Stephane Drouin breaks speed over 200 km triangle paragliding record
Stephane Drouin's speed round 200 km triangle record paraglider flight
French pilot Stephane Drouin has (provisionally) broken the paraglider world record for speed over a triangular course of 200 km with a flight from Aime in the Haute Tarentaise on 24 May.
Flying a Macpara Magus, he logged an average speed of 25.8 km/hr. If ratified this breaks Klaus Heimhofer’s 23.5 km/hr flight set in June 2000.
Record claims can be seen on the FAI’s website.
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