1000km flights

If tasks were set to the maximum every day then Sebastian would win by more, based on my observation of him relative to other pilots over the last four WGC and a couple of GPs.
Here in Australia we have an ageing pilot group, (like USA) and a rash of accidents in the over 75 group unfortunately.
Tom
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6 January 2018 - another huge day for 1000km flights. I am seeing 41 on OLC so far. Some may still be added by pilots who only get online later and there are perhaps some too done by pilots who are not on OLC. More of a mix of venues - with the longest distances for the day being flown from Potchefstroom in South Africa - the home of Jonker Sailplanes.

Uys Jonker's 1250km FAI triangle at 157km/h - new world record? Looks like they were trying to show what the JS3 is really capable of

Trying? 4 X 1250km triangles. All 15m.

They were actually flying 18m - and looks like all 4 could have broken the previous 1250km record

A record is "broken" if it´s ratified by the FAI!

The only one with a "proper" flight declaration in his flight-recorder is Oscar Goudrian!

We will see, who is sending his "Preliminary Notifcation" to the FAI...

A record is "broken" if it´s ratified by the FAI!

The only one with a "proper" flight declaration in his flight-recorder is Oscar Goudriaan!

We will see, who is sending his "Preliminary Notifcation" to the FAI...

In September last year, Attie and Uys Jonker presented the SAIMechE John Orr Lecture at the University of the Wi****ersrand. They spoke about the dream of building the best glider in the world, the development of the JS1 and then the development of the JS3 and getting it to Australia in time for the World Champs a year ago. The lecture was recorded and is still available to view at the following link: http://tinyurl.com/johnorr2017

It's well worth watching. The first hour or so is Uys talking about the JS1 and the second hour is Professor Attie talking about the design of the JS3, and the leaps they have made in utilising computational fluid dynamics in the design. The attention to detail in the development is incredible and goes a long way in understanding why the JS3 is performing the way it is. The audience was predominantly Mechanical Engineers who sat enthralled for the entire 2 hours.

At 08:26 07 January 2018, wrote:
Trying? 4 X 1250km triangles. All 15m.


They where flying 18m according to the Jonkers FB page -just OLC
hasn't adjusted. Pieter Nouwens looks like he'll be the new record
holder.


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