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U-Turn anounces: 5 Hungarian records in 4 days with U2 and AIR FORCE
Villingen-Schwenningen. U-Turn Team Pilot Pál Takáts flown 5 new Hungarian National XC Records in Switzerland! Last winter Pal moved to Interlaken, Switzerland, and after discovering the area´s cross county potentials he just waited for the spring to come. In the beginning of may during a long period of sunny weather he managed to fly 2 new records on U2 tandem together with his girlfriend and 3 more solo records flying U-Turn´s competition wing, the AIR FORCE. The records have been accepted and validated by the Hungarian Free Flying Association, see the details below.
Unfortunately at the end of the month Pal suffered an accident and he broke his left ankle by a hard landing. More then 6 weeks after his healing process is very fast, however he should stay on the ground for several more weeks. So he cannot compete on the Acro World Cups this year, but sure he is very motivated to get back in the air as soon as possible. We can see him flying again together with his partner Gábor Kézi over the city of Geneva on the 10th of August (Fete du Geneve) and soon after in Budapest during the RedBull Air Race on the 20th. Details of the record flights:
1. Tandem FAI triangle (04/05/2008)
Distance: 25km
Old record: no existing record
Take-off: Amisbühl, Interlaken
Glider: U-Turn U2 tandem
Track log
2. Tandem speed record on 25km FAI triangle course (23/05/2008)
Average speed: 16.95 km/h
Old record: 13.77 km/h (also flown by Pál on 4th of May)
Take-off: Amisbühl, Interlaken
Glider: U-Turn U2 tandem
Track log
3. Speed on 25km FAI triangle course (07/05/2008)
Average speed: 18.66 km/h
Old record: 11.6 km/h
Take-off: Amisbühl, Interlaken
Glider: U-Turn AIR FORCE
Track log
4. Out and return (08/05/2008
Distance: 140.6 km
Old record: 107.8 km
Take-off: Fiesch, Wallis
Glider: U-Turn AIR FORCE
Track log
5. Speed on 100km Out and return course (08/05/2008)
Average speed: 25.09 km/h
Old record: unknown
Take-off: Fiesch, Wallis
Glider: U-Turn AIR FORCE
Source: U-Turn
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