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500k in Carbon Dragon
Steve Arndt of New Hampshire flew a 500 km declared distance goal today in
his homebuilt "Magic Dragon". The glider he built is a modified Carbon Dragon (longer span, winglets, etc) with really beautiful attention to detail - I recall an empty weight of around 180 lbs! Steve launched on the northbound flight from Malcom Jones' Wallaby Ranch in Florida (between Orlando and Winterhaven) with a declared goal of Montezuma, Georgia (South of Atlanta). His phonecall was short so I don't have all the details yet - he has been planning this attempt for several years (motivated by a stong desire to do his 500k in this special glider) and has been waiting for the right weather to allow an early launch, favorable convergence along the spine of Florida, and decent tailwind. His launch was at 9:30am. Wallaby chief tug-pilot Carlos Bessa crewed for him. Congratulations Steve! Hope you pick up your pen when the dust settles - this is worthy of an article for Soaring or Gliding International. |
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500k in Carbon Dragon
On Jun 5, 11:29 pm, Leo Benetti-Longhini
wrote: Steve Arndt of New Hampshire flew a 500 km declared distance goal today in his homebuilt "Magic Dragon". The glider he built is a modified Carbon Dragon (longer span, winglets, etc) with really beautiful attention to detail - I recall an empty weight of around 180 lbs! Steve launched on the northbound flight from Malcom Jones' Wallaby Ranch in Florida (between Orlando and Winterhaven) with a declared goal of Montezuma, Georgia (South of Atlanta). His phonecall was short so I don't have all the details yet - he has been planning this attempt for several years (motivated by a stong desire to do his 500k in this special glider) and has been waiting for the right weather to allow an early launch, favorable convergence along the spine of Florida, and decent tailwind. His launch was at 9:30am. Wallaby chief tug-pilot Carlos Bessa crewed for him. Congratulations Steve! Hope you pick up your pen when the dust settles - this is worthy of an article for Soaring or Gliding International. AWESOME!!!! Congrats Steve! |
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500k in Carbon Dragon
On Jun 8, 8:51*pm, wrote:
On Jun 5, 11:29 pm, Leo Benetti-Longhini wrote: Steve Arndt of New Hampshire flew a 500 km declared distance goal today in his homebuilt "Magic Dragon". The glider he built is a modified Carbon Dragon (longer span, winglets, etc) with really beautiful attention to detail - I recall an empty weight of around 180 lbs! Steve launched on the northbound flight from Malcom Jones' Wallaby Ranch in Florida (between Orlando and Winterhaven) with a declared goal of Montezuma, Georgia (South of Atlanta). His phonecall was short so I don't have all the details yet - he has been planning this attempt for several years (motivated by a stong desire to do his 500k in this special glider) and has been waiting for the right weather to allow an early launch, favorable convergence along the spine of Florida, and decent tailwind. His launch was at 9:30am. Wallaby chief tug-pilot Carlos Bessa crewed for him. Congratulations Steve! Hope you pick up your pen when the dust settles - this is worthy of an article for Soaring or Gliding International. AWESOME!!!! Congrats Steve! Nice flight! http://www.onlinecontest.org/olc-2.0...tId=1882941203 |
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