Osaba to claim World Record for freestyle? distance

[John Gilbert[_2_]]

As reported in the Austin American-Statesman, Gary Osaba flew a 615
mile (~989.7 km) flight on July 24, 2008 from Zapata, Texas to near
Lorenzo, Texas. It was reported as a "freestyle distance" flight,
direct distance is about 490 statute miles, so perhaps a free distance
with turn points is the attempt? Despite the ambiguity of the news
account, the article is well documented and photographed. See
http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/local/07/24/0724gliding.html.

Congratulations Gary! Please, when you have a chance, let us know some
details about this flight.

Regards,
John

[5Z]

On Jul 29, 10:26*pm, John Gilbert > wrote:
> It was reported as a "freestyle distance" flight,
> direct distance is about 490 statute miles, so perhaps a free distance
> with turn points is the attempt?

First, congratulations to Gary for an outstanding flight.

As Gary explained in a previous post, this is a free distance flight -
no declared goal.

Also, the reporter didn't understand that circling was not part of the
distance, but insisted on getting some idea of distance flown
including the circling, then presented that as the distance flown. At
least the rest of the news article is fairly accurate and the graphics
are very nice as well.

-Tom

[John Gilbert[_2_]]

Thanks for the clarification.
Oh yeah, I forgot to mention, accomplished in a 250 lb. Woodstock.

On Jul 30, 7:21 am, 5Z > wrote:
> On Jul 29, 10:26 pm, John Gilbert > wrote:
>
> > It was reported as a "freestyle distance" flight,
> > direct distance is about 490 statute miles, so perhaps a free distance
> > with turn points is the attempt?
>
> First, congratulations to Gary for an outstanding flight.
>
> As Gary explained in a previous post, this is a free distance flight -
> no declared goal.
>
> Also, the reporter didn't understand that circling was not part of the
> distance, but insisted on getting some idea of distance flown
> including the circling, then presented that as the distance flown. At
> least the rest of the news article is fairly accurate and the graphics
> are very nice as well.
>
> -Tom

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On Jul 30, 1:43*pm, John Gilbert > wrote:
> Thanks for the clarification.
> Oh yeah, I forgot to mention, accomplished in a 250 lb. Woodstock.

Probably wouldn't have gone half as far in any other "modern"ship. ;)
MM

[John Gilbert[_2_]]

(sorry for the off-topic)
d.bingham, your email address is bouncing, try another email
address... John

On Jul 29, 9:26 pm, John Gilbert > wrote:
> As reported in the Austin American-Statesman, Gary Osaba flew a 615
> mile (~989.7 km) flight on July 24, 2008 from Zapata, Texas to near
> Lorenzo, Texas. It was reported as a "freestyle distance" flight,
> direct distance is about 490 statute miles, so perhaps a free distance
> with turn points is the attempt? Despite the ambiguity of the news
> account, the article is well documented and photographed. Seehttp://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/local/07/24/0724gl....
>
> Congratulations Gary! Please, when you have a chance, let us know some
> details about this flight.
>
> Regards,
> John

[Ron Gleason]

If you are interested, gary wrote some details of the flight here
http://ozreport.com/1217510775