Last day of the old year for Gaurav's first flight!

Here is a young man who works with the latest technology out to experience basic flight without an engine or the "whiz-bang" goodies that so capture the attention of today's youth.
This sailplane was designed, built and flown long before he was born but is all new to him.  After a quick introduction to the basic controls his analysis is positive for flight!

And again there is that gesture of approval once we have released from the towplane and are free to point the nose anywhere and glide around using this unique visual perspective for our personal enjoyment.  A little respite from the "hustle and bustle" below.

His gesture had me look it up in Wikipedia: 

 This day also brought my friend Peter from San Jose with two friends for rides in the state of the art two-place German designed DG-505:

Gaurav had a look-see and sat in the cockpit after they were done flying.

This sailplane type has taken many soaring pilots on flights of 6+ hours and 500+ miles.  A modified version of this model was used by Steve Fossett and Einer Enolvdson to set a world altitude record of 51,000'!

I think a window may have opened for Gaurav.  He knows where to start now if he wants to find and go through a door into an interesting world.  Good luck, H...