2005年2月11日Klaus OHLMANN氏講演会

「グライダー・チャレンジ・アンデス2004シンポジウム」が秋葉原の万世で開かれました。主催は日本グライダークラブ・日本女性航空協会。

内容はOhlmann氏の2,174km直線距離記録（2003年11月23日）の記録、女性世界記録を作ったアルゼンチン遠征報告(森中祐治、森中玲子氏)、国内で2003年4月に1,000kmタスクを達成、2004年4月には500km往復速度日本記録を作った市川博一氏の奥羽山脈とアンデスの気象条件比較など。

Class D - Gliders / Claims number : 10372 - 10373
                              Sub-class : DO - Open Class Gliders
                              Feminine Category
                              Date: 30.12.2004
                              Course/location : San Martin de los Andes (ARG)
                              Pilot : Reiko MORINAKA (JAP)
                              Glider : Glaser-Dirks DG-400 M17

                              Claim number : 10372
                              Type of record : Free out-and-return distance
                              Performance : 1 193.2 km
                              Current record : 1 042.55 km (25.12.1998 - Hana ZEJDOVA,
                              CZE)

                              Claim number : 10373
                              Type of record : Free distance using up to 3 turn points
                              Performance : 1 302.2 km
                              Current record : 1081.2 km (05.01.2003 - Pamela
                              KURSTJENS-HAWKINS, UK)

                              Class D - Gliders / Claim number : 10391
                              Sub-class : DO - Open Class Gliders
                              Feminine Category
                              Type of record : Free distance using up to 3 turn points
                              Course/location : San Martin de los Andes (ARG)
                              Performance : 1 273.2 km
                              Pilot : Reiko MORINAKA (JAP)
                              Glider : Glaser-Dirks DG-400 M17
                              Date: 11.01.2005
                              Current record : 1 081.2 km (05.01.2003 - Pamela
                              KURSTJENS-HAWKINS, UK)

2月の時点では直線世界距離記録2,187km(15h 42min)はDelore/Fossett組(ASH 25M)が持っています。Klausの話では、Fossettチームは出発地点を迅速に変更できるように直線タスクの南北両端に一機ずつグライダーを置き、予報で良いとされた側へCitationで移動していたそうです。これｋらまた彼の記録を破るぜ、あと500km北へ伸ばせる、との話でした。アルゼンチンでの規則として日の出、日の入りの前後20分間は飛行ができるようです。トイレは袋に出して投棄、らしい。女性用のシステムも作っている人がいるようです。

(Aerokurier)Delore/Fossett beat Ohlmann
Klaus Ohlmann痴 world record over the longest distance in the form of a straight route (2,174.5km), with which he had won the long-standing Joachim-K・tner Prize ($10,000) on 23 November 2003, lasted exactly a year. On 4 December 2004, Terry Delore and Steve Fossett notched up an extra 20km, wave soaring 2,193.4 km in the Argentine Andes, from El Calafate in the south of the country to the sub-tropical north in San Juan. In Europe, this would be the equivalent of flying from Milan to Moscow!

(FAI News) )Since Delore and Fossett teamed up in 2002 the pair havebroken 11 of these
'open class' records. The previous mark for glider freedistance was 2,174
kms, set by German glider legend Klaus Ohlmann in 2003.

"This is one of my gliding ambitions fulfilled -- and I know　it has been one　of Terry's goals for over 10 years as well," said Fossett.
"The conditions　are fantastic and it is just great to be flying along the　Andes, going for
records. Many of the top international pilots, including　Klaus Ohlmann, are　here for the Argentine spring season, and it is a privilege　to be competing
with them."

Delore and Fossett took off on a very cold Saturday morning
-- El Calafate　is at the gateway to the glacier national park -- and as　they flew along
hour after hour one concern was that their feet would　freeze. But as they headed north conditions warmed, and when they landed at San Juan shortly
after sunset it was hot and muggy.

Steve Fossett now holds world records in 5 sports - balloons, airships, sailboats, gliders, and jet airplanes.