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1880 Miles in a Glider

24 January 2003 - 21:21 | Version 1 |
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)"
It doesn't do any good to stand on the airplane's brakes when you're already on your back! --Rex Thorp

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