Delore & Fossett soar 2190 km

From the New Zealand newswire / Breaking News:

Delore flies 2190km, breaks record
07 December 2004

Christchurch gliding ace Terry Delore and American multi-millionaire adventurer
Steve Fossett have broken the world outright straight-line soaring distance
record with an epic flight of 15 hours along the Andes mountain range in
Argentina.

Fossett – the only person to have completed a solo circumnavigation of the
planet in a balloon – and Delore landed their 27m wingspan German ASH-25
twin-seater sailplane north of Mendoza late on Sunday night after covering
2190km. This added 16.5km to the record set last year by Germany's Klaus
Ohlmann, also in Argentina.

Delore and Fossett, who set a world triangle distance record of 1508.42km in
Argentina last year, began their record flight at Calafate, about 600km north
of Cape Horn. The straight-line distance record is considered one of the most
important of all gliding records.

The gliding partners, assisted by a crew of New Zealand pilots, also broke the
world declared straight-line distance record on the same flight with a new mark
of 2128km. The team has been in Argentina for about a month waiting for
suitable conditions, and expects to stay there until the end of December.

Delore and Fossett are now repositioning themselves at Chos Malal for an
attempt on the world 1000km speed record of 169.72kmh. They already hold the
world 500km, 750km and 1500km speed records.


(Wow, imagine soaring from Marfa, TX to San Francisco, or Miami to Chicago,
about 1,360 sm)

Burt
Marfa

We better get ahold of Fossett and try weaseling some money out of him for
advertising this little Soaring game...Anybody know him....Just a thought...


Steve.

Burt Compton wrote:

(Wow, imagine soaring from Marfa, TX to San Francisco, or Miami to Chicago,
about 1,360 sm)

I'd like to see Bill Snead fly the PW-5 from Marfa to
Avenal. I'd buy him dinner!

Mark
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Mark J. Boyd

They'll have to decide which record they want, you
can only set one distance record per flight. Or they
could go and do it again

At 23:00 06 December 2004, Burt Compton wrote:
From the New Zealand newswire / Breaking News:

Delore flies 2190km, breaks record
07 December 2004

Christchurch gliding ace Terry Delore and American
multi-millionaire adventurer
Steve Fossett have broken the world outright straight-line
soaring distance
record with an epic flight of 15 hours along the Andes
mountain range in
Argentina.

Fossett – the only person to have completed a solo
circumnavigation of the
planet in a balloon – and Delore landed their 27m
wingspan German ASH-25
twin-seater sailplane north of Mendoza late on Sunday
night after covering
2190km. This added 16.5km to the record set last year
by Germany's Klaus
Ohlmann, also in Argentina.

Delore and Fossett, who set a world triangle distance
record of 1508.42km in
Argentina last year, began their record flight at Calafate,
about 600km north
of Cape Horn. The straight-line distance record is
considered one of the most
important of all gliding records.

The gliding partners, assisted by a crew of New Zealand
pilots, also broke the
world declared straight-line distance record on the
same flight with a new mark
of 2128km. The team has been in Argentina for about
a month waiting for
suitable conditions, and expects to stay there until
the end of December.

Delore and Fossett are now repositioning themselves
at Chos Malal for an
attempt on the world 1000km speed record of 169.72kmh.
They already hold the
world 500km, 750km and 1500km speed records.


(Wow, imagine soaring from Marfa, TX to San Francisco,
or Miami to Chicago,
about 1,360 sm)

Burt
Marfa

perhaps it´s time to forget handicap based on glider performance and going
to a handicap based of pocket capacity ;-)

An Empty Pocket :-(

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From the New Zealand newswire / Breaking News:

Delore flies 2190km, breaks record
07 December 2004

Christchurch gliding ace Terry Delore and American multi-millionaire
adventurer
Steve Fossett have broken the world outright straight-line soaring
distance
record with an epic flight of 15 hours along the Andes mountain range in
Argentina.

Fossett - the only person to have completed a solo circumnavigation of the
planet in a balloon - and Delore landed their 27m wingspan German ASH-25
twin-seater sailplane north of Mendoza late on Sunday night after covering
2190km. This added 16.5km to the record set last year by Germany's Klaus
Ohlmann, also in Argentina.

Delore and Fossett, who set a world triangle distance record of 1508.42km
in
Argentina last year, began their record flight at Calafate, about 600km
north
of Cape Horn. The straight-line distance record is considered one of the
most
important of all gliding records.

The gliding partners, assisted by a crew of New Zealand pilots, also broke
the
world declared straight-line distance record on the same flight with a new
mark
of 2128km. The team has been in Argentina for about a month waiting for
suitable conditions, and expects to stay there until the end of December.

Delore and Fossett are now repositioning themselves at Chos Malal for an
attempt on the world 1000km speed record of 169.72kmh. They already hold
the
world 500km, 750km and 1500km speed records.


(Wow, imagine soaring from Marfa, TX to San Francisco, or Miami to
Chicago,
about 1,360 sm)

Burt
Marfa

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


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From the New Zealand newswire / Breaking News:

Delore flies 2190km, breaks record
07 December 2004

Christchurch gliding ace Terry Delore and American multi-millionaire
adventurer
Steve Fossett have broken the world outright straight-line soaring
distance
record with an epic flight of 15 hours along the Andes mountain range in
Argentina.

Fossett - the only person to have completed a solo circumnavigation of the
planet in a balloon - and Delore landed their 27m wingspan German ASH-25
twin-seater sailplane north of Mendoza late on Sunday night after covering
2190km. This added 16.5km to the record set last year by Germany's Klaus
Ohlmann, also in Argentina.

Delore and Fossett, who set a world triangle distance record of 1508.42km
in
Argentina last year, began their record flight at Calafate, about 600km
north
of Cape Horn. The straight-line distance record is considered one of the
most
important of all gliding records.

The gliding partners, assisted by a crew of New Zealand pilots, also broke
the
world declared straight-line distance record on the same flight with a new
mark
of 2128km. The team has been in Argentina for about a month waiting for
suitable conditions, and expects to stay there until the end of December.

Delore and Fossett are now repositioning themselves at Chos Malal for an
attempt on the world 1000km speed record of 169.72kmh. They already hold
the
world 500km, 750km and 1500km speed records.


(Wow, imagine soaring from Marfa, TX to San Francisco, or Miami to
Chicago,
about 1,360 sm)

Burt
Marfa

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


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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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Eric Greenwell
Washington State
USA

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


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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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Change "netto" to "net" to email me directly

Eric Greenwell
Washington State
USA

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

It's a much harder way to do long distances, because it's difficult to
find long stretches of good weather. By turning, you can stay in a small
patch of good weather for a long time. Imagine trying to do a straight
1000K in England, for example! It's hard enough when you can turn...


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Eric Greenwell
Washington State
USA

The challenge prize for the first straight line flight of 2000km, was put up
by Dr. Joachim Kuettner, won by Ohlmann, and presented at the 2004 SSA
Convention in Atlanta. Even broad very wave bands, and the corresponding
jets, are generally far too narrow for completing such a flight, hence the
challenge, how to get the additional 500km+. It's taken several years of
research and attempts to complete these flights in Argentina. Are
2500-3000km straight-line flights possible? Downwind?

Frank Whiteley

"Oscar" wrote in message
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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?

--
Change "netto" to "net" to email me directly

Eric Greenwell
Washington State
USA