I believe that a Blanik held the Free Distance 2 seat record in
Australia for many years. Something like Waikerie to Narromine?
Someone with access to historical information such as old AG magazines,
(or with a longer memory) may recall better than I can.
Cheers
/Tim Shirley/
/tra dire é fare c' é mezzo il mare/
On 17/02/2015 12:00 PM, Ross McLean wrote:
There was a long standing tradition for many years that Mark Bland and
various co-pilots would fly the Blanik from Mt Beauty to Narromine
and return during Narromine Cup week.
ROSS
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On 16/02/2015 9:30 PM, Gary Stevenson wrote:
...
Question: Does anybody have an idea as to the max distance a
K13/Blanik has flown in Australia?
I seem to recall that a Blanik once held a World Record with a
distance flight of over 800 k.
...
No, I don't know what the longest is, but in 1989 Port Augusta Gliding
Club won the two seater decentralised competition with two 300s and a
500 in a Blanik.
If my memory serves me correctly the second place getter was a certain
large club who flew long flights in a high performance glider
(possible ASH25 but my memory is hazy) including one 1000km. But we
beat them on handicap.
Regards
SWK
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