Welcome to Episode #63 of The Thermal. I'm your host Herrie ten Cate.

In this Episode of The Thermal, fire in the air. Possibly the worst thing that can happen to any pilot.

Well, that happened to me on May 23rd of this year. The glider caught fire during the climb. My training and Lady Luck got me back to the runway with a burning glider

This is the story of what happened.