"Eric Greenwell" wrote in message
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Ray Lovinggood wrote:
While Gordon Boettger had a fantastic flight, the OLC
web page

http://www2.onlinecontest.org/olcphp...ng.php?olc=olc
-usa&spr=en

shows two other nice flights. Pat Martin flying a
DG 505 and Robert Spielman in a 1-26D! The OLC website
scored him with 706.62 km!!! In a 1-26!

Nicely done, Robert!

If an old Kestrel can go 1950 km, and an old 1-26 can go 706 km, why
aren't there a dozen of the "good" gliders out there going great
distances? Or, maybe, Gordon, Pat, and Robert are just exceptional pilots?

Who has every weekend off for flying??

B