More details:
- Gordon's flight is now on the OLC for March 27. Stated distance is
1824km or 1133sm, a new longest soaring flight in the US.
- The eastward deviation was to clear the IFR block allocated to the
Perlan project, with Steve Fossett and Einar in the 30-35K range. ATC
wouldn't allow two IFR flights to have intersecting airspace blocks, so
Gordon had to go around, regardless of the fact that both are gliders.
- Landing was at Fox Field, not at Palmdale as earlier stated.
- The winds had quite a southerly component, with the wave ending near
Inyokern. Although he had 28,000ft starting his final glide, the
headwind chewed into his glide such that by Fox Field he had only 1,500
AGL!
- Clearances were up to 31-32K, not 28K as stated earlier.
Bob Speilman was flying his 1-26 out of Minden that day and flew the
wave for a 300+km flight.

Kemp