I would assume that Tom meant the first not-from-a-kit homebuilt to fly 1000km

On Saturday, April 28, 2012 6:19:08 AM UTC-7, T8 wrote:
On Apr 28, 8:27*am, Tom wrote:
Yesterday, Marian Nowak flew his homebuilt sailplane over 1,000 km at
Ridge Soaring Gliderport Is this a first?

The story about his amazing glider was featured in a recent issue of
"Gliding International."

Tom Knauff

Bob Fitch did this about 25 - 30 years ago with his HP-18.

Evan Ludeman / T8