From: “FAI – Anne-Laure Perret”
To: “NAC Hungary”
Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2003 8:45 AM
Subject: New Paragliding World Record – Joint Flight – 27.02.2003
Dear Sir,
It is my pleasure to inform you that the flights of Peter Simonics and Szilard Forgo are now ratified as World Records.
The performance is slightly below the one asked. It certainly comes from the methog used to calculate the distance. FAI uses the FAI Sphere. You certainly used the GPS distance, which is based on WGS84.
Best regards
Anne-Laure Perret
FAI has ratified the following Class O (Hang Gliders) records :
Claim numbers 7570 and 7571 :
Sub-class O-3 (Paragliders)
General Category
Type of record : Straight distance to a declared goal
Course/location : Quixada – Pedro (Brazil)
Performance : 278.3 km
Pilots : Peter SIMONICS and Szilard FORGO (Hungary) : Joint flight
Paragliders : Aeron M
Date : 21.11.2002
Previous record : 273.7 km (03.08.02 – Bruce GOLDSMITH, UK)
FAI congratulates the pilots on their splendid achievement.
