Excuse my ignorance, but what is so special about flying in a straight line
instead of doing a few turns along the way? - Oscar


"Eric Greenwell" wrote in message
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Oscar wrote:
How does that compare with this 2463km claim by Stemme?
"This was proven not at least with the sensational flight of Klaus
Ohlmann
in the Andes: 2463 km of pure gliding in 14 hours in Dec. 2000 with a
STEMME
S 10-VT" - complete article see here
http://www.stemme.de/daten/e/index.html
(go to Our Aircraft S10-VT The Philosophy)

Oscar


"Burt Compton" wrote in message
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From the New Zealand newswire / Breaking News:

Delore flies 2190km, breaks record
07 December 2004

Klaus' flight was not a straight line?

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