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Old November 26th 07, 12:22 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Nyal Williams
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Default New winch height record


These coordinates put me on the bridge next to the
Eiffel Tower. I cut and pasted.

At 17:24 25 November 2007, Bill Daniels wrote:
From Europe:

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'On Sun, November 25, 2007 9:31 am, peternarinx wrote:
Yesterday, on the airfield of Weelde ( EBWE) in Belgium,
Peter
Mink reached 1718m AGL with an ASK21 and a Mel winch.'

'The length of the runway is 3100m including the grass
at both ends
and the winch is on the ground. You can see the airfield
on google
earth 51 23 48 N , 04 37 77 E. They said that the conditions
were
not optimal yesterday.......'
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1718 meters is 5,636 feet AGL. The runway length
is 3100 meters or 10,170
feet.

With the new light weight UHMWPE winch rope and a modern
high performance
winch, great heights can be achieved.

Bill Daniels