Adrian Emck from Lasham in the Uk has flown about 8 x 500k flights in this
country and 750k+ in Spain in his K6e in the last 10 yrs.
It is still possible

At 13:09 31 July 2014, wrote:

As Steve Leonard said, "Wood is good."

Wood is Nature's composite.

I've had some fun with the small span Woodstock- 11.9m and about 3/4 the
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ide of a good Ka-6. Woodstock L/D 24:1. Three of the better ones:

1) Sunflower Aerodrome, KS to Bonham Field, TX was the first pre-declared
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oal to exceed Diamond Distance in a DU glider (under 220kg auw),
homolgated=
as a world record. Late 90's?

2) Near T-86 to TX Panhandle, around 800 km in 2008. Exceeded world
record
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for DU class significantly but CAI Logger had lapsed certification for
that=
level of records without me realizing it. Post flight and OLC filing
deadl=
ine, Dan Johnson got it posted to OLC for review (too late to score so
does=
n't reflect actual awarded points or handicapping). Dave Stephenson
scored
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it at 1483.63 pts if it had counted. There was a thread about the flight
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this forum, here's the flight w/o handicapping:

http://www.onlinecontest.org/olc-2.0...lightId=3D153=
8997862

3) About 5 years previous, fun flying without logger, etc. I had a better
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ne from same location of 2) above to a field just sw of Borger, TX. Was
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ing to make the AP but it would have put me over the town at marginal
altit=
ude and a likely downwind landing in some good wind. If memory serves
this
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was 1008 km and the longest I've flown in the small Woodstock.

Both the Woodstock and the Ka-6 are great handling, fun gliders to fly.
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re is a lot of value there for new pilots who are looking to spread their
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ings and go. The craftsmanship and care on some of these older vintage
ship=
s represents a beautiful combination of art and science.

Best Regards,

Gary Osoba=20