Strong performance: 483 km in Australia!

The whole team Archaeopteryx Marlies warmly congratulates the longest so far successful Archaeopteryx flight and wish you a happy flying!

Her husband Peter reports on the common adventure, "Marlies flight to Forbes is even more remarkable than that the thermals were just average and very low base. On a good day would have to put this line back two hours faster. Marlies had landed at the end because it was simply too dark. One can also no longer good electrical lines darken recognize this close to. I am not arrived half an hour after landing at Marlies and it was "pitch dark".

The idea was that I would fly back on Friday. Well the weather was not very good to. We then have the Archaeopteryx on the airfield, parked next to the Dragonflies placed. He was then admired by the tug pilot. Bill Moyes (The kite flying Pioneer) was impressed by this bright Fluggeraet.

One has the Tug pilots then hauled me to the Dragonfly at 1700ft. Absolutely no problem with the aircraft towing or speed (35mph). I was able to disengage when plated directly into a thermal sky and then went over the airfield at 3500FT climbed above ground. The early thermals was not very strong and I am then in a relatively strong side / headwind for 2hrs 40mins in total flown 70km to the south. I have to fly over then would have an approximately 30km Total area with no roads and plenty of water, but it was too risky because we wanted to be back again in the evening. I am then gelanded, Marlies was announced at the landing field. Half an hour later we are in the trailer with the Archy again driven back to Boort. A great adventure that we will not repeat sometimes. "