On Friday, December 27, 2019 at 7:40:17 AM UTC-7, wrote:
Hey its great they were granted the record, as someone said, more power to them. I hope I can get the same minor consideration on a record flight.

Years ago I missed out on my diamond goal by 1/8 of a mile in a low performance machine. I made all my turnpoints, the pictures were good, but my OO was a wonderfull old minden soaring legend by the name of Marcel Goudinat.. Being german, everything he did was with german precision. When he measured off my declaration (pre gps days) on the sectional, he told me I was 1/8 mile short. It did’nt matter that I had probably flown an extra 20 miles that day working around areas of OD, I was still deemed to be short lol.

I thought Marcel Godinat was French, but he flew as a Swiss in the 1936 Olympics gliding contest. Perhaps he lived in French speaking Switzerland.

https://www.sports-reference.com/oly...s-gliding.html

As another member of the Swiss gliding team won a medal, he said they were a bit fearful about leaving Germany unscathed as the Germans were expected to win.

Of course, the Swiss of that generation were also precision seekers.

Frank Whiteley