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309km paraglider flight in Poland

18 June, 2008

On 7 June 2008 Marcin Gorayski flew Europe’s first 300+km flight of the year, a 309.6km whopper aboard his Sol Tracer in his homeland of Poland. Another 3km and he would have broken the European straight distance record!

For details of his flight, visit www.xcontest.org

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