Notes from a Small Island - 1015K in UK.

Friday was a great day to avoid work in the UK:

http://uras.gliderpilot.net/?db=uras&op=s2&id=19890&kw=

800Km Triangle record was also broken, and a Nimbus
3D completed a declared goal of Aboyne (Scotland) to
Lasham, (Hampshire).

Thats why we go gliding!

GG

Yup! It was a pretty good day in the UK yesterday.

Ian

You can see and download Ed Downham's 800 km trace he

http://www2.onlinecontest.org/olcphp...87c03740364cc8

David Starer


"Gav Goudie" wrote in message
...
Friday was a great day to avoid work in the UK:

http://uras.gliderpilot.net/?db=uras&op=s2&id=19890&kw=

800Km Triangle record was also broken, and a Nimbus
3D completed a declared goal of Aboyne (Scotland) to
Lasham, (Hampshire).

Thats why we go gliding!

GG

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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On 27 Jun 2004 15:04:23 GMT, "Ian Johnston"
wrote:

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.


There's a nice short description of their flight on the Lasham
website, http://www.lasham.org.uk/ for our foreign friends.
Looks like they can claim the distance record but were slower than the
Skylark.

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gregorie : Harlow, UK
demon :
co : Zappa fan & glider pilot
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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



--
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

Wally,

Regretably, Mr Johnson is right. There are no longer
any such things as single seat, two seat or motor glider
records - just Open Class, 15 meter and Feminine on
the British National and World lists plus Standard
and (I think) 20 metre on the UK Local list.

Care to join me on a campaigne to restore the distinctions?
I, for one think Russell's 1000 km flight on Friday
was of greater merit than the first UK 1000 km. One
pilot working at it non stop for eleven and a half
hours, compared to two pilots sharing the load for
twelve hours.

I have the greatest admiration for the terrific flights
that have been done in Argentina in the last few years,
but I will respect even more the pilot who does the
same thing solo and without an engine.

Chris Rollings

At 22:00 27 June 2004, 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.

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 , 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



--
Walter Kahn

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