Flying in the German flats
http://www.swing.de/article/items/erwin-auer-sets-german-record-for-swing.html#nav_path_wrapper
On June 18, Swing Team pilot Erwin Auer managed a flight from
Hohen Bogen in the Bavarian Forest to the area of Bad Saulgau. With a distance
of 304.2 km it is the longest free flight ever that was launched and flown in
Germany. In the following interview Erwin told us a lot about flying tactics,
weather and what flying really is about for him. Swing: How detailed have you planned the route for the flight in advance? Erwin Auer: Actually, not at all. Regarding flight prep I am a pretty lame duck.
Otherwise I would probably not have flown straight towards the no fly zone at
Biberach. When my GPS warned me, I had to turn away from the wind to avoid it.
Then the flight unfortunately ended quite quickly. Otherwise, a lot more would
have been possible on that day.
http://www.dhv-xc.de/xc/modules/leonardo/index.php?name=leonardo&op=show_flight&flightID=529739
http://OzReport.com/1406817058
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