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Paramotor Distance Record

Distance over a closed circuit without landing: 231.6 km (143.8 miles)

Date of flight: 25/08/2001

Pilot: Frédéric Jacques (Monaco)

Location: Saint-André les Alpes - La Mure and return (France)

Paraglider: Korsair 28

Paramotor: ???

Distance in a straight line without landing: 951 km (590 miles)

Date of flight: 08/06/2006

Pilot: Ramon Morillas Salmeron (Spain)

Location: Aldea la Bella, Lepe (Spain) to Roquefort (France)

Paraglider: Advance Epsilon 5

Paramotor: PAP 1400 Ross

Distance in a straight line with limited fuel: 219 km (136 miles)

Date of flight: 27/07/2005

Pilot: Frédéric Jacques (Monaco)

Location: Bleine (France)

Paraglider: Ozone Rush 1

Paramotor: Parajet Voultion

Distance in a closed circuit with limited fuel: 1.26 km (0.78 miles)

Date of flight: 09/11/2006

Pilot: David Rogers (USA)

Location: Miccosukee, FL (USA)

Paraglider: Apco Thrust

Paramotor: Black Devil MY 25

Distance with limited fuel: 110.161 km (68.410 miles)

Date of flight: 23/08/2006

Pilot: Dave Hairs (UK)

Location: 2006 European Microlight Championships New Classe León (Spain)

Paraglider:Dudek Plasma

Paramotor: Bailey

Paramotor Speed Record

Speed over a straight 15/25 km (9.3/15.5 miles) course: 60.13 kph (37.3 mph)

Date of flight: 19/07/2004

Pilot: Jiri Sramek (Czech Republic)

Location: Bobuvice airfield (Czech Republic)

Paraglider: Nirvana Paraglider Master 24

Paramotor: Nirvana Rodeo 125

Speed over a closed circuit of 50 km (31 miles) without landing: 65.4 kph (40.6 mph)

Date of flight: 20/01/2007

Pilot: Juan Jose Garcia de Abajo (Spain)

Location: Lanzahita (Spain)

Paraglider: Dudek Reaction TST 27

Paramotor: ???

Precision Circuit in the Shortest Time ('Japanese Slalom'): 56.95 sec

Date of flight: 20/01/2007

Pilot: Ramon Morillas Salmeron (Spain)

Location: 2006 European Microlight Championships New Classe León (Spain)

Paraglider: ???

Paramotor: ???

Paramotor Altitude Record

Time to climb to a height of 3000 meters (9840 feet): 26 min 36 sec

Date of flight: 04/05/2006

Pilot: Jiri Sramek (Czech Republic)

Location: Jaromer (Czech Republic)

Paraglider: Nirvana Mad Max 145

Paramotor: ???

Time to climb to a height of 6000 meters (19680 feet): 4 hrs 40 min 27 sec

Date of flight: 06/10/2006

Pilot: Ramon Morillas Salmeron (Spain)

Location: Granada (Spain)

Paraglider: Advance Omega 7

Paramotor: ???

Altitude: 6,102 m (20,015 feet)

Date of flight: 06/10/2006

Pilot: Ramon Morillas Salmeron (Spain)

Location: Granada (Spain)

Paraglider: Advance Omega 7

Paramotor: ???

(And here's the latest altitude record to be going through the process...)

Altitude: 8,990 m (29,494 feet)

Date of flight: 14/05/2007

Pilot: Bear Grylls

Location: Himalayas, Nepal

Paraglider: Revolution

Paramotor: Parajet (experimental)

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