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Russell D
14th December 2009, 04:47 PM
Just read in MX newspaper this afternoon that a new world record has been set in New Zealand for the longest flight by a glider.

From what I caught of the article, the flight time lasted 15 hours and covered well in excess of 2000km.

I will try and put up a link to any news feed regarding the story if I find one.

cheers

Nigel C
14th December 2009, 07:00 PM
Try these...

From Gliding NZ...
http://www.gliding.co.nz/latest-news/news/48

http://www.gliding.co.nz/sites/gliding.co.nz/images/News/world-record-flight.pdf

Glider was a German made Ash-25, average speed ~160km/h over the 2501km journey.

Russell D
14th December 2009, 09:59 PM
Ahh cheers Nigel. That's definitely the one. ;)