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Six pilots will share the new French national paragliding record after they all flew 457km straight-line across France on Tuesday. Honorin Hamard, Jonathan Marin, Maxime Pinot, Michel Cervellin, Tim Alongi and Julien Garcia all launched from a small site northwest of Paris and flew almost due south, landing close to the town of Bergerac. The flight set a new French paragliding record, beating the previous one by more than 30km. The previous record was 421km, flown on 12 May 2019 by Fred Delbos.

Speaking after the record flight French team leader Julien Garcia said that team flying had been key to flying so far, and that after more than 10 hours in the air it was recent Paragliding World Cup Superfinal winner Honorin Hamard who suggested they all land together. “Honorin proposed it. He was a bit higher, maybe 100m, but he said ‘Ok, if we are 100 metres difference, there is no point going a bit further. We land all together’.”

The result was the team all landed in the same spot, with a straight-line distance of 457.5km – meaning they can claim the new record as a team!

More on this story on our website >> https://xcmag.com/news/six-pilots-set-new-french-paragliding-record/

Photo: Michel Cervellin