www.PSFmagazine.com | October-November 2018 | 25 24 | October-November 2018 | Powered Sport Flying P +61 2 4944 9199 E fly@airborne.com.au airborne.com.au ADVENTURES ARE MADE EVERYDAY WITH AIRBORNE! Prices starting under $35,000 Airborne’s new M3 Sport, more comfort, excellent stability, 3 wing options. Dealer inquiries from established flight schools welcome. Pictured: XT-582 Ezy (front) , XT-582 Outback (back) Weight Shift Control • Claim Number: 18278 • Sub-Class: rwl2t / Microlights: Weight-shift Control / Landplane / Flown with two persons / Thermal Engine • Category: Not applicable • Group: Not applicable • Type of Record: Distance in a straight line without landing • Course/Location: Bremgarten (Germany)– Neubrandenburg (Germany) • Performance: 749.8 km (465.9 miles) • Pilot: Hans–Ulrich Dörr (Germany) • Aircraft: Eagle V / _other • Date: 10/21/2017 • Previous Record: 705.16 km (438.17 miles)(9/6/2013) Powered Parachute • Claim Number: 18392 • Sub-Class: rpl2t / Paramotors: Paraglider Control / Landplane / Flown with two persons / Thermal Engine • Category: Not applicable • Group: Not applicable • Type of Record: Distance in a straight line without landing • Course/Location: Zafra–Cuenca (Spain) • Performance: 406.99 km (252.89 miles) • Pilot: Andres Francisco Sánchez Martínez (Spain) • Members: Vicente Mendoza Cardenal (Spain) • Aircraft: Hercules 380 / Sol Paragliders • Date: 2/24/2018 • Previous Record: 291.32 km (181.02 miles) (6/23/2005–Nikolay Karabchuk, Russia) If you are in the United States and would like to set an aviation world record, you should first read the current FAI Sporting Code. For Microlights, it is called Section 10 and can be downloaded for no charge from the microlight section of www.fai.org For Rotorcraft, the part of the Sporting Code you need to refer to is Section 9. It can also be downloaded for no charge. Then, contact the National Aeronautic Association (NAA) to learn more about how you can set your own record! Visit them at www.naa.aero FAI has ratified the following Class R (Microlights and Paramotors) World records. The Fédération Aéronautique Internationale, the National Aeronautic Association, the United States Ultralight Association and Powered Sport Flying Magazine all congratulate the Pilots on their splendid achievements. USUA News World Records and Attempts Support Our Advertisers Weight Shift Control • Claim Number: 18612 • Sub-Class: rwl1t / Microlights: Weight-shift Control / Landplane / Flown with one person / Thermal Engine • Category: Not applicable • Group: Not applicable • Type of Record: Distance in a straight line without engine power • Course/Location: Sandy, Bedfordshire /United Kingdom) • Performance: 34.544 km (21.464 miles) • Pilot: David Broom (United Kingdom) • Aircraft: 3DC / Grif Italia • Date: 6/15/2018 • Current record: no record set yet
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