Klaus Ohlmann
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Klaus Ohlmann, born 1952 in Neustadt, Germany[1] is a German glider pilot who has established 36 world records approved by FAI. Among these is the record for a free distance flight with up to 3 turn-points by flying 3,009 km from Chapelco Airport at San Martín de los Andes (Argentina) in a Schempp-Hirth Nimbus 4 DM on 21 January 2003.[2] He also broke Hans-Werner Grosse's free distance record, which had lasted over 30 years, on 9 January 2003 by a flight of 2,247.6 km in a Schempp-Hirth Nimbus 4 DM at El Calafate in Argentina.[3]
He is a member of the Mountain Wave Project of the meteorological section of OSTIV.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ a b )"Mountain Wave Project". http://213.157.12.16/Defaultengl.htm. Retrieved on 2007-01-11.
- ^ "FAI World Records by Klaus Ohlmann". http://records.fai.org/pilot.asp?from=gliding&id=1902. Retrieved on 2007-01-11.
- ^ "FAI free distance world records (glider)". http://records.fai.org/gliding/history.asp?id1=DO&id2=1&id3=420. Retrieved on 2007-01-11.
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