Thursday, 2 April 2009

Gradient, The gliders of choice in the Uk '100 Club'


The '100 Club' lists all 100km (straight line) flights flown in the UK

John Silvester 's current UK record track 2007 (Gradient Avax)



Gradient wings have been used on 1 in 4 flights (23%); Gradient is more popular than any other manufacturer by far. They also hold the current Scottish, English and Welsh (UK) distance records.

Click on the following links to have a look!


http://www.cloudbase.me.uk/xcleague/100club.htm

or

http://www.cloudbase.me.uk/xcleague/100Club2.xls if you want to search the database.



This statistical analysis is courtesy of Richard Westgate - current Tandem world record holder (Gradient Bi Golden). 2008 UK XC Champion (Gradient Avax XC2). UK (winch Launch) distance holder (Gradient Aspen).