The FAI have confirmed that on 18 April 2010 Tony Gibson did indeed beat Michel Carnet's 'Speed over a closed circuit of 100 km without landing' record, with an improvement of almost 50%.
The 102 km course, flown from Mooi Plaas in South Africa at an average speed of 77 km/h, is now the standing World, Continental and South African record.
Tony flew a Nirvana Instinct with a Dudek Plasma 26.5 wing. To get speeds this high involved planning, and a lot of the flight was done at over 2,10om altitude, in order to make the most of tail winds.
You can read Tony's account of the record flight on Flying Unlimited's website:
www.ppg.co.za
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