Soaring the Sky Podcast
E122: Amelia The Glider Pilot
Our sixth instalment of this ongoing series where we select and present episodes from Chuck Fulton’s highly regarded soaring podcast. See Resources, below, for links where you can find Soaring the Sky, or simply click the green play button below to start listening. — Ed.
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 the sport. She loves sharing her soaring journey on Instagram (see Resources) and already has over 60,000 followers! Amelia also recently was ask to be the roving reporter for the buildup to the 2022 Womans’ Worlds and she has already interviewed several pilots that will be in that event this year there in the UK in August. As you will hear today Amelia is always so excited to share with the World this amazing sport and has lots of soaring stories she shares with us today.
Later on this episode our good friend Sergio The Soaring Master is back with another very informative segment and this one is about discarding thermals.
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Resources
- @amelia_glider_pilot — Amelia’s account on Instagram, now with 83,600+ followers!
- Soaring the Sky — From the website: “an aviation podcast all about the adventures of flying sailplanes. Join host Chuck Fulton as he talks with other aviators around the globe”. You can also find Chuck’s podcast on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter
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