What a wonderful accomplishment !! The report and photos were great, thanks for letting us see. Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Shellim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, September 09, 2001 5:02 PM Subject: [RCSE] World Duration Record flight. > Congratulations to Nick Shaw for provisionally breaking the World Duration > record for F3 gliders, at Ivinghoe Beacon here in England. The record claim > of 36 hours 3 minutes and 19 seconds is subject to ratification by CIAM. The > current record of 33h 32mn 30s was set 18 years ago by A. Smolentsev (USSR). > > The flight went through a very sticky patch in during the night with low > cloud, mist, rain and gusty winds. I was lucky enough to attend for several > hours, here's a report and pictures: > > http://www.rc-soar.com/wr_duration > > - Mike Shellim. > > RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
