Our long-time friend and Cross Country Contributing Editor James \u201cKiwi\u201d Johnston has just left Quixada, Brazil, reporting on OZONE Team Pilot’s Nick Greece and Josh Cohn hunt for a Declared-Goal record on their new OZONE Zeno’s. Permanently affected by both the beauty of the Brazilian desert and the hospitality of its inhabitants, \u201cKiwi\u201d offers us a quick taste of record-hunting season at the world’s most famous cross-country site.<\/p>\n
\u201cNovember is record-breaking month in the State of Ceara, Brazil, and so I jumped at the opportunity to tag along to Quixada for 10 days with two former U.S. National Champions, Josh Cohn and Nick Greece to join the small contingent of world-class XC pilots who were gathering there in hope of flights over 400km.<\/p>\n
True to form, the 1st and the 3rd of November had produced exceptional conditions, with the Brazilian pilot Leandro Pauda setting a new site record of 483 km on an Enzo 2, and Jose Rebelo, part of a trio of talented Portuguese pilots who took full advantage of the conditions, logging a flight of 471 km on his Enzo 2.<\/p>\n
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