surrey-dad Posted December 11, 2009 Share Posted December 11, 2009 British PPG pilot Karen Skinner has recently smashed the female world distance record over in Spain. Previous record was 269km. Karen flew for 8.25hrs covering 450km ! She managed to take off with 40 litres of fuel Interview video here: [youtubevideo] [/youtubevideo]Flight video here: [youtubevideo] [/youtubevideo]Quiz : Does anyone know what the overall world PPG distance record is? Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norman Posted December 11, 2009 Share Posted December 11, 2009 Paramotor Magazine search under 'records'. You could have a peep here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete_b Posted December 11, 2009 Share Posted December 11, 2009 Paramotor Magazine search under 'records'. You could have a peep here. Or even better herehttp://records.fai.org/microlight/#current Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surrey-dad Posted December 11, 2009 Author Share Posted December 11, 2009 Paramotor Magazine search under 'records'. You could have a peep here. Thanks Norman - another useful site to bookmarkAndy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surrey-dad Posted December 11, 2009 Author Share Posted December 11, 2009 ...Or even better herehttp://records.fai.org/microlight/#current Nice one Pete.Not the easiest to figure out through the various classes, but a ton of interesting facts - including what I was looking for : Distance in a straight line without landing : 1,105.0 km Unbelievable distance ! How much fuel must he have taken off with... Date of flight: 23/04/2007 Pilot: Ramon MORILLAS SALMERON (Spain) Course/place: Jerez, Cadix (Spain) - Lanzarote, Canaries (Spain) Microlight: Advance Omega 7 ( PAP ROS 1450) Ramon is obviously a bit of an adrenalin junkie, as he is the same guy that set the recent "official" world altitude record - see a previous Videos of the Week clip here if you missed it. Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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