{"id":543,"date":"2018-06-15T14:37:51","date_gmt":"2018-06-15T14:37:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/funflying.co.uk\/?p=543"},"modified":"2018-08-31T14:40:26","modified_gmt":"2018-08-31T14:40:26","slug":"world-record-attempt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/funflying.co.uk\/?p=543","title":{"rendered":"World Record Attempt"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Newsletter- World Record Attempt<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On the 15th June 2018 David Broom successfully flew 34.54km engine-off in the Airplay Aircraft EuroFly Snake\/Grif 3DC nanolight sub-70 flexwing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If ratified by the FAI this should become a new British and World Record. No previous record has been set in the solo flexwing class.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure><div class=\"youtube-embed\" style=\"position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; margin: 1.5em 0;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AVyKUUs0UYU?rel=0\" title=\"Related Video\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0;\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br\/>If the above video doesn&#8217;t show, click <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/AVyKUUs0UYU\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">David says &#8220;I wanted to show hang\/paraglider pilots that their core flying experience can be enhanced by flying a nanolight trike. After self-launching from Sandy, Bedfordshire I used only thermals to fly back to near my home airfield. I even landed out in a small farmer&#8217;s field to demonstrate that this is still perfectly feasible with a trike unit, before restarting the engine to fly home and avoid a prolonged retrieve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Grif 3DC and Snake combination offers glide performance broadly similar to a good intermediate hang-glider. The supine seating position is very comfortable for long periods and makes keeping an adequate lookout much easier than with a prone harness. Aside from using the engine to self-launch, it&#8217;s much more fun flying to\/from your favourite site than driving there!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The claim now needs to be ratified by the FAI to become a world record; a process that often takes months or even years. There can be no doubt that the flight took place as claimed; I carried 3 separate GPS trackers and filmed the entire flight in addition to arranging the required official observers. However, the approval document hasn&#8217;t been updated for years and doesn&#8217;t contain any procedures for video evidence. The quickest way for me to force the point was to do a flight and make a record claim!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">34km is actually quite a modest distance and the aircraft is capable of much more. I was a bit late taking off and was racing to keep ahead of some overdevelopment. If I&#8217;d been a bit earlier I&#8217;m confident I could have easily reached the coast.I&#8217;m hoping that the FAI will now update their record procedures and this will make it easier for pilots in all classes to show what they are capable of.&#8221;&#8211;<br\/>Phone: +44(0)7773 253454<br\/>Web: <a href=\"https:\/\/funflying.co.uk\">www.airplayaircraft.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Newsletter- World Record Attempt On the 15th June 2018 David Broom successfully flew 34.54km engine-off in the Airplay Aircraft EuroFly Snake\/Grif 3DC nanolight sub-70 flexwing. If ratified by the FAI this should become a new British and World Record. No previous record has been set in the solo flexwing class. If the above video doesn&#8217;t &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/funflying.co.uk\/?p=543\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;World Record Attempt&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-543","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9cGK0-8L","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/funflying.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/543","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/funflying.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/funflying.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/funflying.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/funflying.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=543"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/funflying.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/543\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":544,"href":"https:\/\/funflying.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/543\/revisions\/544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/funflying.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/funflying.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/funflying.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}