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Old January 13th 09, 06:55 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Three hours and twenty-one minutes in that contraption! *Makes today's
pilots who want to do away with the five-hour flight look like wimps.


Well ,. Erlier in the week, the Englishman named Raynham had soared
for 2 hours. His glider, called the Brokker, was cobbled together from
an F2-B Bristol Fighter fuselage and Fokker D-8 wing.
RRK