CROSS COUNTRY NEWS FLASH 越野新聞焦點
PARAGLIDING OPEN DISTANCE WORLD RECORD BROKEN飛行傘越野國際新紀錄
Yesterday, three of Brazil's most accomplished big distance XC pilots, Frank Brown, Rafael Salladi and Marcelo Preito, foot launched from Brazil's fabled big distance mecca of Quixada in Ceara state and 461.8 km!昨天,三名極富盛名的巴西好手Frank Brown, Rafael Salladi and Marcelo Preito完成壯舉,由Ceara state 的Quixada起飛,越野距離468.1公里
The team took off on Sol Tracer competition wings at 07:30 and managed to climb out under a cloudy sky. They were part of a group of seven pilots, but the other four quickly went down. The team of three flew the entire day together and only landed after night had fallen. 清晨7:30多雲,團隊使用Sol Tracer競賽傘預計盤升至雲底. 共計7人的團隊但其餘4位一開始便迅速地下降,其餘3位則一起飛行了整天,直到夜幕低垂才降落.
The massive flights across the hot, dry northeast corner of Brazil finally takes Will Gadd's 2002 record of 426 km. The record had been broken by 5 km before by the Valic brothers from Da Aar in South Africa, but a technical glitch in the rules meant the FAI were unable to ratify it. Whether the team have their paper work in order and are able to get this flight ratified will remain unknown for several weeks yet. 此次飛行橫跨巴西東北部乾熱地區,也順利地突破2002年Will Gadd所寫下的426公里記錄.更早之前來自南非Da Aar 的Valic兄弟檔便以5公里的差距略勝一籌,但FAI表示依相關規定,礙於技術性問題而無法認可. 儘管巴西團隊已備妥相關文件供審核,但結果仍需幾週才能知曉.
The new record has been brewing for a while now with the team having already logged three flights over 400 km from Quixada this year. 醞釀許久的新紀錄早在今年已由團隊中的3人從Quixadavu起飛,寫下3次破400公里的紀錄.
With the record out of the way the team can focus themselves on what will be a massive milestone in the history books of paragliding: the first 500 km flight by paraglider. With other teams in South Africa and Australia waiting for conditions the race is on. 創新的紀錄帶領團隊邁向另一個里程碑:飛行傘越野500公里,同時也留名飛行傘史.其他在南非及澳洲的隊伍亦虎視眈眈等待最佳時機加入競賽
More news as it breaks. Full report next issue. 密切注意相關消息,下期將有完整報導.
原文出處
http://www.carlosparaglide.com/nuevo/latest/paragliding-open-distance-world-record-broken.html
標籤： 飛行傘、越野、巴西