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Skypilot
January 2nd 15, 09:49 PM
Kingaroy to Benalla in a ASG29. Awesome effort for a thermal flight.

http://www.onlinecontest.org/olc-2.0/gliding/flightinfo.html?dsId=4129294
Tony[_5_]
January 3rd 15, 02:04 AM
Outstanding performance! Wow!
BobW
January 3rd 15, 03:57 AM
On 1/2/2015 2:49 PM, Skypilot wrote:
> Kingaroy to Benalla in a ASG29. Awesome effort for a thermal flight.
>
> http://tinyurl.com/nl745hp
>

Wowser - seriously studly!

Bob W.
Dave Nadler
January 3rd 15, 02:20 PM
On Friday, January 2, 2015 8:43:20 PM UTC-5, Skypilot wrote:
> Kingaroy to Benalla in a ASG29. Awesome effort for a thermal flight.
> http://tinyurl.com/nl745hp
> Skypilot

Wow! 12 hours in the cockpit!
Brad Alston
January 3rd 15, 07:56 PM
Kingaroy to Benalla in a ASG29. Awesome effort for a thermal flight.

http://www.onlinecontest.org/olc-2.0/gliding/flightinfo.html?dsId=4129294

Well done David! Congratulations on a great flight!

Brad.
[email protected]
January 3rd 15, 09:55 PM
On Saturday, January 3, 2015 9:20:40 AM UTC-5, Dave Nadler wrote:
> On Friday, January 2, 2015 8:43:20 PM UTC-5, Skypilot wrote:
> > Kingaroy to Benalla in a ASG29. Awesome effort for a thermal flight.
> > http://tinyurl.com/nl745hp
> > Skypilot
>
> Wow! 12 hours in the cockpit!

12 hours going fast!
Double wow
UH
JS
January 3rd 15, 10:21 PM
David almost got home from Benalla in 2008. See link below.
He's always looking for the opportunity to go long.
Jim

http://www.onlinecontest.org/olc-2.0/gliding/flightinfo.html?flightId=1045354050
Tony[_5_]
January 5th 15, 06:58 PM
Full report is on Naviter website. Incredible!
Tony[_5_]
January 5th 15, 07:05 PM
http://www.naviter.com/2015/01/david-jansen-flies-1580-km-in-australia/
BobW
January 6th 15, 06:05 PM
On 1/5/2015 12:05 PM, Tony wrote:
> http://www.naviter.com/2015/01/david-jansen-flies-1580-km-in-australia/
>

Thanks for the link, Tony, and thank you David Jansen for the excellent (w.
pictures taken at crucial times and situations during the flight, no less)
writeup! A Majorly Nifty, Epic Flight...epic at multiple levels. Epic straight
line distance aside, this is the sort of flight every XC glider pilot vividly
remembers for all its uncertainties, personal-limits-expanding situations, and
gamut of emotions throughout the flight. Whether 10, 100 or 1000 miles, this
is why so many rate XC soaring as life-enhancing!!!

YMMV...

Bob W.
[email protected]
January 11th 15, 06:48 PM
Impressive indeed.
You can replay/analyze the flight in GlidePort.aero:

http://glideport.aero/map?p=GlidePort:50619&day=2015-01-02

Pedja
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