Roost Air Lounge => Aviation related topics => Topic started by: Jean Loup on October 16, 2009, 04:27:47 PM
Title: More SAD news
Post by: Jean Loup on October 16, 2009, 04:27:47 PM
FAI has canceled the following Class CS (Solar-Powered Aeroplanes) World record : ================================================ Claim number : 15480 Sub-class :CS (Solar-Powered Aeroplane) Type of record : Absolute altitude Course/location : Torino (Italy) Performance : 6 178 m Pilot : Eric RAYMOND (USA) Aircraft : Sunseeker II Date :12.06.2009 Current record : no record set yet Reason for cancellation: No dossier received in due time by NAC ================================================ and ================================================ Claim number : 15481 Sub-class :CS (Solar-Powered Aeroplane) Type of record : Duration Course/location : Torino (Italy) Performance : 6.1 h Pilot : Eric RAYMOND (USA) Aircraft : Sunseeker II Date :12.06.2009 Current record : no record set yet Reason for cancellation: No dossier received in due time by NAC ================================================
::banghead:: Bureaucracy at it's WORST! I previously believed, FAI was on GA side, on homebuilds side, and on new aerial feats side...thank the Godesses, they were not present at Kitty Hawk on 1903...no dossier received in those days, either! ::knockedout:: Soon, they will close down Oshkosh, oh my gosh !!! (if this trend continues) |:)\ I have a blog on Sunseeker II: ::type:: http://donyan.blogspot.com/2009/06/solar-powered-sunseeker-ii-crosses-alps.html ::drinking:: ::drinking:: ::drinking::
