Should be a pair flying record. :-)
PeterS
On 17/02/2015 9:25 PM, Gary Stevenson wrote:
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 don’t 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
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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.
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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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