Here are the details of that Blanik flight I earlier mentioned: But I should have said 2 flights.
Under Open records Straight distance to a goal; 864.86 km; done in the USSR in a Blanik L13 on the 3 June 1967 by Isabella Gorokhova and Zinahida Koslova. Under Women Distance in a straight line; 864.86 km; done in the USSR in a Blanik L13 on 3 June 1967 by Tatiana D Pavlova and Larissa Filomechkina. The observant among you will note that ALL the pilots are female, and the date of the flights and the distance claimed are the same. Rather epic flights dont you think? ...... Especially given that very early date. I have no doubt that these flights would have been written up in the Russian aviation/gliding mags of the time. Anyone read Russian? FAI Record IDs are 380 & 381. Gary From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tim Shirley Sent: Tuesday, 17 February 2015 1:37 PM To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia. Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Blanik Flights [Was] Early X/C pilots There is a list of current records, but (to the best of my knowledge) no archive of previous holders. I could be wrong. I was, once. Cheers Tim Shirley tra dire é fare c' é mezzo il mare On 17/02/2015 1:10 PM, Christopher McDonnell wrote: Surely there is an accessible permanent archive of such matters kept by the responsible entity. From: Tim <mailto:[email protected]> Shirley Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2015 11:44 AM To: Discussion of issues relating to <mailto:[email protected]> Soaring in Australia. Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Blanik Flights [Was] Early X/C pilots 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 ____________________________________________________________________________ _____________ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of stephenk Sent: Tuesday, 17 February 2015 8:38 AM To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia. Subject: [Aus-soaring] Blanik Flights [Was] Early X/C pilots 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 _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list [email protected] To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring _____ _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list [email protected] To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list [email protected] To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
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