Tony Condon Downwind Dash

On Wednesday, April 9, 2014 4:27:11 PM UTC-5, Tony wrote:
I still have over 24 hours. Calm down everyone

OK, the flight is up on the OLC. enjoy Thanks for following along everyone, happy to answer any questions as usual.

http://www.onlinecontest.org/olc-2.0...l?dsId=3523858

Tony's flight is now on OLC. Nice one, Tony.
Jim

Forget those little "13.1" and "26.2" decals the half-marathon and marathon finishers put on the vehicles - You Kansas boys can put on some really big numbers!
"4-5-5, what's that?"
"Flew a sailplane 455 miles without an engine."
Silence.

From the UK Open Record list:
Free Distance 827.9km T J Wills LS-6 29/05/1986

OK it only started in the UK, finished in France.

At 13:33 09 April 2014, Nigel Pocock wrote:
I make that about 850km wind assisted. Nice flight. We cant do that sort
o
thing in the uk, the landmass isnt big enough!
I pitty the poor retrieve crew - he is probably still driving.
Well done.

Will you upload the flight to Skylines, Tony? Congrats - it was fun following along.

Sure I'll give that a shot tonight.

On Thursday, April 10, 2014 2:34:47 PM UTC-5, Tony wrote:
Sure I'll give that a shot tonight.

https://www.skylines-project.org/flights/28998/

Comment away!

On 4/10/2014 3:28 PM, Tony wrote:
On Thursday, April 10, 2014 2:34:47 PM UTC-5, Tony wrote:
Sure I'll give that a shot tonight.

https://www.skylines-project.org/flights/28998/

Comment away!


So...didja suffer from oxygen poisoning way down there at sea level? Partake
of any jambalaya or shrimp gumbo while waiting for your crew? How about
Alligator McNuggets? Too bad you couldn't'a made Lake Charles - think how it
woulda enhanced your story: "I flew 550 miles without an engine...and then
landed in Lake Charles!" ("How'd you get the glider out of the lake?!?"
exclaims the impressed babe.)

Way to go, dood!!!

Bob W.

Thanks Bob! No jambalaya but I did have some popeyes fries chicken while sitting in a cheap motel. Does that count?

It would've been really cool to have seen open water but the situation just didn't allow for making it the last 25 miles. Next time.

Sweet video with IGC track and Satellite picture overlaid. Thanks to John Bird who put this together.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Qfz2N05wsc