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| A new world record was set by Czech Ultralight Expedition on
Friday, September 29th, 2000 at 7:40 a.m. local time in the Himalayas, near Pokhara,
Nepal. After 12 years of preparations and experiments, including an unsuccessful attempt
to fly over the highest peak on Earth - Mount Everest (8,848 meters) in 1993, pilot Jan
Bém, leader of the Czech Ultralight Expedition, succeeded in flying over the Annapurna I
peak with the ultralight he modified himself, powered by a special turbocharged engine.
The weather was good, there was a westerly wind 90 km per hour above the peak at 8,400
meters above sea level, temperature minus 35 degrees Celsius. The peak was reached 45
minutes after takeoff from Pokhara airport. |
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View of the Annapurna mountain range. Annapurna I can be seen on the far left. Mount. St.
Machhapuchu can be seen on the right, under the wing of the ultralight. |
Pilot and expedition leader Jan Bém immediately after the record-breaking flight, frosty
and exhilarated. |
Map with flight path |
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Written by Patrik Sainer, translation
by Alesh Houdek
Annapurna High 2000 Expedition, e-mail: annapurnahigh@hotmail.com
Web design: (c)2000 Avion, Patrik Sainer, webmaster: patrik@avion.vztlak.cz |
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