Klaus Ohlmann
Klaus Ohlmann (born 1952 in Neustadt an der Aisch, Germany) is a German glider pilot who has established 36 world records approved by FAI. Among these is the record for a free distance flight with up to 3 turn-points by flying 3,009 km from Chapelco Airport at San Martín de los Andes (Argentina) in a Schempp-Hirth Nimbus 4 DM on 21 January 2003 with his co-pilot Karl Rabeder. On 9 January 2003 at El Calafate in Argentina he made a flight of 2,247.6 km in a Schempp-Hirth Nimbus 4 DM. This set a new world free distance record, breaking the record set over 30 years earlier by Hans-Werner Grosse.On 1 February 2014, he became the first–ever pilot to fly over Mount Everest in a glider.
He is a member of the Mountain Wave Project of the meteorological section of OSTIV. Flying in wave conditions is his forte. Klaus lives in southern France, near Serres. Provided by Wikipedia
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2by Dörnbrack, Andreas, Kaifler, Bernd, Kaifler, Natalie, Rapp, Markus, Wildmann, Norman, Garhammar, Markus, Ohlmann, Klaus, Payne, James, M., Sandercock, Morgan, Austin, Elisabeth, J.Get access
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3by Dörnbrack, Andreas, Kaifler, Bernd, Kaifler, Natalie, Rapp, Markus, Wildmann, Norman, Garhammer, Markus, Ohlmann, Klaus, Payne, James M., Sandercock, Morgan, Austin, Elizabeth J., 1 Institut für Physik der AtmosphäreDLR OberpfaffenhofenOberpfaffenhofen, Germany, 2 Meteorologisches InstitutLudwig‐Maximilians‐Universität MünchenMunich, Germany, 3 Mountain Wave Project e. VGrand TerrusMontclus, France, 4 The Perlan Project, IncBeaverton Oregon USAGet access
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