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Montag, 6 March 2006


VL-3 World Record ratified

The World Air Sport Federation (F.A.I. - Fédération Aéronautique Internationale) has ratified a performance of Jiri Unzeitig (pilot) and Vera Vavrinova (co-pilot) on 19 October 2005 as a World Record in the class R subclass RAL2 (Microlights, Movable Aerodynamic Control, Landplane, flown with two persons) at speed over a straight 15/25 km course.

Last year the crew of the VL-3 (microlight) aircraft reached the speed of 274,78 km/h (170,74 mph) on a course near Horovice, Czech Republic.

They surpassed a record set by German crew J. Kessler / M. Krawiec with Dynaero MCR-01 microlight in 1999, which was 265 km/h (164,66 mph)

It should be noted that the record was reached on the first manufactured aircraft in standard conditions without any improvements (no polishing, without sealing gaps, etc.) and with MTOW = 450 kg.