We congratulate to Nevil Hulett to his extra ordinary flight.
WINNER OF THE PRE-XC OPEN WORLD SERIES IN DE AAR AND HE CONFIRMED THAT
HE FLEW 504kms ON SUNDAY, 14 DECEMBER 2008!!
(I have corrected this to 502.2kms as per tracklog)
IF RATIFIED BY FAI, THIS WILL BE THE NEW OPEN DISTANCE WORLD RECORD!
AND IT WAS FLOWN HERE IN SOUTH AFRICA
This is a mindblowing achievement, one that took thought and planning and many years of cross country distance flying. This year Nevil said he was going to do it and he has.
Barring an administration tragedy, the World Record is coming home!
Open Distance: 502.2kms
Tracklog overall distance: 540kms
XC Distance: 512kms
Glider: Mac Magus 6 proto
Weather conditions: Forecast was for 18 knots / 32kms
(Nevil reckons it turned out to be quite a bit more)
Take off Location: North of Copperton, approximately 60km SW of Prieska.
Take off Time: 11h32
Landing Location: Lesotho where the Orange River comes out of the mountains at the foot of the escarpment
Landing Time: 19h11
Flight time: 7hrs39mins
Average speed: 65kms per hour
Max Speed: 126.7 kms per hour
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