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March 8th 15, 03:26 PM
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Longest glide?
I have had near 100 miles in a Nimbus 3 out of Tonopah, NV
gkemp "NK" 
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March 8th 15, 05:46 PM
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Longest glide?
Around 120 miles final glides few times from the Sierras to Byron. From 18K to see level in dead air.
Ramy
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March 8th 15, 10:29 PM
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Longest glide?
On Sunday, March 8, 2015 at 12:46:40 PM UTC-5, Ramy wrote:
Around 120 miles final glides few times from the Sierras to Byron. From 18K to see level in dead air. Ramy Ramy takes the prize! Can't beat that! Except maybe going from 18k to below sea level? Anybody for a landing in Death Valley?
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March 8th 15, 11:43 PM
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Longest glide?
On Sun, 08 Mar 2015 15:29:15 -0700, herbkilian wrote:
On Sunday, March 8, 2015 at 12:46:40 PM UTC-5, Ramy wrote: Around 120 miles final glides few times from the Sierras to Byron. From 18K to see level in dead air. Ramy Ramy takes the prize! Can't beat that! Except maybe going from 18k to below sea level? Anybody for a landing in Death Valley? I flew a F1A towline model glider at the lowest point in Death Valley with 60 seconds on the d/t timer and found a nice bump before launching. It almost made it to MSL before the d/t popped and it came down. Does that count? -- martin@ | Martin Gregorie gregorie. | Essex, UK org |
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#5
March 9th 15, 07:32 AM
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Longest glide?
Somewhere I have a see-you trace of a flight in France a couple of years
ago where the stats show a final phase of 3 hrs 56 minutes and a glide of 525k. It started at fl 190 and included following a couple of wave bars and following ridge lines as we descended. Glider was Nimbus 4 and P1 Alain Poulet.
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#6
March 9th 15, 11:21 AM
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Longest glide?
On Monday, March 9, 2015 at 12:29:16 AM UTC+2, wrote:
On Sunday, March 8, 2015 at 12:46:40 PM UTC-5, Ramy wrote: Around 120 miles final glides few times from the Sierras to Byron. From 18K to see level in dead air. Ramy Ramy takes the prize! Can't beat that! Except maybe going from 18k to below sea level? Anybody for a landing in Death Valley? No sure if this counts, but a couple of years ago I tried a final glide of just 35km (~20miles) from 2800' down to the lowest airfield anywhe Massada at 1230' *below sea level* :-) It's not "Death Valley", but it is the "Dead Sea" ... http://www.onlinecontest.org/olc-2.0...tId=1089616531 Uri 4X-GGG PS: made a "save" and landed in Arad at 1950 above sea level
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#7
March 9th 15, 12:08 PM
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Longest glide?
John Williams just claimed a UK 500k record flying 503k at 121Kph in
Scottish wave. His longest and final glide was 506k. Trace is available on the BGA ladder.
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