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Here's a couple of the latest news flashes:
JIM PAYNE WINS OLC WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
(From EAA news release) Jim Payne, EAA 240618, a
glider pilot from Rosamond, California, won the 2008 Aerokurier Online Soaring
Contest (OLC). Jim outscored 10,981 pilots in this year-long contest to become
the 2008 OLC World Champion. The contest scores each pilot's six longest
flights adjusted for the performance of the sailplane. Jim's top six flights
totaled 5,697 miles for an average of 949 miles per flight. His longest flight
was 1,115 miles. Total flight time for the flights was 62.9 hours. Five of the
flights were flown in an ASW-27, a single-seat racing sailplane with a 15
meter (49-foot) wingspan; the sixth was flown in an ASH-25.
Jim & Jackie (at the 2005 SSA convention)
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