On Friday, May 4, 2012 4:52:50 AM UTC-7, Tony wrote:
On Friday, May 4, 2012 6:21:11 AM UTC-5, joesimmers wrote:
I just noticed my friend Devin Bargainnier did just under 2200k at a whopping 194.66kph yesterday out of minden!

I have not gotten to speak to him yet but I have to imagine
this is some kind of a speed record?

Nice job Devin!

Joe Simmers

not sure about a speed record for the flight but it looks like he did his best to break the record for stop to start re-light speed. 60 seconds!

Very impressive distance and speed. In fact, his speed may be even higher if he corrects the start time on OLC. OLC failed to detect the relight and calculated both flights as one. While in this case it did not add any distance, it likely added time which reduced the overall speed.
Another observation from comparing his flight to Jim Payne which was a little longer, is that flying above 18K did not provide any advantage in speed, perhaps the contrary. I guess it boils down to how fast you are willing to fly...

Ramy