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Old March 31st 09, 07:35 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Default Jim Payne's Flight

On Mar 30, 12:37*pm, rlovinggood wrote:
Did anyone notice on OLC the flight that Jim Payne flew on Sunday, 29
MAR 09?

http://www.onlinecontest.org/olc-2.0...ml?dsId=738700

1,602.4 km at a "leisurly" 166.6 km/hr!!! *And, he did it flying an
ASW-27, not a new 18m ship such as LS10 or ASG29 or Ventus 2c... or
JS1 or HpH-304S.

Well done, Mr. Payne!!!

Ray Lovinggood
Carrboro, North Carolina, USA


Amazing he could achieve such speed in one of those antique gliders!
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