1880 Miles in a Glider
sglow writes
"A new world distance record was set in a glider on 1/21/03. It was a total distance flown of 3008 km (about 1880 miles) set in Argentina.
Here's a
nice photo of wave over the Argentinean Andes courtesy of
Gliding Magazine
FAI has received the following Class D (Gliders) record claim :
Claim number 7605 :
Sub-class DO (Open Class Gliders)
General Category
Type of record : Free distance using up to 3 turn points
Course/location : Chapelco, Airport of San Martin de los Andes
(Argentina)
Performance : 3'008.8 km
Pilot : Klaus OHLMANN (Germany)
Copilot : Karl RABEDER (Austria)
Glider : Nimbus 4 DM
Date : 21.01.2003
Current record : 2'463.7 km (26.11.00 - Klaus OHLMANN, Germany)"