Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Congratulations Ron Clarke an Outstanding Flight

On Monday June 13, Ron Clarke had the longest flight in the United States posted on the OLC with a scored distance of 533 km. During his 6 hour 58 minute flight he went up to Bryan Ohio and logged a total straight line flight distance of 395.6 miles according to the SeeYou statistics. He only spent 27% of the flight time thermaling in average thermals of 3 kts. Maximum altitude on the flight was 7146 ft.

Ron has been been encouraging CISS members to participate in the OLC and help the club win the Region 6 competition. This flight shows we have an excellent leader. Congratulations Ron.

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