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Written by Greg
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Wednesday, 21 November 2007 |
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Have you seen the latest record set by the Brazilians last week? 462km. That's mental. I can't believe they've flown that far. It sure raises the bar for us all. The difficulty here is that we seldom get away from the winch park early in the morning, because the air is so dry and the ground cools off at night. So if you leave at 11am and land at 5pm in the seabreeze, you've got 6 hours to do 470km, which means you've got to average 78km/h. That's nuts, it means we'd be flying with an average basewind of 50km/h+. Thermal gusts and venturis will increase that. This landscape is far from flat .. there are significant ridges along the way, which you don't want to be blown over in strong winds or you'll be munched by the turbulence. I'm setting my sights on the altitude gain record first. Totally open for breaking, just requires oxygen, thermalling and no safety compromise. To break the open distance record will need a very unique day. I'll try for it in the hope that I can fly till sunset, but I think the height gain and declared goal record is a wiser idea.
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Last Updated ( Friday, 23 November 2007 )
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