{"id":11894,"date":"2025-01-20T19:09:46","date_gmt":"2025-01-20T17:09:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grandsespaces.com\/?p=11894"},"modified":"2025-01-18T19:08:29","modified_gmt":"2025-01-18T17:08:29","slug":"les-records-de-parapente-de-distance-et-daltitude","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grandsespaces.com\/en\/distance-and-altitude-paragliding-records\/","title":{"rendered":"Paragliding distance and altitude records"},"content":{"rendered":"

What is the world record for long-distance paragliding?<\/h2>\n

The world distance record in paragliding<\/strong> has belonged to S\u00e9bastien Kayrouz since his extraordinary flight on 19 June 2021. Setting off from the town of Del Rio in Texas, this American pilot covered 613 kilometres in straight flight on a day of exceptional conditions.<\/p>\n

During an 11-hour flight, maintaining an average speed of 60 km\/h, Kayrouz made the most of the perfect aerological conditions in Texas. His performance shattered the previous record held by the Brazilian trio of Rafael Saladini, Marcelo Prieto and Rafael de Moraes, who achieved 582 kilometres in 2019.<\/p>\n

This historic long-distance flight<\/strong> marks a new era in paragliding, breaking the symbolic 600-kilometre barrier for the first time.<\/p>\n

\"Record<\/p>\n

France's new distance record for 2024 :<\/h2>\n

In France, the new distance record was set by a group of 6 riders on 23\/04\/2024. Setting off from Notre Dame de la Mer to the west of Paris, Tim Alongi, Michel Cervellin, Julien Garcia, Honorin Hamard, Jonathan Marin and Maxime Pinot achieved the feat of landing at Douville in the Dordogne after a cross-country flight<\/a> of 464 km<\/strong> and just over 10 hours in the air, beating Frederic Delbos' previous record of 417 km in 2019.<\/p>\n

It's a great team achievement that opens up the prospect of reaching the 500 km target in mainland France!<\/p>\n

\"Trace<\/p>\n

Ewa Wisnierska's accident altitude record<\/h2>\n

If there's one record that every paraglider pilot has in mind, it's Ewa Wisnierska's altitude record. During the 2007 Australian Paragliding World Championships<\/strong> the German driver found herself sucked up by a cumulonimbus<\/strong> at a speed of nearly 40 m\/s to reach an altitude of 9946 metres. Between temperatures of -50\u00b0C, ice, lightning and hypoxia, Ewa lost consciousness and her glider collapsed under the weight of the ice, reopening at 6900 metres after a fall of more than 200 km\/h. Regaining consciousness, the German pilot managed to get away from the storm cell and land as best she could, her body covered in ice and with numerous frostbite injuries.<\/p>\n

The film reconstruction of this flight incident :<\/p>\n