{"id":369,"date":"2011-09-07T02:48:18","date_gmt":"2011-09-07T02:48:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bigtirepilot.com\/?p=369"},"modified":"2011-09-07T02:50:56","modified_gmt":"2011-09-07T02:50:56","slug":"13999-in-a-glider-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bigtirepilot.com\/?p=369","title":{"rendered":"13,999&#8242; + in a glider today!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It was a great day to be in the glider. Set my new personal record with how high I have flown an airplane with no motor. The first trip was a good one but only lasted about 20 minutes as I had my first real &#8220;Rope Break&#8221; as we were passing through 7200&#8242; About a 1000&#8242; AGL. I ended up finding a few spots with lift but all in all, I was still early and needed to be towed to about 8500&#8242; to find sufficient lift to really climb. The rope break was interesting and I did not expect it!! Sort of scared the shit of out me to be honest&#8230;Just was not expecting it! Thankfully it was not at a 100&#8242; AGL&#8230;It was a great experience!!<\/p>\n<p>The next lift I got towed out over Boca Hill and dumped the tow plane at 8700&#8242; and found myself in a 1000&#8242; per minute of lift! I was going up like a rocket! Talk about a thrill ride! I continued to watch the VSI (Vertical Speed Indicator) climb as I circled in the thermal and found myself at&#8230;well to be legal you need to stay at or below 13,999. So I will leave it at that! 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Set my new personal record with how high I have flown an airplane with no motor. The first trip was a good one but only lasted about 20 minutes as I had my first real &#8220;Rope Break&#8221; as we were passing through 7200&#8242; About a 1000&#8242; AGL. 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