| record battu |
| (1/2) > >> |
|
eddie11: The World Record Safari leaded by Slovenian top pilots Aljaz and Urban Valic (Mac Para Magus 5) has achieved its goal of breaking world records in the skies of De Aar, South Africa. On Thursday 7th of December the Valic brothers flew the longest individual open distance in the world: 426 km. On the same flight they set a new distance to goal record at 368,2 km; and the new world distance on a tandem was set at 356km by British pilots Richard Westgate and Phil Bibby, who also traveled to SA for that. All the pilots spent over 7 hours in the air. Despite tough and very strong conditions, and after spending 6 and half hours in the air, both brothers made the declared goal, and had enough height and time to continue to fly further, eventually landing within 400 meters of each other! Launch was in Vosburg, with the declared destination in Jamestown, 368 km away. The pilots flew at over 5200 meters above sea level, almost as high as Kilimanjaro and higher than Mont Blanc. The records now need to be verified by the FAI. Since arriving in South Africa the brothers Aljaz (27) and Urban (26) have both flown a handful of flights over 300kms in their bid to break the standing record set by Andre Fleury in Brazil last year at 353,4 km. The current straight distance mark was set at 423,4 km by Will Gadd (CA) in 2002, in Texas, USA. The tandem distance record was set at 314 km by Andre Fleury and Claudia Ribeiro only two months ago, and it has not even been ratified by the FAI yet. Des Pansi, Marketing Manager for South African Hanggliding and Paragliding Association (SAHPA), stated: ?After working to get the world record back in South Africa for the last three years, we are proud and immensely excited to have not just one record, but three world records back in our country.? De Aar is a popular destination during the December months for paraglider pilots from all over the world as it has the weather conditions conducive to breaking records in this free flying sport. Flight details: Aljaz: 426,8 km Start time: 10.57 Landing time: 18.29 Avg. speed: 56,6 km/h Duration: 7.31 h max. Altitude: 5367 m Max. Speed: 120 km/h Open distance: 426,8 km Urban: 426,4 km Start time: 10.35 Landing time: 18.05 Avg. speed: 56,8 km/h Duration: 7.27 h Max. Altitude: 5604 m Max. Speed: 118 km/h Open distance: 426,4 km Posted: December 20th, 2006 |
|
Man's: Je suivais de près ces deux frangins car je me doutais qu'ils allaient frapper fort un jour, mais honnetement , je pensais pas que ce serait si tôt !! :pouce: et :bravo: les p'tits gars ! |
|
eddie11: Ils ont fais trés fort! les infos sont sur ojovolador.com |
|
Blue coua: ahurissant de voir que ce frangins ont battu un reccord et qu'ils se sont simplement posés à 400 meters l'un de l'autre (tranquile la récup :pouce: ) quand est-ce que le LCDV part pour une virée en Afrique du Sud en décembre :dent: |
|
eddie11: moi moi moi!!! en afrique du sud! sérieusement un collegue est allez à la x-ceara et c'est régalé; il veut que l'on y aille l'année prochaine avec lui: budget 1900euro. je pence que pour se prix l'on peut se faire 15jour en afrique du sud en se debrouillant bien. |
| Navigation |
| Index des messages |
| Page suivante |