I wonder how many gliders fly for more than 5 hours?
Oone problem that gliding suffers with is that people who do not know or understand what we do have opinions on how, when and where we should fly.
The answer to the 5 hour question?
last sunday there were at least 100 flight recorded of over 5 hours, but probably 300 plus!!!
Looking in my own log book few flight are less than 5 and many are in the 8 to 10hr+ bracket. I think a guy in Scotland did around 14 hrs in one fligh last year, now that is not the norm so not quoted here, He is hoping for a longer flight in the near future.
5 hrs is not an exception Fuji Abound, I would say more like an average for soaring pilots