FAI Approves New European Records

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.