Bernhard on his 300km triangle flight. Photo: Bernhard Pessl / Facebook
Austrian Bernhard Pessl became the second person to fly a 300km FAI triangle on a paraglider with a 300.65km flight from Antholtz in Italy on Sunday 8 June.
Bernhard’s big flight came swiftly on the heels of Thomas Walder’s groundbreaking 325km flight through the Austrian Alps the day before.
Bernhard was flying a Nova Mentor 3 and averaged 24.79km/h flying for 12 hours.
Thomas flew an Ozone Enzo and averaged 28.40km/h over an 11.5 hour flight.
Three points on a perfect triangle. Photo: Bernhard Pessl / Facebook
Exceptional conditions in the eastern Alps saw dozens of paraglider pilots fly 200km+ FAI triangles over the weekend.
Hang glider pilots were also out in force. Tom Weissenberger (AT) flew a 361.8km flat triangle from Bischling on Saturday, averaging 39.49km/h on his Moyes Litespeed RX3.5.
The view from Tom Weissenberger’s cockpit. Click to enlarge. Photo: Tom Weissenberger / Facebook
And on the Sunday Roger Ruppert (CH) flew his rigid Archaeopteryx around a 405.34km triangle at an average speed of 49.18km/h.
Germany’s Daniel Tyrkas went big too. After having successfully predicted the week before that the 300km triangle would fall that weekend he flew a 200km triangle on the Saturday.
Daniel Tyrkas en route to a €2,000 prize. Photo: Daniel Tyrkas
Flying from his local site he won a €2,000 club prize from the Drachen und Gleitschirmflieger Club Tegernsee for being the first pilot to fly a 200km triangle from their site at Wallenberg.
The club first put up €500 four years ago and had added to it every year since. “It took me four years and five goes to get it!” Daniel said.
To finish a remarkable weekend Thomas Walder was out again – he flew a 295km FAI triangle on Monday 9 June to add to his record flight on the Saturday.
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