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October 4th 11, 02:09 AM
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A phantastic flight in the Morning Glory.
Gentlemen,
have you seen this flight yet? http://www.onlinecontest.org/olc-2.0...l?dsId=2134907 Hat's off to Geoff Pratt! Andreas 
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October 4th 11, 04:17 PM
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A phantastic flight in the Morning Glory.
On Oct 3, 9:09*pm, Andreas Maurer wrote:
Gentlemen, have you seen this flight yet? http://www.onlinecontest.org/olc-2.0....html?dsId=213.... Hat's off to Geoff Pratt! Andreas Everyone must be too dumbstruck to reply.... I think that's one of the most outstanding soaring achievements, ever. Pictures! We need pictures! -T8
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October 4th 11, 05:04 PM
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A phantastic flight in the Morning Glory.
On Tue, 4 Oct 2011 08:17:24 -0700 (PDT), T8
wrote: On Oct 3, 9:09*pm, Andreas Maurer wrote: Gentlemen, have you seen this flight yet? http://www.onlinecontest.org/olc-2.0....html?dsId=213... Hat's off to Geoff Pratt! Andreas Everyone must be too dumbstruck to reply.... Yup.  I think that's one of the most outstanding soaring achievements, ever. 100% agree. A flight that was never done before. Pictures! We need pictures! Have you seen this flight on Google Earth? Even more impressive than the graphics on OLC - about half of it was flown over the open sea (and far away from the coast) - fascinating! Andreas
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October 4th 11, 05:26 PM
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A phantastic flight in the Morning Glory.
Have you seen this flight on Google Earth? Even more impressive than
the graphics on OLC - about half of it was flown over the open sea (and far away from the coast) - fascinating! OK now I get it. I hadn't looked at the google maps view, just the standard OLC view. I was thinking yea a good flight, especially good distance for a PIK, but dang, about 100 km out to sea! Now I want to know more!
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October 4th 11, 06:10 PM
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A phantastic flight in the Morning Glory.
Video! We want video!
Boggs
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October 4th 11, 09:18 PM
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A phantastic flight in the Morning Glory.
On Oct 4, 10:10*am, GARY BOGGS wrote:
Video! *We want video! Boggs There's a documentary about the Morning Glory on www.morninggloryaustralia.com A good background, including some of the earliest soaring of the Glory in G109s (Russell White, Geoff Sim) and hang gliders (Al "Dr. Death" Giles and Conrad Lotan). You'll notice how much waiting around is involved. Geoff Pratt has had very good luck, catching many Glories. His flight on the 24th was I believe the longest ever XC from Burketown, on or off the OLC. Jim
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October 4th 11, 09:31 PM
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A phantastic flight in the Morning Glory.
Take a look at this flight on a map! After suddenly realizing that
much of the flight was so far out at sea I just stood up from my work desk and started clapping in awe. Got some strange looks from fellow workers.  Bravo! Must have been amazing!Bruno - B4
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October 5th 11, 04:18 AM
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A phantastic flight in the Morning Glory.
On Oct 5, 5:26*am, Tony wrote:
Have you seen this flight on Google Earth? Even more impressive than the graphics on OLC - about half of it was flown over the open sea (and far away from the coast) - fascinating! OK now I get it. I hadn't looked at the google maps view, just the standard OLC view. *I was thinking yea a good flight, especially good distance for a PIK, but dang, about 100 km out to sea! He must have big brass ones to go 100 km out to sea at only 5000 - 7000 ft.
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October 5th 11, 04:42 AM
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A phantastic flight in the Morning Glory.
He must have big brass ones to go 100 km out to sea at only 5000 - 7000 ft. PIK 20E has a motor.......... but still!
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October 5th 11, 05:57 PM
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A phantastic flight in the Morning Glory.
On Oct 4, 10:42*pm, Bernie wrote:
He must have big brass ones to go 100 km out to sea at only 5000 - 7000 ft. PIK 20E has a motor.......... *but still! Wonder if his seat cushion doubles as a flotation device...
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