Klaus Ohlmann

German aviator · Germany · On the map · Born 1952 · age 74

Klaus Ohlmann is a German glider pilot who has established 36 world records approved by FAI.

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Awards

Otto Lilienthal Medal2017

Lilienthal Gliding Medal2000

About this person

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.

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Germany

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Dates

Born 1952 · age 74