World Record

Hang gliding world record: A triumph in Texas – on 17 July 2001 Manfred Ruhmer and Davis Straub shattered the hang gliding Class 1 and Class 2 world records.

Jaco Wolmarans reports from South Africa on a 265 km declared distance to goal paragliding world record, set at the height of the season in 2000

On 19 July 2000, Dave Sharp became the first person to fly over 500 km on a hang glider. He flew his Air Atos north out of a small unknown town in Texas, USA. Only a few weeks later, Davis Straub reset the record at 347 miles, also out of Zapata. This is the story of Dave Sharp's flight

Godfrey Wenness describes his momentous 335 km paragliding world record from Manilla, Australia

February 1999 saw the Cable and Wireless balloon ditch in the sea off Japan, 17 days and 17 hours into a round-the-world attempt...

Will Gadd's paragliding world record was smashed by Australian pilot Godfrey Wenness on 16 November 1998...