Paragliding
records
FAI (Fdration Aronautique Internationale) world records:
Straight distance 461.6 km: Frank Brown, Marcelo Prieto, Rafael Monteiro Saladini (Brazil); Quixada Duque, Brazil; 14 November 2007.
Straight distance to declared goal 368.9 km: Alja Vali, Urban Vali (Slovenia); Vosburg Jamestown (South Africa); 7 December 2006
Gain of height 4526 m: Robbie Whittall (UK); Brandvlei (South Africa); 6 January 1993
Other records (distance/speed for out-and-return and triangular course) can be seen on the FAI site
Recently a flight of over 500 km was made by Nevil Hulett in excellent conditions in South Africa; Flight record
Pilot numbers
A multi-national contingent in the air in Bali
Numbers of actively flying pilots can only be a rough estimate, but France is believed to have the largest number, at around 25,000. Next most active flying countries are Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Japan, and Korea, at around 10,000 20,000, followed by Italy, the UK, and Spain with around 5,000 10,000. The USA has around 4,500. (All as of 2004).
See also
Foot-launched Powered Hang Glider
Glider (sailplane)
Comparison between paragliders, hang gliders and sailplanes
Gliding
Hang gliding
Powered paragliding
Torrey Pines Gliderport
Parahawking
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References
^ US Pat. 2734706 – Filed October 17, 1952.
^ Walter Neumark, “The Future of Soaring”, Flight magazine, 14 May 1954
^ History of Paragliding
^ Pilot Profile: David Barish, the Probable Inventor of the Paraglider
^ a b David Barish, The Forgotten Father of Paragliding
^ Jean-Claude Btemps: i invent le parapente
^ FAI Hang Gliding and Paragliding World Records
^ How many pilots worldwide?
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Paragliding
Paragliding at the Open Directory Project
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