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May 1st 06, 01:43 AM
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Longest glider flight
Sorry, I meant to change the subject line. So, what was the longest (in time) glider flight, and is there any official body that recognizes such records. -- FF 
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May 1st 06, 02:09 AM
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Longest glider flight
So, what was the longest (in time) glider flight, and is there any
official body that recognizes such records. 56:15 hr, Charles Atger, Air-100, starting 4/2/1952, following which FAI-IGC ceased recognizing the duration category. See "The Powerless Ones", Michael Cumming (London, 1966), p. 220.
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May 1st 06, 04:33 AM
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May 1st 06, 08:53 AM
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Longest glider flight
They probably stopped it when too many crashed and burned At 00:48 01 May 2006, wrote: Sorry, I meant to change the subject line. So, what was the longest (in time) glider flight, and is there any official body that recognizes such records. -- FF
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