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04.02.2014
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Conquering the Bight
The full story
here. January 17, 2014 Late on Friday night, Jonny Durand Jnr and Brenden Sadgrove showed up at
Steve Blenkinsop's house in Adelaide, South Australia, in the Red Bull Land
Rover Defender pulling the trailer which contains a Moyes Bailey Dragonfly. They
had driven for fourteen hours from
Forbes, NSW, Australia, where they picked up the trailer, on their way to
Eucla, Western Australia. The great adventure to set new world records for out
and return speed (and perhaps distance) had begun. January 18, 2104 Jonny and Brenden drove 700+ km to
Penong just west of
Ceduna to stop for a visit with old time hang glider pilot, Drew Cooper. January 19, 2014 Jonny and Brenden arrived in
Eucla, about seven kilometers into Western Australia on the Eyre Highway
(A1).
Eucla, population maybe now about 40, is 500 km west of
Ceduna and 700
km east of
Norseman, the closest places with any population along the highway. They
quickly got to know most of the folks in town (who all seemed to work for the
hotel). This is our headquarters for the next two weeks as we help Jonny set the new 100
km, 200 km, 300 km, 400 km (no record yet) speed records for out and return
flights, distance record for declared and free out and return. Read more here. 
http://OzReport.com/1391547983
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