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Gregory Knudsen Sets New FAI World Record

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Gregory Knudsen reports from Kenya, where he has broken the 100km Out-and-Return World Record: I’ve just come back from 12 days of camping in the Kerio Valley where, after much required patience and no little consternation, and following several failed attempts, the weather finally improved enough to provide a window of opportunity for me to take a crack at the FAI world record.  On January 19 I began my official flight at 08:24:00.  Two hours, twenty-one minutes, forty-three seconds later, I completed the task and broke the current world paragliding record.  Flying almost constantly at 70% bar, trying to punch through powerful thermals as fast as possible and not climb while remaining relatively close to the rim of the escarpment, was easily one of the more demanding and intense experiences I have ever encountered.  Hours after I’d landed, I became conscious that the muscles in my neck and shoulders had still not fully decompressed. The following is the official Press Release from the Luxembourg NAC: Read more

2 New World Tandem Paramotor Records

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2 new world records were made by Ryan Shaw from Paradrenalin USA on December 7th in Phoenix, Arizona, USA.
On both record flights, oxygen was used as well as a Flight Recorder.

World Record # 15: Tandem time to climb to 3000 meters above ground level was made in just 23 minutes using Apco’s Play 42 MKII and beating the old record by a full 3 minutes.

World record # 16: Play 42 MKII world record, Tandem altitude above ground level was broken by more than 1500 Meters over the previous record.

Full story here:
http://www.ryanshaw.net/world-records-altitude/

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Source: US Paramotor News