Submitted by kitesurfa on May 19, 2006 - 7:55pm.
The Olympic Speedskiing run at les Arcs provided the ideal opportunity for Francois Bon , GIN Team Pilot, to see what speed he could achieve with his GIN 8 square metre speedflying proto. In a straight line on the very steep piste, and with the help of the European Spatial Agency, and French National Science Institute, a GPS system gave the result of 146.46 Kph. (91 mph)
This World straight line Speedflying record is asking to be broken next year!!
see: http://www.gingliders.com/news/00000167.php
? Is there any video of the world record attempts ?