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Old June 8th 14, 05:35 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Default Kudos to out Paragliding Brothers

Just saw this on the interwebs this morning. A paraglider pilot managed to finally complete a 300km triangle in the alps.

http://www.xcmag.com/2014/06/thomas-...-fai-triangle/

Pretty impressive for something with slightly better than half the L/D of a 1-26 :-)

Pete
 




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