MRCSS Club Soaring Records
These records were something that the club maintained and recognized until the end of the Summer 2000 flying season. After that time they seem to have been forgotten. They were recently rediscovered in 2008 when the current webmaster found them in an old newsletter. He decided that they should be posted to the new club site to recognize the accomplishments of some excellent pilots that have flown with the club. So here they are.
Let's see if any current members would like to take a shot a setting a new record in 2008!
Longest slope duration
Class
| Flight Time
| Pilot | Date
| Location
| Model
|
| 1.5m / Hand launch | 3:21:00
| Tom Rent
| 10/98
| Â | Â |
| 2m | 4:29:00 | K. Rogers
| 10/87 | Â | Â |
Standard
| 3:17:07 | Tom Rent
| 8/89
| Â | Â |
| Open | 2:45:38
| K. Rogers
| 10/82
| Â | Â |
| RES | Â 4:02:22 | Bill Rakozy
| 2006-08-05 | HC
| Soprano
|
Longest thermal duration
| Class | Flight Time
| Pilot | Date | Location | Model
|
| Hand launch | 0:46:01
| Brian Brinkman | 7/96 | Â | Â |
| Illusion HL | 0:11:13 | Dave Degroot
| 5/96 | Â | Â |
| Illusion 1.5m | 0:02:55 | Jim Ladwig
| 5/98 | Â | Â |
| 2m | 1:37:48
| K. Rogers | 8/83
| Â | Â |
| Standard | 2:13:00
| R. Diabaiso
| 6/87
| Â | Â |
| Open | 3:17:10
| Steve Bowman
| 5/90 | Â | Â |
| RES | 0:29:25
| Mark Miller | Â | Elk River
| Soprano
|
Longest Electric Duration
| Class | Flight Time
| Pilot | Date | Location | Model
|
5/6 cell
| 0:44:49 | Tom Rent
| 4/93
| Â | Â |
| 7 cell | 2:44:12 | Jim Smith
| 8/94 | Â | Â |
| Open | 1:04:38 | Brian Brinkman
| Â | Â | Â |
Longest Flight after 6:00 PM
| Class | Flight Time
| Pilot | Date | Location | Model
|
slope
| Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
thermal
| 0:45:02 | Craig Kotval
| 4/88 | Â | Â |
| electric | 0:20:44 | Jim Smith
| 8/93 | Â | Â |
Farthest Cross Country Flight
| Class | Distance | Pilot | Date | Location | Model
|
| 144" span or less | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
145" span or more
| 6.0 miles
| A. Karl and Jack Perecman | 6/90 | Â | Â |
