The Boomerang I flew at Bordertown in 1972 was QH. I assume they only ever had
that one.
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From: Christopher McDonnell
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Was that in GQH the second prototype ES 60 which was at Bordertown at some
time?
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Here is Geoff's story of the flight.
Gary
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From: Ann Woolf
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AG Sept 1968 page 6 - A 418 mile Boomerang by Geoff Tremain
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Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2012 23:03:24 +1000
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Hi Patch,
Please enlighten me. What are the achieved benchmarks - both official and
unofficial - for a Boomerang/Super Arrow, that you know about? I seem to
recall that a couple of SA pilots were doing flights of 600k plus, many
years ago, including at least one flight across Spencer Gulf. Do you have an
AG reference for that flight? Ballsy stuff maybe, but I suggest it might be
hard to beat Percy Wills' flight, and story on how he almost(?) accidentally
glid across the English Channel.
I endorse your comments in Para 2. It seems to me that despite my earlier
comment (which I stand by), about the best place for most 1-26 gliders is in
a museum, over the years the owners (as a collective), of these ships have
tested all the limits of what is possible with this type, (and the type did
evolve, as you well know, so there are many model variations), under
(almost?), every possible situation. It is extremely unlikely that any
current record for the type can be improved upon. In my opinion another good
reason to put 99% of these ships in museums, before structural/glue or other
failure kills somebody.
Having made a point or two about the 1-26 as a type, let me make one more
about the skill of the best of the 1-26 pilots. It can be summed up in one
word -Awesome!
Gary
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