Almost 1,000 km in a 1-26!

[rlovinggood]

Take a look at Ron Schwartz' flight in a 1-26 today, as shown on OLC.

http://www.onlinecontest.org/olc-2.0/gliding/flightinfo.html?dsId=758843

ALMOST 1,000 KM!

12 hours 14 minutes.

Definitely the "Iron Butt" award recipient!

Ron, WELL DONE!!!!


Ray Lovinggood
Carrboro, North Carolina, USA

[[email protected]]

WOW!

[Papa3]

On Apr 12, 11:19*pm, wrote:
> WOW!

Wow is right. This was on a day with solid ridge but thermals that
were only "average" in terms of height and reliability. Ron had to
cross over some serious tiger country (30 mile upwind transition over
abandoned strip mines and slag heaps). Anyone who has flow this task
appreciates what an amazing flight it is. And anyone who willingly
spends 12+ hours in a 1-26 deserves some sort of an award along with a
year of fee psychological counselling.

[za]

On Apr 12, 8:43�pm, rlovinggood > wrote:
> Take a look at Ron Schwartz' flight in a 1-26 today, as shown on OLC.
>
> http://www.onlinecontest.org/olc-2.0/gliding/flightinfo.html?dsId=758843
>
> ALMOST 1,000 KM!
>
> 12 hours 14 minutes.
>
> Definitely the "Iron Butt" award recipient!
>
> Ron, WELL DONE!!!!
>
> Ray Lovinggood
> Carrboro, North Carolina, USA


CONGRATULATIONS RON - If anyone could have done it it would of course
have been Ron !
A truly outstanding flight by any standards .

Ron Clarke (ZA).

[Karl Striedieck]

When you apply handicaps for a 1-26 and ASW-27, Ron flew the equivalent of
nearly 2000K! And that is without water ballast, bendy wings, etc., etc.
Great flight Ron.


"rlovinggood" > wrote in message
...
> Take a look at Ron Schwartz' flight in a 1-26 today, as shown on OLC.
>
> http://www.onlinecontest.org/olc-2.0/gliding/flightinfo.html?dsId=758843
>
> ALMOST 1,000 KM!
>
> 12 hours 14 minutes.
>
> Definitely the "Iron Butt" award recipient!
>
> Ron, WELL DONE!!!!
>
>
> Ray Lovinggood
> Carrboro, North Carolina, USA

[RayEngineer]

WAY TO GO, Ron!!!!
Ray Roberts

"rlovinggood" > wrote in message
...
> Take a look at Ron Schwartz' flight in a 1-26 today, as shown on OLC.
>
> http://www.onlinecontest.org/olc-2.0/gliding/flightinfo.html?dsId=758843
>
> ALMOST 1,000 KM!
>
> 12 hours 14 minutes.
>
> Definitely the "Iron Butt" award recipient!
>
> Ron, WELL DONE!!!!
>
>
> Ray Lovinggood
> Carrboro, North Carolina, USA

[Pat Russell]

I don't want to take anything away from Ron's achievement, which was
absolutely stupendous, but there were three amazing 1-26 flights out
of Blairstown that day:

Ron Schwarz 967 km
Paul Leal 782 km
Chip Johansen 584 km

Congratulations to all.

[Dave Nadler]

On Apr 12, 8:43*pm, rlovinggood > wrote:
> Take a look at Ron Schwartz' flight in a 1-26 today, as shown on OLC.
>
> http://www.onlinecontest.org/olc-2.0/gliding/flightinfo.html?dsId=758843
>
> ALMOST 1,000 KM!
>
> 12 hours 14 minutes.
>
> Definitely the "Iron Butt" award recipient!
>
> Ron, WELL DONE!!!!
>
> Ray Lovinggood
> Carrboro, North Carolina, USA

That is one impressive flight.
My butt hurts just thinking about it.
Congratulations Ron !
Best Regards, Dave "YO electric"

[Andy[_1_]]

On Apr 12, 5:43*pm, rlovinggood > wrote:
>
> Definitely the "Iron Butt" award recipient!

How anyone could sit in a 1-26 for over 12 hours is beyond my
comprehension. After my 5 hour silver duration in a 1-26, I swore -
never again!

Amazing flight, congratulations!

Andy

[The Real Doctor]

On 13 Apr, 01:43, rlovinggood > wrote:
> Take a look at Ron Schwartz' flight in a 1-26 today, as shown on OLC.
>
> http://www.onlinecontest.org/olc-2.0/gliding/flightinfo.html?dsId=758843
>
> ALMOST 1,000 KM!
>
> 12 hours 14 minutes.

Yee-hah.

Span Is For Wimps!

Ian

[Berry[_2_]]

Congrats! Way to go Ron!


What was it like standing on the rudder pedals all that time?

[[email protected]]

On Apr 14, 11:23*am, Berry > wrote:
> Congrats! Way to go Ron!
>
> What was it like standing on the rudder pedals all that time?

Does he have any tips on preventing blood clots? Was he on
1) plavix 2) coumadin 3) asprin ? or did he use an inflatable pump
driven device to massage his calves in flight? If the latter, how did
he power it for 12 hours in the 1-26?
What about the loss of bone mass due to the
prolonged period of immobilization? What's recommended for that?
This is going to be a bigger problem in the future, now that he's
thrown down the guantlet. What does the Cherokee Guy say?
Is he going to take up the challenge - 12+ hours in the Cherokee
over Iowa?

[Tony Condon[_2_]]

Well, you asked for it! First off, congratulations to the 1-26 tri-fecta
last weekend. Those are some fantastic flights, definitely something to
be proud of.

That said, I find the 1-26 cockpit to be pretty spacious compared to the
Cherokee. I was thinking about what it would take for me to do 12 hrs in
the Cherokee. Im pretty sure your suggestions of drugs would have to be
involved. I've done 2 5hr+ flights. Both times, I could barely stand up
and walk for about an hour after the flight. 12 hrs and I would need some
sort of crane to lift me onto the stretcher and then rolled into the
ambulance.

But i dunno. If the lift was still working, it would be really hard to
land, just because you cant feel your legs...

At 19:57 14 April 2009, wrote:
>On Apr 14, 11:23=A0am, Berry wrote:
>> Congrats! Way to go Ron!
>>
>> What was it like standing on the rudder pedals all that time?
>
>Does he have any tips on preventing blood clots? Was he on
> 1) plavix 2) coumadin 3) asprin ? or did he use an inflatable pump
>driven device to massage his calves in flight? If the latter, how did
>he power it for 12 hours in the 1-26?
> What about the loss of bone mass due to the
>prolonged period of immobilization? What's recommended for that?
>This is going to be a bigger problem in the future, now that he's
>thrown down the guantlet. What does the Cherokee Guy say?
>Is he going to take up the challenge - 12+ hours in the Cherokee
>over Iowa?
>
>
-Tony Condon
Cherokee II N373Y