2,000km glider flight

[cats_five]

Originally Posted by jackx123

It's an enormous feat. Having done >1,000km as P2 almost 30 years ago in an ASH-25 lasting over 11hours in Europe, I recognize the challenges these guys went through, not to mention the strain on the bladder

Haven't you heard of pee bags & tubes?

[CISTRS]

Quite impressive. Particularly from a physiological point of view.

Although I could find lift, I never managed a Gold C endurance of 5 hours. My back would seize up after three hours, and I had to make a landing.
(6'-3" pilot in a Pilatus B-4.)

Fantastic achievement - very impressive.

[India Four Two]

It is almost the first anniversary of another amazing flight flown in wave in New Zealand - 2500 km in 15 hours:

NZ glider pilots break distance record - National - NZ Herald News

To put this flight into perspective, in UK terms, it is equivalent to declaring Dunstable - Edinburgh - Gatwick - Inverness - Dunstable. Of course, you would need some bigger hills and ATC cooperation