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Recent World Record Claims and Competitions Update 01/09

World Records and Record Claims received recently by FAI include:

Claim number : 15235
Sub-class :D15 (15m Class Gliders)
Category: Feminine
Type of record : Speed over a triangular course of 300 km
Course/location : Omarama (New Zealand)
Performance : 161 km/h
Pilot : Jenny WILKINSON (New Zealand)
Glider : Schempp-Hirth Ventus 2 B
Date :01.01.2009
Current record : 153.8 km/h (06.12.2002 - Angelika MACHINEK, Germany)

and

Claim number : 15236
Sub-class :D15 (15m Class Gliders)
Category: Feminine
Type of record : Speed over an out-and-return course of 500 km
Course/location : Omarama (New Zealand)
Performance : 157 km/h
Pilot : Jenny WILKINSON (New Zealand)
Glider : Schempp-Hirth Ventus 2 B
Date :07.01.2009
Current record : 148.38 km/h (23.11.1999 - Gillian SPRECKLEY, UK)
 

Sub-class :O-3 (Paragliders)
Category: General
Course/location : Copperton (South Africa)
Pilot : Nevil HULETT (South Africa)
Paraglider : Magus by Mac Para
Date :14.12.2008

Claim number : 15221
Type of record : Straight distance to a declared goal
Performance : 411 km
Current record : 368.9 km (07.12.2006 - Urban VALIC, Slovenia)

and

Claim number : 15231
Type of record : Straight distance
Performance : 501.1 km
Current record : 461.6 km (14.11.2007 - Marcelo PRIETO, Brazil)
 

Claim number : 15184
Sub-class :S3A Space Models (Maximum weight 100 g)
Category: S-3: Parachute duration
Type of record : N°208 : Total impulse 0.00 to 2.50 N/sec
Course/location : Ljubljana (Slovenia)
Performance : 13 min 45 sec
Pilot : Zivan JOSIPOVIC (Yugoslavia)
Date :12.10.2008
Previous record : 7 min 16 sec (12.08.2006 - Pawel ARASIMOWICZ, Poland)
 

Claim number : 15199
Sub-class :G-1 Parachuting (Individual jumps)
Category: General
Group : Performance / Individual records
Type of record : G-1-f2 : Canopy Piloting, Speed
Course/location : Pretoria (RSA)
Performance : 2.333 sec
Parachutist : Greg WINDMILLER (USA)
Date :22.11.2008
Previous record : 2.440 sec (28.08.2008 - Moritz FRIESS, Germany)

and

Claim number : 15198
Sub-class :G-1 Parachuting (Individual jumps)
Category: General
Group : Performance / Individual records
Type of record : G-1-f1 : Canopy Piloting, Distance
Course/location : Pretoria (RSA)
Performance : 169.610 m
Parachutist : Nick BATCH (USA)
Date :22.11.2008
Previous record : 150.72 m (15.06.2007 - Jason MOLEDZKI, Canada)




COMPETITIONS UPDATE (1st CATEGORY EVENTS)

(Parachuting)
10-15.03.2009 12th FAI World Paraski Championship (AUT)

(Multi-sport)
06-14.06.2009 FAI World Air Games (ITA)