Jouni Makkonen

XContest screen shot of 329.9km European record flight

European declared-goal paragliding record falls in Spain

Spanish pilots Marcelo Sanchez and Paco Navarro Gonzalez took the European 'Straight Distance to a declared Goal' PG record to 329.9km
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Jouni Makkonen

Jouni Makkonen flies 500km in Europe

Jouni Makkonen flew 500km across Finland in June 2021 to set a new European paragliding record for open distance. He tells us his story
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Jouni Makkonen 400km across Finland

Jouni Makkonen breaks 400k in Finland

Jouni Makkonen flew 420km (open distance) across Finland from north to south on 29 May, to set a new national distance record
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Magic May: A big weekend in the Alps

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