Posted on the OLC Magazine by Elke Fuglsang-Petersen-Ed.

 “Early on the morning of February 29, 2012, Jim Payne and his co-pilot Dennis Tito pulled the all-prepped DG 1001M out of the hangar at Rosamond Skypark and launched for an 11-hour flight…The February 2012 expedition was [Jim’s] 35th flight of at least 1,000 km.”

Click here for the rest of the story and photos from the flight.

Last month, Soaring Café published Jim’s SSA convention presentation on long cross countries in wave.