It’s been a great few weeks for distance flying according to a few Ozone friends.
Team Pilot Nick Greece wrote in about two nice flights he had on his Enzo 2:
Had an amazing day on the 17th from Jupiter, Utah, USA that I would like to share with you. Wanted to get up and away from the mountains and into the flats where I could handle more wind if I had to land backwards. Ive only flown Jupiter two other times and never really got up, so the first section to get the route lined up was a bit tough and the climbs were only 400-600 feet per minute which made for slow climbing, although every climb would send me 10 miles or more just with the drift. With an average speed of 32 mph I was able to fly 293.3km (172.7 miles) in just under 6 hours. To be alone in those flats in the wind is inspiring and slightly terrifying at the same time. Terrispiring. Those clouds you see in the photo were always just ahead of me. After four hours of being bummed I couldnt catch em I realized they too were in the same wind and …read more
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