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Saturday, 31 July 2010
Hunting Records.....
Nevil Hulett - The Man!


       Going where no man has gone before .........................                                         

Nevil Hulett's Story by Flygirl (Article in Progress)
New Paragliding World Record - 502.2kms
Bombshell - New World Record 426km - NOT!
New World Records in De Aar, South Africa (2006 Dec)
New SA HANG GLIDNG Record - 527kms
World record attempt at 35 000ft
New World Hang Gliding Records - Set in Namibia
New Dutch Record set in De Aar
Judy Leden - HG and PG Record holder
Ladies Open Distance Records around the World
Men's Open Distance World Records - UPDATED FEBRUARY 2008
Women's Open Distance World Record
FLYGIRL is going hunting....in De Aar
2007 Dec - Gradient and Swing - It is hunting season in De Aar...
2007 Nov 14 - New Paragliding World Record Open Distance 461.5km
2008 Dec 01 - Expired - R10 000 Reward for best Hang Gliding distance over 200km
2007 Oct 22 - And the Brazilian Record falls again...414kms by Marcelo 'Ceceu' Prieto
2007 Oct 15 - New Brazilian Record - Rafael Saladini - 397kms
  • Rankings  ( 24 items )
    FAI
  • XC Open Series 2010  ( 3 items )
    2010 Series Dates
      Araxá - Brazil # 10.OCT - 17.OCT 2009 
      Manilla - Australia # 30.JAN - 10.FEB 2010 (*) 
      Piedrahita - Spain # 28.AUG - 04.SEPT 2010
  • Other Internationals  ( 29 items )
    Paragliding Internationally

    International competitions (other than XC Open World Series) 


    2010 Corryong (Australia)
    2010 Bright Open 2010 (Australia)
    NSW Hang Gliding State Titles (Australia)
    2009 Killarney Classic (Australia)
    2008 German Open (Spain)
    2007 Czech Open (Italy)

    There is also information about competitions I followed from a distance

  • South Africa  ( 30 items )
    South African Flag

    CLICK ON THE SA flag to read about South African Competitions 
    Latest competitions Flygirl took part in:
             CAT 2 - Gradient XC Africa De Aar       14 - 21 November 2009
    CAT 2 & SAPC - 3rd Round - Winelands PG Open Pampoenfontein, Porterville 13 - 19 December 2009
    Includes competitions from 2005 -2009

  • XC Open Series 2009  ( 10 items )
    Preview       2009 Series

    Manilla * Australia                  14FEB-21FEB 2009
    Sopot * Bulgaria                     08AUG-15AUG 2009
    Piedrahita * Spain                  30AUG-06SEP 2009
  • XC Open Series 2008  ( 24 items )
    Preview2008 Series

  • XC Open Series 2007  ( 38 items )
    Preview2007 Series

  • Leonardo  ( 7 items )

    LeonardoThis category is now archived. Leonardo provided an awesome platform to promote flying achievements and tourism in our country, but with Greg Hamerton and I no longer driving this initiative in SA, it died a sudden death in January 2008.  Cross Country pilots like myself enjoyed keeping track of what flights were flown where.  It inspired us to fly more and further and brought many overseas pilots to our country to experience flying in South Africa.
    Thank you to the Leonardo developers. They continue to do a great job incorporating more and more databases around the world into their system.

  • 2008 Pre-PWC Banning  ( 11 items )
    SAHPA

    FLYGIRL did NOT cover the 2008 Pre-PWC in Porterville due to the banning by organiser Rob Manzoni.
    Reason: Personal disputes in 2007 between Gaynor Schoeman and Rob Manzoni.
    Process: Despite asking SAHPA to mediate, who in turn approached FAI and CIVL, resulting in an official investigation and SAHPA Ruling in Flygirl's favour, SAHPA found itself unable to enforce its ruling with the competition organiser. 
    Result: I withdrew my entry to stop the war that was threatening to polarise our community and was penalised on the National Rankings through not being able to compete on a fair basis.  This is abuse of an organisers position. All allegations are stored here. Please keep in mind that these are Rob's words.  They are not the same as the truth.  I have not offered public defence.  There was no need to defend myself. 

    Aero Club

    UPDATE 30 July 2009:  Regarding ongoing disputes with the organiser of the All Africa Open, Rob Manzoni, SAHPA has made the following ruling which will apply to all paragliding competitions in South Africa.  This ruling is in line with AeroClubs signature motto : Yours in Preserving Free Flight!
    Sanctioning of competitions at Dasklip,Porterville.pdf