Eyes, Australian Skies & the PW5
Barbora has just returned from Australia and joins Chuck to talk about wave Camp and the Worlds in Narromine. Later in the episode we chat with Markus in Germany to talk about what happened when he got bored during Covid....
11.29.2023
144: Extraterrestrial Soaring: Max Fabricius Interview & WGC 2023 Update
Today we first join Barbora, The Gliding Junkie at The 37th FAI World Gliding Championships in Narromine, New South Wales Australia. Chuck will then be talking with our new guest pilot Max Fabricius in Germany as he shares his soaring...
10.31.2023
143: Behind The Art Of Gliding with Simon Lemmerer
On this episode we first join Barbora, our co-host as she is in the middle of wave camp in the Czech Republic. We then head to Austria to chat with glider pilot and author Simon Lemmerer! He will be sharing...
07.24.2023
142: Soaring To The Podium In Spain: 2023 Woman’s World’s Standard Class Champion Barbora Moravcova
On this episode Barbora shares her story flying and competing in Spain as she joins the Worlds top glider pilots to fly and soar thousands of Kilometers in hopes to become the next world champion. Join us now as Barbora...
06.14.2023
141: Perlan II Back In Argentina: Reaching for 91,000 Feet
Join Chuck & Barbora as they chat with Miguel Iturmendi, one of the pilots for an update on Perlan II now in Argentina. We will Also find out how you can join them live inside and outside the cockpit as...
05.15.2023
140: Flying with your feet: Sara Stearns story
On this episode of the podcast Barbora, aka the Gliding Junkie joins Chuck to chat about what she has been up to and welcome our new guest pilot Sara Stearns! Sara loves to soar and has been in the aviation...
04.15.2023
139: Aerobatics & Team Flying
On this episode we first talk to Jack Jenner Hall, one of the ambassadors of Aviation for the Department for Transport. Jack was first on the podcast at the age of 14 after he become Britians youngest pilot! Now 16,...
03.28.2023
138: Sailplanes & Scud Missiles: Joe Aldrian
Joe Aldrian joins us first to share his adventures. Joe started his aviation journey flying Sailplanes in the Airforce. He would then go on to fly many aircraft and currently is a captain flying the 787. Joe has logged almost...
03.14.2023
137: North To Alaska In The Stemme S12: Michael Reid
Born on an Island in south east Alaska Michael Reid made his living as a pilot for 41 years, and retired from Alaska Airlines five years ago. After retirement, Michael decided to purchase a Stemme S12 motor glider, which he...
02.28.2023
136: Soaring The Sonoran: Eric Redweik Interview
Today we will be soaring over the Sonoran Desert in Southern Arizona with our friend Eric Redweik from the The Tucson Soaring club. Cross-country soaring in this area frequently offers conditions conducive to flights in excess of 500 km while...
02.14.2023
135: Soaring Tasmania: Robert Kennedy
The island of Tasmania can be found south of Australia seperated by a 240 kilometer stretch of water called the Bass Strait. We know Australia has many soaring clubs throughout the country and we have spoke to some of those...
01.30.2023
134: MiniMoas, Flying Fire Trucks & Sharing the Transferable Skill: Keith Eyler Interview
On this episode Keith Eyler joins us and shares his aviation journey and adventures. When Keith is not fighting fires in the Air Tanker with Cal Fire, he loves intorducing and sharing soaring with others. He has over 10,000 glider...
01.16.2023
133: Soaring Below Sea Level: Natan Elsberg
On this episode we will be soaring below sea level! In order to do that we will be heading to Isreal where we meet Natan Elsberg. He will be sharing his amazing soaring adventures over the Dead Sea and many...
01.01.2023
132: 2022 A Year In Review
Your votes are in! What was the most downloaded podcast episode for 2022? Barbora, The Gliding Junkie joins Chuck to countdown and talk about the best of and most liked episodes on social media. They will also be playing some...
11.29.2022
131: Engineered To Soar: Adriana’s aviation adventure
Born in Guadalajara, Mexico, Adriana Barragan grew her passion for life, beauty, science and freedom. During her childhood and teens, she was exposed to disciplined arts and sports that would let her develop her spirit and realize the power of...
11.15.2022
130: Paragliding & Sailplanes: An aviation adventure with Wim Decrook In Belgium
On Today's episode we head to Belgium to chat with Wim DeCrooK, a competition paraglider pilot with over 1000 hours. Before finding his sweet spot in the cockpit of a sailplane, Wim competed alot! He was ranked 2nd in the...
10.31.2022
129: Soaring & Simulation: Getting the most out of your simulator experience
For this edition of the podcast Scott Manley joins us to talk about how we can use simulation as a powerful tool to learn and also have some fun while we are on the ground. Scott has been an educator...
10.11.2022
128: Soaring In The Junior Worlds & OLC Rookie Of The Year: David McMaster & Laura Stern Interviews
Today we will be hearing from two guest pilots! first we will head over to the soaring capital of America, Harris Hill In New York state and chat with our first guest pilot David McMaster! David comes from a large...
09.27.2022
127: A Mission To Soar In Montana & The Dust Devil Dash 2022: John Foster Interview, Doug Fronius
On this episode we will first head to the great Northwest where we find John Foster, our guest pilot soaring over the rocky mountains in Montana. Now this is in a part of the soaring world we have not heard...
09.13.2022
126: From Sailing to Soaring & The Women’s World Gliding Championship 2022: Georgia Schofield & Barbora Moracova
On this episode we first join Photographer, Videographer & glider pilot Georgia Schofield of New Zealand! Today she shares her gliding adventures soaring all over the world, recently visiting several glider ports. Georgia also has already competed in a couple...
08.25.2022
125: Western Mountain Soaring & The Deadly Trap of Microburst
Western mountain air often generates super-charged thermals, endless convergence lines, and very high cloud bases - epic conditions for epic flights. On this episode we join Clemens Ceipek from Chess in the Air on a soaring journey over the 55...
08.12.2022
124: Water Landing : An Interview with David Krautter
David Krautter grew up flying at a small airport near Huntsville, Alabama named Moontown. He received his private pilot's license at 17. He attended Georgia Tech in Atlanta and studied aerospace engineering. David got into soaring in 2010 after he...
07.29.2022
123: A Soaring Safari with Bruno Vassel & Dan Wrobel
Clemens Ceipek from Chess In The Air is joining us from Colorado. He will be talking with Bruno Vassel & Dan Wrobel in Utah about their recent Soaring Safari they completed. You may have followed some of their journey on...
07.15.2022
122: Amelia The Glider Pilot
On this episode Chuck talks with Amelia, a glider pilot soaring in the United Kingdom. Yes her name fits her very well as you will soon find out. At just 15 years old she is already making an impact on...
07.01.2022
121: Pineapple Thermals, Cargo Gliders in Japan? & Flying the LP-15: Steve Keltie Interview
On this episode our guest pilot is Steve Keltie. Steve's father was an engineer so, he has been around aviation since he was very young. Hanging out at the airport watching test flights and soaking up all the sights and...
06.17.2022
120: Area 51, UFOs & Potato Guns: An Interview with Jay McDaniel of Las Vegas Valley Soaring
On this episode we head to Las Vegas Valley Soaring where we chat with Jay McDaniel! What's it like soaring in the desert heat and monster thermals? Join us now as we hear some crazy stories and personal experiences Jay...
06.02.2022
119: Soaring Slovakia & Aerobatic Dreams In Great Britain
Today we will first head to the Czech Republic and talk with our good friend Barbora Moravcova, She is a member of the Czeck Repubulic Women's gliding team and has just finished competing in the 15 meter class of the...
05.20.2022
118: Cross Country Across The Country: An Interview with Gordon Boettger
Our friend Zach Yamauchi recently caught up with Gordon Boettger, Gordon has added a whole new meaning to "cross country" soaring as you are about to hear on this episode. He has been soaring pretty much his whole life. He...
05.06.2022
117: Pioneering a new route to Sierra wave: An Interview with Morgan Hall
Morgan Hall has just experienced an amazing uncharted soaring route flying wave in the sierras. What an adventure he had! You can open the OLC link below and follow along with us as he tells us about this crazy ride...
04.15.2022
116: Soaring Austria: An interview with Rudi Schlesinger
On this episode we chat with Rudi Schlesinger, glider pilot and airline captain. Rudi started flying gliders in 1998 and later flew competitions including the Austrian Junior Nationals in 2002, Junior Worlds In Slovakia in 2003 and later that year...
03.29.2022
115: Cross Country Soaring In The French Alps: An interview with Christopher Fleming Of Fayence Soaring
On this episode we head to Fayence France to chat with our guest pilot Christopher Fleming. Chris took the opportunity as an airline pilot to soar in as many locations as he could but, found his soaring paradise in the...
03.15.2022
114: Sailplanes, Hang Gliders & Ultralights: Ian Brubaker Interview
Ian Brubaker started his aviation journey in 2006, first flying powered in Cessnas, then sailplanes, and then moving on to hang gliders. Hang gliding has been his primary form of aviation for the past several years and he has been...
02.28.2022
113: The Soaring Kings Of YouTube: World Premiere, Bruno Vassel Interviews Stefan Langer
This episode’s guest host is glider pilot and YouTuber extraordinaire – the one and only Bruno Vassel! Bruno joins us from Utah, and even in the small world of soaring, this will be his first time to ever connect with the legendary Stefan Langer. Together their gliding...
02.14.2022
112: Project AK-X The Flying Wing: Dominic Poppe Interview
We are excited to have glider pilot and project manager of the AK-X flying wing, Dominic Poppe with us. Join Tom Coussens, our guest host, as he gets the full story from Dominic behind the scenes at Akaflieg Karlsruhe in...
02.01.2022
111: Behind The Lens Of A Glider Pilot: An Interview With Tobias Barth
On this episode we chat with world famous aviation photographer and glider pilot Tobias Barth! Many of you have seen his incredible images taken all over the World. Since 2019 the "Aviation Calendar", Soaring edition has exclusively used his pictures....
01.17.2022
110: Show Me A Sine: Making Waves In The Sierra Mountains
On this episode our friend Tom Coussens catches up with Zach Yamauchi who just had a 1039 Kilometer Flight inmountain wave in the Sierraas. Zach takes us along on this flight so we can see and feel what it's like...
01.04.2022
109: Crash Landings & Mid Air Collisions
On this episode we bring you several short soaring stories from glider pilots all over the globe & celebrate another exciting year here on the podcast. From Crash landing in the Frence Alps to bailing out after a mid air...
12.20.2021
108: A Soaring Fix From The Gliding Junkie
On this episode we bring you a guest host and a guest pilot! Barbora, AKA The Gliding Junkie on Instagram is a member of the Czech National Gliding Team, Flight Instructor and comes from a family of Aviators with both...
12.14.2021
Bonus Episode: A Bird‘s Eye View With Stefan Langer
Hello Soaring community and welcome back to the podcast! This is our second bonus episode from some of our most played interviews and this time we bring you our chat with Stefan Langer! So grab your favorite beverage and enjoy...
12.07.2021
107: Nixus Fly-By-Wire Project & Long Cross Country Flights: Zach Yamauchi Interview
Our guest today is Zach Yamauchi a 23 year old glider pilot and Aerospace Engineer currently working for a company foccused on unmanned aircraft. Zach learned how to fly gliders while attending Cal Poly. He also had the oppertunity to...
11.28.2021
Bonus Episode: Perlan Project
Miguel Iturmendi, one of the pilots from the Perlan project as he answers your questions and shares his adventures flying super high altitudes and what it’s like soaring in the only pressurized glider in the world. Is it possible to...
11.20.2021
106: World‘s Most Interesting Man: Gavin McClurg
Gavin McClurg is an, author, adventurer, public speaker and host of the podcast Cloudbase Mayhem. He has flown in Alaska being the first person to traverse the full length of the Alaska range by foot and paraglider. He became the...
11.09.2021
105: Rock Polishing, Low Saves & Launch Pads: Tom Coussens Interview
Our episode today includes stories about getting caught in dust devils, low saves and Space X? Our guest Tom Coussens has experienced all that and more! Tom's aviation journey starts when his Dad spots a P-51 Mustang back in the...
10.26.2021
104: American Flying A JS3 The Alps: Howie Bohl Interview
On this episode of the podcast we head just outside of L.A and join our Co Producer Mitch! He is going to share with you his interview with Glider Pilot Howie Bohl, Howie comes from a long line of aviators...
10.12.2021
103: 1st Virtual Sailplane Grand Prix Champion: Ben Fest Interview
We are honored and happy to bring you our Interview with German pilot Ben Fest! He has made history by becoming the first ever World Champion of an eSport contest in any aeronautical discipline! Ben joins us to share his...
09.29.2021
102: Soaring The World‘s In Montlucon France: Daniel Sazhin Interview
Today on this episode we head to the 36th World gliding Championship in Montlucon France as Chuck interviews one of the Pilots who competed in this years event. All eyes were on France since the Worlds in Germany was canceled....
09.14.2021
101: Pure Gliding Over New Zealand: Tim Bromhead Interview
Today on this episode we have a guest host and guest pilot! Chuck hands the microphone over to Clemens Ceipek as he interviews glider pilot Tim Bromhead of the famous youtube channel Pure Glide! Tim is an active contest pilot...
08.31.2021
100: 100th Episode celebration With Bruno Vassel
Join us now for our 100th episode celebration! Bruno Vassel helps Chuck & The Team Celebrate this podcast milestone! We will have some laughs, hear some great stories and even hear from some of our previous guest pilots from all...
08.17.2021
99: Racing In Nephi: 18 Meter Nationals
On this epidsode we had the priviledge to catch up with Clemens Ceipek, Competition Glider Pilot, Blogger & Youtuber to chat about his recent experience competing at the 18 Meter Nationals in Nephi! He talked about the crazy terrain transitions...
08.03.2021
98: Sucked Into A Thunderstorm, 20 meter Two Seater Nationals & Soaring In The Olympics?
Kempton Izuno is back from the 20 Meter 2 Seater Nationals in Montague California and will share his experiences flying a contest with another pilot in the cockpit. He will also share some super interesting experiences he has had in...

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Soaring the sky a glider pilot‘s Podcast episodes:

145: Eagle Eyes, Australian Skies & the PW5

144: Extraterrestrial Soaring: Max Fabricius Interview & WGC 2023 Update

143: Behind The Art Of Gliding with Simon Lemmerer

142: Soaring To The Podium In Spain: 2023 Woman’s World’s Standard Class Champion Barbora Moravcova

141: Perlan II Back In Argentina: Reaching for 91,000 Feet

140: Flying with your feet: Sara Stearns story

139: Aerobatics & Team Flying

138: Sailplanes & Scud Missiles: Joe Aldrian

137: North To Alaska In The Stemme S12: Michael Reid

136: Soaring The Sonoran: Eric Redweik Interview

135: Soaring Tasmania: Robert Kennedy

134: MiniMoas, Flying Fire Trucks & Sharing the Transferable Skill: Keith Eyler Interview

133: Soaring Below Sea Level: Natan Elsberg

132: 2022 A Year In Review

131: Engineered To Soar: Adriana’s aviation adventure

130: Paragliding & Sailplanes: An aviation adventure with Wim Decrook In Belgium

129: Soaring & Simulation: Getting the most out of your simulator experience

128: Soaring In The Junior Worlds & OLC Rookie Of The Year: David McMaster & Laura Stern Interviews

127: A Mission To Soar In Montana & The Dust Devil Dash 2022: John Foster Interview, Doug Fronius

126: From Sailing to Soaring & The Women’s World Gliding Championship 2022: Georgia Schofield & Barbora Moracova

125: Western Mountain Soaring & The Deadly Trap of Microburst

124: Water Landing : An Interview with David Krautter

123: A Soaring Safari with Bruno Vassel & Dan Wrobel

122: Amelia The Glider Pilot

121: Pineapple Thermals, Cargo Gliders in Japan? & Flying the LP-15: Steve Keltie Interview

120: Area 51, UFOs & Potato Guns: An Interview with Jay McDaniel of Las Vegas Valley Soaring

119: Soaring Slovakia & Aerobatic Dreams In Great Britain

118: Cross Country Across The Country: An Interview with Gordon Boettger

117: Pioneering a new route to Sierra wave: An Interview with Morgan Hall

116: Soaring Austria: An interview with Rudi Schlesinger

115: Cross Country Soaring In The French Alps: An interview with Christopher Fleming Of Fayence Soaring

114: Sailplanes, Hang Gliders & Ultralights: Ian Brubaker Interview

113: The Soaring Kings Of YouTube: World Premiere, Bruno Vassel Interviews Stefan Langer

112: Project AK-X The Flying Wing: Dominic Poppe Interview

111: Behind The Lens Of A Glider Pilot: An Interview With Tobias Barth

110: Show Me A Sine: Making Waves In The Sierra Mountains

109: Crash Landings & Mid Air Collisions

108: A Soaring Fix From The Gliding Junkie

Bonus Episode: A Bird‘s Eye View With Stefan Langer

107: Nixus Fly-By-Wire Project & Long Cross Country Flights: Zach Yamauchi Interview

Bonus Episode: Perlan Project

106: World‘s Most Interesting Man: Gavin McClurg

105: Rock Polishing, Low Saves & Launch Pads: Tom Coussens Interview

104: American Flying A JS3 The Alps: Howie Bohl Interview

103: 1st Virtual Sailplane Grand Prix Champion: Ben Fest Interview

102: Soaring The World‘s In Montlucon France: Daniel Sazhin Interview

101: Pure Gliding Over New Zealand: Tim Bromhead Interview

100: 100th Episode celebration With Bruno Vassel

99: Racing In Nephi: 18 Meter Nationals

98: Sucked Into A Thunderstorm, 20 meter Two Seater Nationals & Soaring In The Olympics?

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