“New world record awaiting official confirmation: 426km set by two Slovenian brothers, Urban and Aljaz Valic who landed 300m apart. 368km was the declared goal, they then went on for the open distance record and got that one too Tandem pilot Richard Westgate flew 358km open distance record. Previous record was 299km. Take that! Take off was in Vosburg 100km from De Aar.”
Tagebuch der Valic Brüder von Südafrika. Link
Update: Flights online! Urban / Aljaz
Update II: Flüge sind bestätigt, müssen jedoch von der FAI abgesegnet werden.
Tags: Aliaz Valic, Gleitschirm, Rekorde, Südafrika, Urban Valic