The Café joins the FAI in congratulating pilots Laszlo Hegedus of Hungary and Mathias Schunk of Germany for setting the following European records. Click on ‘Performance:..’ in the entry for Mathias below to view his OLC claim for this flight.
FAI has ratified the following Class D (Gliders) European record :
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Claim number : 16557
Sub-class :DO (Open Class Gliders)
Category: General
Type of record : Speed over a triangular course of 100 km
Course/location : Csolyospalos (Hungary)
Performance : 156.66 km/h
Pilot : Laszlo Hegedus (Hungary)
Glider : Nimbus 4 T / Schempp-Hirth
Date :31.05.2012
Previous record : no record set yet
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Claim number : 16537
Sub-class :D15 (15m Class Gliders)
Category: General
Type of record : Free distance using up to 3 turn points
Course/location : Königsdorf (Germany)
Performance : 1224.2 km
Pilot : Mathias Schunk (Germany)
Glider : LS-8 / Rolladen-Schneider operated by
Date :29.04.2012
Previous record : no record set yet
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FAI congratulates the Pilot on this splendid achievement.