Seiko shares her last record adventures from Australia.
Everything started two years ago, when I decided that I wanted to hold all of the long distance paragliding world records.
This year I came to Australia for the Free Straight Distance Record (current record was 395 km) and Distance to Goal Fixed Record for which we need to declare the goal before the flight (current record 301 km).
Beside all the flying skills a pilot has to gain in order to break a record, the weather has the last word. The ideal conditions for this kind of flight are: enough tail wind to cover as much terrain as possible, strong lift, and high cloud base.
Unfortunately, yesterday’s forecast didn’t look that great with light wind and a bit stable to try to brake The Free Straight Distance so I decided to fly for Distance to Goal Fixed Record with a declared distance of 366km. Here is how it went:
After another perfect winch take off provided by my ground crew I start to head west, finding light north wind on my way.
As the predictions shows the cloud base is very low which kept my flying speed quite slow.
Five hours have passed and I haven’t even …read more
Source:: Ozone Paragliders