http://www.xcmag.com/2015/10/brazilians-set-new-513km-paragliding-world-record/

Frank Brown, Donizete Lemos and Marcelo Prieto set a new
paragliding world record on Friday 9 October 2015 with a 513km flight across the
Brazilian north east.

Sub-class :O-3 (Paragliders)

Category: General

Type of record : Straight distance

Course/location : Tacima (Brazil) - Monsenhor Tabosa (Brazil)

Performance : 514.00 km

Pilot : Frank Thoma Brown (Brazil), Marcelo Prieto (Brazil), Donizete Baldessar
Lemos (Brazil

Paragliders : Boomerang 10 / Gin Gliders, Enzo 2 / Ozone

Date :09.10.2015

Current record : 502.9 km (14.12.2008 - Nevil Hulett, South Africa)

Sub-class :O-1 (HG with a rigid primary structure / controlled by weight shift)

Category: General

Type of record : Straight distance

Course/location : Tacima (Brazil) - Sobral (Brazil)

Performance : 578.3 km

Pilot : Glauco Pinto (Brazil)

Hang Glider : Laminar 14 ST / Icaro 2000

Date :09.10.2015

Current record : 531.2 km (15.10.2013 - Glauco Pinto, Brazil)