Head for the Nullabor guys and gals - the hang gliders are doing 90 kph out there!!! Pam
FAI has received the following Class O (Hang Gliding and Paragliding) World record : ================================================ Claim number : 17042 Sub-class :O-1 (HG with a rigid primary structure / controlled by weight shift) Category: General Type of record : Speed over an out-and-return course of 300 km Course/location : Nullabor National Park (Australia) Performance : 71.28 km/h Pilot : Jonny Durand (Australia) Hang Glider : Litespeed RX 3.5 / Moyes Delta Gliders Date :28.01.2014 Current record : 56.59 km/h (12.02.1998 - Rohan Holtkamp, Australia) ================================================ and ================================================ Claim number : 17043 Sub-class :O-1 (HG with a rigid primary structure / controlled by weight shift) Category: General Type of record : Speed over an out-and-return course of 100 km Course/location : Nullabor National Park (Australia) Performance : 90.41 km/h Pilot : Jonny Durand (Australia) Hang Glider : Litespeed RX 3.5 / Moyes Delta Gliders operated by Date :28.01.2014 Current record : 75.73 km/h (09.01.1998 - Tomas Suchanek, Czech Rep.) ================================================ The details shown above are provisional. When all the evidence required has been received and checked, the exact figures will be established and the record ratified (if appropriate). -- *Record Officer* FAI - Fédération Aéronautique Internationale Maison du Sport International | Av. de Rhodanie 54 | 1007 Lausanne | Switzerland Tel: +41 (0)21 345 10 70 | Fax: +41 (0)21 345 10 77 www.fai.org <http://www.fai.org> | Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/airsports.fai> | Twitter <http://www.twitter.com/airsports_fai> _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
