Captain Posted March 5, 2007 Share Posted March 5, 2007 That's a fair way up in a Glider ..................... FAI has ratified the following Class D (Gliders) record : ================================================================ Claim number : 14043 Sub-class :DO (Open Class Gliders) GeneralCategory Type of record : Absolute altitude Course/location : El Calafate (Argentina) Performance : 15 460 m Pilot : Steve FOSSETT (USA) Crew : Einar ENEVOLDSON Glider : Glaser-Dirks DG-505 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxamos Posted March 8, 2007 Share Posted March 8, 2007 Glider Height record Do you have any links to this story. Sounds like an interesting read ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxamos Posted March 12, 2007 Share Posted March 12, 2007 Link to height world record Here is a link to a story about that record; http://www.technologyevangelist.com/2006/09/steve_fossett_does_i.html It was a good read. Amazing !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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