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April 13th 09, 02:43 AM
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Almost 1,000 km in a 1-26!
Take a look at Ron Schwartz' flight in a 1-26 today, as shown on OLC.
http://www.onlinecontest.org/olc-2.0...ml?dsId=758843 ALMOST 1,000 KM! 12 hours 14 minutes. Definitely the "Iron Butt" award recipient! Ron, WELL DONE!!!! Ray Lovinggood Carrboro, North Carolina, USA 
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April 13th 09, 05:19 AM
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Almost 1,000 km in a 1-26!
WOW!
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#3
April 13th 09, 02:46 PM
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Almost 1,000 km in a 1-26!
On Apr 12, 11:19*pm, wrote:
WOW! Wow is right. This was on a day with solid ridge but thermals that were only "average" in terms of height and reliability. Ron had to cross over some serious tiger country (30 mile upwind transition over abandoned strip mines and slag heaps). Anyone who has flow this task appreciates what an amazing flight it is. And anyone who willingly spends 12+ hours in a 1-26 deserves some sort of an award along with a year of fee psychological counselling.
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#4
April 13th 09, 05:36 PM
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Almost 1,000 km in a 1-26!
On Apr 12, 8:43�pm, rlovinggood wrote:
Take a look at Ron Schwartz' flight in a 1-26 today, as shown on OLC. http://www.onlinecontest.org/olc-2.0...ml?dsId=758843 ALMOST 1,000 KM! 12 hours 14 minutes. Definitely the "Iron Butt" award recipient! Ron, WELL DONE!!!! Ray Lovinggood Carrboro, North Carolina, USA CONGRATULATIONS RON - If anyone could have done it it would of course have been Ron ! A truly outstanding flight by any standards . Ron Clarke (ZA).
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#5
April 14th 09, 03:25 AM
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Almost 1,000 km in a 1-26!
When you apply handicaps for a 1-26 and ASW-27, Ron flew the equivalent of
nearly 2000K! And that is without water ballast, bendy wings, etc., etc. Great flight Ron. "rlovinggood" wrote in message ... Take a look at Ron Schwartz' flight in a 1-26 today, as shown on OLC. http://www.onlinecontest.org/olc-2.0...ml?dsId=758843 ALMOST 1,000 KM! 12 hours 14 minutes. Definitely the "Iron Butt" award recipient! Ron, WELL DONE!!!! Ray Lovinggood Carrboro, North Carolina, USA
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April 14th 09, 04:24 AM
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Almost 1,000 km in a 1-26!
WAY TO GO, Ron!!!!
Ray Roberts "rlovinggood" wrote in message ... Take a look at Ron Schwartz' flight in a 1-26 today, as shown on OLC. http://www.onlinecontest.org/olc-2.0...ml?dsId=758843 ALMOST 1,000 KM! 12 hours 14 minutes. Definitely the "Iron Butt" award recipient! Ron, WELL DONE!!!! Ray Lovinggood Carrboro, North Carolina, USA
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April 14th 09, 02:10 PM
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Almost 1,000 km in a 1-26!
I don't want to take anything away from Ron's achievement, which was
absolutely stupendous, but there were three amazing 1-26 flights out of Blairstown that day: Ron Schwarz 967 km Paul Leal 782 km Chip Johansen 584 km Congratulations to all.
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#8
April 14th 09, 08:23 PM
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Almost 1,000 km in a 1-26!
Congrats! Way to go Ron!
What was it like standing on the rudder pedals all that time?
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#9
April 14th 09, 09:57 PM
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Almost 1,000 km in a 1-26!
On Apr 14, 11:23*am, Berry wrote:
Congrats! Way to go Ron! What was it like standing on the rudder pedals all that time? Does he have any tips on preventing blood clots? Was he on 1) plavix 2) coumadin 3) asprin ? or did he use an inflatable pump driven device to massage his calves in flight? If the latter, how did he power it for 12 hours in the 1-26? What about the loss of bone mass due to the prolonged period of immobilization? What's recommended for that? This is going to be a bigger problem in the future, now that he's thrown down the guantlet. What does the Cherokee Guy say? Is he going to take up the challenge - 12+ hours in the Cherokee over Iowa?
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#10
April 14th 09, 10:15 PM
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Almost 1,000 km in a 1-26!
Well, you asked for it! First off, congratulations to the 1-26 tri-fecta
last weekend. Those are some fantastic flights, definitely something to be proud of. That said, I find the 1-26 cockpit to be pretty spacious compared to the Cherokee. I was thinking about what it would take for me to do 12 hrs in the Cherokee. Im pretty sure your suggestions of drugs would have to be involved. I've done 2 5hr+ flights. Both times, I could barely stand up and walk for about an hour after the flight. 12 hrs and I would need some sort of crane to lift me onto the stretcher and then rolled into the ambulance. But i dunno. If the lift was still working, it would be really hard to land, just because you cant feel your legs... At 19:57 14 April 2009, wrote: On Apr 14, 11:23=A0am, Berry wrote: Congrats! Way to go Ron! What was it like standing on the rudder pedals all that time? Does he have any tips on preventing blood clots? Was he on 1) plavix 2) coumadin 3) asprin ? or did he use an inflatable pump driven device to massage his calves in flight? If the latter, how did he power it for 12 hours in the 1-26? What about the loss of bone mass due to the prolonged period of immobilization? What's recommended for that? This is going to be a bigger problem in the future, now that he's thrown down the guantlet. What does the Cherokee Guy say? Is he going to take up the challenge - 12+ hours in the Cherokee over Iowa? -Tony Condon Cherokee II N373Y
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