Klaus Ohlmann (born 1952 in Neustadt an der Aisch, Germany[1]) 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[2] with his co-pilot Karl Rabeder.[3]
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.[4]
On 1 February 2014, he became the first–ever pilot to fly over Mount Everest in a glider.[5]
He is a member of the Mountain Wave Project of the meteorological section of OSTIV.[1]
Flying in wave conditions is his forte. Klaus lives in southern France, near Serres.
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^"Klaus Ohlmann (GER)". Retrieved 2018-09-03.
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^"FAI free distance world records (glider)". Archived from the original on 2011-06-08. Retrieved 2010-12-23.
^"Klaus Ohlmann Pilots First Glider Flight Over Everest". Retrieved 2014-03-27.
KlausOhlmann (born 1952 in Neustadt an der Aisch, Germany) is a German glider pilot who has established 36 world records approved by FAI. Among these...
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own personal purposes. On 21 January 2003 he was the co-pilot with KlausOhlmann when they set the world gliding distance record of 3,008.8 km at Chapelco...
(1995) Manfred Reinhardt (1997) Oran Nicks (1998) Hana Zejdova (1999) KlausOhlmann (2000) 2001–present James M. Payne (2001) John Hamish Roake (2002) Piero...
(1995) Manfred Reinhardt (1997) Oran Nicks (1998) Hana Zejdova (1999) KlausOhlmann (2000) 2001–present James M. Payne (2001) John Hamish Roake (2002) Piero...
(1995) Manfred Reinhardt (1997) Oran Nicks (1998) Hana Zejdova (1999) KlausOhlmann (2000) 2001–present James M. Payne (2001) John Hamish Roake (2002) Piero...
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1998 Oran Nicks United States 1999 Hana Zejdová Czech Republic 2000 KlausOhlmann Germany 2001 James M. Payne United States 2002 John Hamish Roake New...
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(1995) Manfred Reinhardt (1997) Oran Nicks (1998) Hana Zejdova (1999) KlausOhlmann (2000) 2001–present James M. Payne (2001) John Hamish Roake (2002) Piero...
(1995) Manfred Reinhardt (1997) Oran Nicks (1998) Hana Zejdova (1999) KlausOhlmann (2000) 2001–present James M. Payne (2001) John Hamish Roake (2002) Piero...
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