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. Retrieved on 2007-01-11.
- ^ FAI World Records by Klaus Ohlmann. Retrieved on 2007-01-11.
- ^ FAI free distance world records (glider). Retrieved on 2007-01-11.
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