19/01/2001 | Posted by Thierry at 03:50 PM
118.2 km/h is the new speed over a triangular course in the ultralight glider class. This record was set by the Slovenian pilot Bostjan Pristavec in Lesce-Bled (Slovenia) with a new glider : the Apis WR built in this country by Albastar.
This glider has a wingspan of 13 meters and a gliding ratio of 36.7 at 86 km/h. Excellent conditions for high speed flying on the ridge of Karavanke mountains (between Slovenia and Austria) by strong south west wind have been since many years the reason for high daily speeds on Slovenian national Championships. And in 1999, Mihael Thaler set the first World speed record of this area.
Links :
- Ultralight Glider World Records
- The Bled area