The FAI writes:

FAI has canceled the following paraglider joint record claims :




Paragliders

Straight distance

Vosburg (South Africa) - End tba (South Africa)

423.5 km

07.12.2006

423.4 km (21.06.2002 - William GADD, Canada)

Reason for cancellation: Does not outperform with minimum margin set by the CIVL
Sporting Code (1 km)

Aljaz VALIC (Slovenia) Paraglider : Mac Para Magus 6

Urban VALIC (Slovenia) Paraglider : Mac Para Magus 2S

So Will Gadd's record from Zapata, Texas still stands. Interesting



The original claim was for 426.8 kilometers. The question is what happened to
the 3.3 km? The original distance could have been easily taken right from the
GPS, with it doing all the calculations (correctly) for you. Why was this value
not validated by the FAI?



I have asked.