2 Gliders Hit Trees After Takeoff: Instructor Reacts!

Doing your checks is critical. Not getting distracted is hard. Here's a few videos to demonstrate what happens if you get it wrong, and miss your air brakes check.
I also tell the tale of when I left my brakes out during a contest launch in Australia.

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00:00 Intro
00:27 BGA Brakes Open Video
02:57 Black Friday Special
03:26 The time I left my brakes open
06:03 Hard Crash Landing Video
08:32 Becki & Chris's Checks
09:48 What was the beeping?!
10:24 Glider Lov'n