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Flight detail Brad Sander · 22.6.2008 · 249.29 km

Basic info

pilot : Brad Sander [bradsander]
date : 22.6.2008 04:19
glider : OZONE Vulcan
launch : Booni [PK]
route : 249.29 km
VP
 249.29 p.
IGC file : 86MX1bs1.igc
Google Earth : 86MX1bs1.igc.kml
Desc | Flight | Route | Start | Land

Desc

umm what to say? A great flight and a dream. This flight links the 2 greatest flying sites in the world, Booni in the Hindukush and Hunza in the Karakorum. I thought it would be a bivy flight but the conditions were amazing and got it done in a day. Landed and walked to the Mulberry hotel to share my joy with John Silvester and Eddie Colfox who had just gotten back from China. Most of the route follows the road and it's mostly over landable areas.

I believe this is a record for distance, max height and flight duration in Pakistan.

Flight

flight duration : 09:05:18 h
max. altitude : 7752 m
max. alt. gain : 3877 m
max. climb : 6.2 m/s
max. sink : 6.0 m/s
tracklog length : 386.903 km
free distance : 223.82 km / 249.29 km

Route

route length : 249.29 km
route duration : 08:58:41 h
avg. speed : 27.77 km/h
route type : free distance
coeficient : 1.00
points : 249.29 p.

Turnpoints and legs

SP | L | TP1 | L | TP2 | L | TP3 | L | KB
Start point
time : 04:22:57 UTC
altitude : 3875 m
GPS lat : N 36° 20.114
GPS lon : E 72° 10.445
Leg between SP a TP1
length : 26.59 km
flight duration : 01:26:31 h
avg. speed : 18.44 km/h
% of route length : 10.7%
Turnpoint 1
time : 05:49:28 UTC
altitude : 5677 m
GPS lat : N 36° 31.290
GPS lon : E 72° 21.624
Leg between TP1 and TP2
length : 170.72 km
flight duration : 05:50:38 h
avg. speed : 29.21 km/h
% of route length : 68.5%
Turnpoint 2
time : 11:40:06 UTC
altitude : 4469 m
GPS lat : N 36° 06.011
GPS lon : E 74° 11.556
Leg between TP2 and TP3
length : 31.57 km
flight duration : 01:17:08 h
avg. speed : 24.56 km/h
% of route length : 12.7%
Turnpoint 3
time : 12:57:14 UTC
altitude : 5404 m
GPS lat : N 36° 10.798
GPS lon : E 74° 31.803
Leg between TP3 and EP
length : 20.41 km
flight duration : 00:24:24 min
avg. speed : 50.18 km/h
% of route length : 8.2%
End point
time : 13:21:38 UTC
altitude : 2755 m
GPS lat : N 36° 19.495
GPS lon : E 74° 40.178

Start

time : 04:19:02 UTC
altitude : 3875 m
GPS lat : N 36° 20.131
GPS lon : E 72° 10.430

Land

time : 13:24:20 UTC
altitude : 2397 m
GPS lat : N 36° 19.167
GPS lon : E 74° 40.254
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Flight discussion

  • amazing!
    Author: rico [www] | Posted: 23.06.2008 * 09:07

    Congratulations! That is one heck of a flight - thanks for uploading it!

    Cheers,

    Rico

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  • nice!
    Author: Skydive | Posted: 23.06.2008 * 09:52

    Do u have some nice pics of your flight or a blog or something?

    really a nice flight!

    dominik

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  • Wow !
    Author: paul.tomassi | Posted: 23.06.2008 * 10:14

    What a flight...

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  • incredible
    Author: charlie [www] | Posted: 23.06.2008 * 10:41

    great flight! PLEASE any pictures?

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  • !!!
    Author: SamZEd | Posted: 23.06.2008 * 10:54

    Incredible ! Wonderfull !! Do you have plum on your amrs ?

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  • Fantastic!
    Author: Clouseau | Posted: 23.06.2008 * 10:59

    Congratulations! Fantastic! Pictures?

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  • AMAZING
    Author: Hagen | Posted: 23.06.2008 * 11:34

    What an amazing flight! Congratulations. In my opinion this is one of the greatest flights ever. Can't wait to hear your story! Cheers, Hagen

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  • Amazing flight!
    Author: veetek [www] | Posted: 23.06.2008 * 11:48

    It must be amazing courage to fly through Himalayas and reach your altitudes!

    Was it flown with breathing apparatus?

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  • Heck!
    Author: ColinHawke | Posted: 23.06.2008 * 13:49

    Flipping heck Brad didn't take you long to get some great flights in after I left ! Well done mate.

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  • 7752 m in a 9 hours fly
    Author: Damien | Posted: 23.06.2008 * 14:08

    Brad you are just...

    7752 m in a 9 hours fly, how did you manage to not make explose your brain?

    Congratulation for this flight!!!!!!!!

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  • Brad movie
    Author: fan of brad | Posted: 23.06.2008 * 14:23

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  • Chapeau!!!!
    Author: manwe | Posted: 23.06.2008 * 15:38

    Fantastic distance, fantastic altitude, fantastic duration, fantastic area - and a brave pilot!!! A fabulous flight at all!!! Chapeau - you made my day :-)))

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  • What a fligt !
    Author: jaf [www] | Posted: 23.06.2008 * 16:51

    I can't believe your eyes have seen all this in the same day !

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  • respect...
    Author: Pál [www] | Posted: 23.06.2008 * 17:14

    Incredble, just incredible! Deep respect man!

    I see it was actually not your first or second flight in the area :-) For how long are are you flying there?

    Congratz once again!

    Pál

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  • shabash!
    Author: jim mallinson | Posted: 23.06.2008 * 20:56

    Shabash Jawan! Kyaa baat!

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  • Wow...
    Author: uersel | Posted: 24.06.2008 * 00:03

    An absolutely amazing flight... Never seen anything comparable... Seems to be an area only for real pilots...! Wish I could see this landscape from 7752m...

    Pictures are a must... ;-) Thank you for uploading the tracklog.

    Urs

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  • Simply unbelievable! Big congratulation!
    Author: Ondra | Posted: 24.06.2008 * 12:10

    It is surely the most amazing flight which has ever been done! Big admiration for this flight, big congratulation! Ondra

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  • I was already impressed but now..
    Author: valesca | Posted: 24.06.2008 * 17:31

    I was already impressed by jour flying but this beats it!

    Wow!!

    Valesca

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  • You've opened a new era of paragliding!
    Author: pucz | Posted: 24.06.2008 * 20:25

    Fantastic! I'm enthused that you did this unbelivable flight whole and sound!!

    Big,big,congratulations!!!

    I've never belive that this could be possible... Thank you!

    Vlasta from Brno, Czech

    I hope for your permission for putting this link to your blog, for other fascinated pilots:

    http://bradsander.blogspot.com/2008/06/records-and-number.html

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  • A new dimension
    Author: Stephan.Wirgler | Posted: 25.06.2008 * 01:19

    Congratulations for your BIG FLIGHT!!!!

    It must have been wonderfull, i am very very jealous ;-)

    I wish you all the best and many flights like this, deeply impressed, Stephan

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  • Pictures and Video Coming
    Author: Brad [www] | Posted: 26.06.2008 * 19:57

    Wow,

    Thanks for the the support and all the kind words! The dialup connection too slow for photos, soon I'll update with full story pictures and video.

    Brad

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  • aBsOLUTeLY FaNtasTiC
    Author: Alex [www] | Posted: 26.06.2008 * 22:18

    Hi Brad,

    what a flight - congratulations and thanks for sharing this flight with us.

    Alex

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  • .
    Author: fraents | Posted: 04.07.2008 * 10:14

    You are a hero! Never would i dare to fly over such a terrain. Im spoiled with the alps.

    Its people like you who make this sport a sport.

    Go on like this. There's still a lot to be done.

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  • Brutal!!!
    Author: Ruben GT [www] | Posted: 04.07.2008 * 17:31

    Vulcan is definitly the best canopy in the whole world, Great hugh From acroos the planet, Madeira in Portugal. That flight will give you weeks and weeks of daydreaming. No words!

    Someday we shall meet in a thermal very, very high :)

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  • Hypoxic? or just estatic?
    Author: Mark Dowsett [www] | Posted: 08.07.2008 * 15:43

    I like the interview at the end...were you hypoxic? Or just estatic?

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  • Video for the Flight
    Author: Brad [www] | Posted: 16.07.2008 * 08:41

    Sorry it took so long. Here is video for first half of flight. The other video around Tirich Mir was shot October of 2007. Thanks again for all the interest. Don't think Pakistan is not for you.. I'm not that great of a pilot I've just gotten in good flights because I spent 5 months there in 2007 and 2 months so far this year. Bound to hit some good days!

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  • Deeply impressed
    Author: Peter Feichtinger | Posted: 16.07.2008 * 13:28

    Hi Brad, I am really deeply impressed of your flight!

    Maybe the conditions were a present, but a pilot must have the spirit to realise such a big and long flight in this area. Congratulations to that! I always wanted to go to Ladhak for flying, maybe I should change...

    All the best for your next projects ;-),

    Peter

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  • woooo whooo
    Author: Steve Marks | Posted: 20.07.2008 * 01:48

    nice one brad,awesome flying mate

    catch up in bir in a few months

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