Notes from a Small Island - 1015K in UK.

Mr. Johnson has got it wrong yet again - I assume that Gordon and his
co-pilot will have difficulty in claiming Nick Goodhart's record as his
is the single seater goal flight record which, of course, still stands.

Incidentally Nick also remains the current World Gliding Two-seater
Champion. It has been reported that some people are keen to revive this
class again.

Well done Gordon, Nimbus or whatever, well done all the guys who did
great things on Super Friday. When you consider that Gordon was towed
off at 0345 and one of the Lasham pilots completed his 750k and landed
back at Lasham at 2130 - it was one hell of a day!
Wally Kahn
In article cCUlhtvFIYkV-pn2-moYD917P3KBb@localhost, Ian Johnston
writes
On Sat, 26 Jun 2004 07:04:23 UTC, Gav Goudie
wrote:

: Nimbus
: 3D completed a declared goal of Aboyne (Scotland) to
: Lasham, (Hampshire).

Does that mean that some rotten, unspeakable cad has taken Goodhart's
Lasham to Portmoak record? If so, I am really disappointed - sorry
guys, but doing it in a Skylark 3 is much, much, much, much more of an
achievement than using a Nimbus 3D.

Seriously, I hope they have the decency not to claim the record.

Ian



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Walter Kahn

On Sun, 27 Jun 2004 21:45:35 UTC, Walter Kahn
wrote:

: Mr. Johnson has got it wrong yet again - I assume that Gordon and his
: co-pilot will have difficulty in claiming Nick Goodhart's record as his
: is the single seater goal flight record which, of course, still stands.

Well, ignoring that snotty little "again", thanks for pointing that
out.

I really do hope that nobody tries to take the Goodhart record - or at
least, not without a flight of equal impressiveness.

Ian

Records are there to be broken.

Ian

"Ian Johnston" wrote in message
news:cCUlhtvFIYkV-pn2-67b2oITd8NFz@localhost...

I really do hope that nobody tries to take the Goodhart record - or at
least, not without a flight of equal impressiveness.

Ian

On Sun, 27 Jun 2004 23:09:24 UTC, "tango4"
wrote:

: Records are there to be broken.
:
: Ian
:
: "Ian Johnston" wrote in message
: news:cCUlhtvFIYkV-pn2-67b2oITd8NFz@localhost...
:
: I really do hope that nobody tries to take the Goodhart record - or at
: least, not without a flight of equal impressiveness.

Well yes, but I think there has to be a sense of proportion. It
depends on whether you see the attraction of a record as being just
the number, or the whole background to the flight.

Doing Lasham to Portmoak in a 30:1 (on a good day) wooden glider,
leaving after lunch, is a hell of a flight. I am sure that lots of
people could outdo it in modern glass, but I think the distance would
have to be much, much further for it to be remotely comparable as an
achievement.

Scale diatance to glide angle, I say - when someone leaves Lasham at
2pm solo, in an ASH25, turns Portmoak and gets back that day, I'll
salute the flight as a worthy successor. Not that it'll take the free
distance record, of course, but you wsee what I mean.

Incidentally, I don't want to put down the guys who did
Lasham-in-the-North to Lasham-in-the-South. But I'm glad the Goodhart
record still stands.

Incidentally, am I right in thinking that a Bocian held one of the
world women's two-seater records before they were abolished? Free
distance, perhaps?

Ian

Incidentally, am I right in thinking that a Bocian held one of the
world women's two-seater records before they were abolished? Free
distance, perhaps?

Ian


What!! Women have been abolished???
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Mike Lindsay

On Wed, 30 Jun 2004 21:02:30 UTC, Mike Lindsay
wrote:

: Incidentally, am I right in thinking that a Bocian held one of the
: world women's two-seater records before they were abolished? Free
: distance, perhaps?

: What!! Women have been abolished???

No, silly. Bocians.

Ian

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