Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Congratulations Sebastian!!

Yesterday, Sebastian Benz flew further in a paraglider, in Australia, than anyone else ever has.
Here's a screenshot of his SPOT path.

He towed up from just north of Deniliquin, into what sounds like a fairly uninspiring sky (high cirrus), didn't get anything on tow, went on glide and was about to land when he found a climb that he started working.... As the day went on the cirrus burned off, the cu's started popping, base rose, and the wind picked up. He kept working north to clear airspace and mountains, and landed around 360km's later...
An awesome effort!!!

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