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Uploaded by on Apr 5, 2011

Competition finish across the lake from the north. Day 5 of the NSW State Championships, March 2011. Glider is an 18m ASG29

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  • was the pilot (you?) ever worried that it was going to end up short. If yes, how far back?

  • @jacoherbst No. Final glide was from 114km and it was absolutely rock solid from about 50km out. If I was at all worried I might have just pulled the speed back below 100kts for the last little bit... The .igc file can be seen on the OLC website, April 1 2011, number 35 on the list.

  • Wow! For a hangglider oldtimer with several exiting "long gildes", this seems almost impossible! By the way here is my story;(Look at the hanggliding Extreme..)

  • @milsluker It is a whole different world if you can still do 40:1 at 90 knots....

  • 1. best location for an airport

    2. has there ever been a crash??

  • @JamesWiesel I think someone ended up in the lake some years ago after an aerotow rope break but it was no big deal. Yes, it is a fantastic gliding site.

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  • Wow man nice landing. So landing on dirt is ok for the plane?

  • Full sure you were going in the water, nice glide.

  • Very cool!!

  • Timed to perfection, great video guys

  • Cracking video.

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