Jonny, boomeranging
http://au.tv.yahoo.com/sunrise/video/watch/21273287/hang-glider-sets-two-records-in-a-day/

FAI announces it also:
100 km out and return record:
Performance: 90.41 km/h
Date: 2014-01-28
Course/Location: Nullarbor National Park (Australia)
Claimant: Jonny Durand Jr (AUS)
Hang glider: Moyes Delta Gliders Litespeed RX 3.5
300 km out and return record:
Performance: 71.28 km/h
Date: 2014-01-28
Course/Location: Nullarbor National Park (Australia)
Claimant: Jonny Durand Jr (AUS)
Hang glider: Moyes Delta Gliders Litespeed RX 3.5
Previous 100 km out and return speed record:
http://www.fai.org/fai-record-file/?recordId=5264
Performance: 75.73 km/h
Date: 1998-01-09
Course/Location: Eucla (Australia)
Claimant Tomas Suchanek (CZE)
Hang glider: Moyes Delta Gliders CSX-5
Previous 300 km out and return record:
http://www.fai.org/fai-record-file/?recordId=5288
Performance: 56.59 km/h
Date: 1998-02-12
Course/Location: Eucla (Australia)
Claimant Rohan Holtkamp (AUS)
Hang glider: Moyes Delta Gliders CSX-5
The Red Bull story and video
here.
Additional video
here.



Photos from Red Bull. Photographed by Mark.
http://OzReport.com/1391547085
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