A flight that breaks a World Record of 760kms. A story of two men setting history in hang gliders,
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@murraycharters610210 ай бұрын
Just watched this again, bloody awesome Jonny. I am 80 next March, I learned to fly when I was 45. I was on Tambourine Mountain the day Jonny did his very first high glide, I think he was about 15 at the time. Also I was on the training hill at the same time as Jonny’s father, John snr. John was a bit more advanced than me, he was doing S turns down the training hill. I was very impressed at the time. Wonderful memories and fantastic flying for 23 years for me. John snr was a fantastic pilot and what Jonny has accomplished is simply amazing. Jonny and his father are both great blokes and giants of the hang gliding world. His mother Judy is also a beautiful person . Incidentally, Jonny once flew from Beachmont in the Gold Coast hinterland to outback Roma , and another time from Beachmont and landed on the beach in Byron Bay, a tough flight because thermals are few and far between on the coast . Best wishes, and thanks for the memories, Murray Charters 44766.
@SilvioMatos12 жыл бұрын
Great flight !!!! Congratulations!!! I'm an old hang glider pilot... thank's to make me feel in the air again... Outstanding!!!!!!!!
@MrJohananderson12 жыл бұрын
Awesome Johnny! Super cool to be filming and talking through such an epic experience and sharing that with the world. Well done!
@jamespretorius45563 жыл бұрын
I love the way a delta flexwing creaks in the air!
@relate212 жыл бұрын
Way to go Jonny, you truly are a modern day legend. Thank you so much for taking us all along on your journey. Finally the public can start to get an idea of the joy we get from free flying flying, using nothing but our brains and some Dacron and Aluminium. :-)
@208bro12 жыл бұрын
Great video Jonny, what else can you say except you and Dustin deserve so much credit for a flight that will live with you guys for ever.... congrats to the both of you
@NicholasSladenDew4 жыл бұрын
Brilliant. Totally inspiring,
@scottturner83011 жыл бұрын
Flew 30 miles in Owens Valley with Jerry Katz the day he set the record in 1977. I was the first to fly Cerro Gordo Peak in the Owens Valley and never could have imaged what you have just accomplished would be possible in the eary days. I met you at the florida ridge this year and have gotten back into the sport after 34 years. Looking forward to breaking my own record soon on my U2. My hats off to the both of you. Scott Turner(#212 hang 4)
@gpwrinkled12 жыл бұрын
Jonny thanks for taking the time to film and then post it for all to see and enjoy. Congratulations to you on such a monumental accomplishment - and done with sportsmanship and a gentleman's style. Much respect for you has been voiced by many. All the best to you in your continuing stellar hang gliding career. Best regards from Arizona, Greg Porter
@glendeco11 жыл бұрын
Still don't get tired of watching this video. I couldn't imagine the feeling of such gratification after a flight like that. Great great job Jonny.
@davidbeeman28636 жыл бұрын
Thanks Gary for your support. This is a fine encouragement to continue to break records in a safe way.
@terrycarter44595 жыл бұрын
Great video. I flew hang gliders from 1974 until 1980 I thought it great to ridge ride and fly from cliffs, I never imagined this :) I enjoyed every minute of watching you. I went on to microlights.
@drabsinwa180 Жыл бұрын
I love watching this Jonny... so inspiring!
@alasdeaz4 жыл бұрын
Dude, I love your positivity, your happiness, your joie de vivre, the pleasure you take in sharing such an awesome experience with your bro. I hope I get to share the air with you someday.
@lgstandish12 жыл бұрын
Wonderful accomplishment! Thanks so much for recording this and sharing it. What amazing skill!
@milsluker12 жыл бұрын
Waited 4 weeks to see this..!Great, great, great! Superb motivation for us XC junkies in a cold and rainy Norway! You guys makes 11 hours and 760 km to look relaxing! Best Regards Trond Olsen
@illilillili11 жыл бұрын
What an experience. Thanks for sharing! Cheers from Texas!
@interceptorchamp12 жыл бұрын
Thank you sooo much for taking us with the ride. Being a hanggliding pilot myself, I can picture out your feeling during the flight. Congratulations especially considering that you are using a 'true' flexible hangglider and not a rigid one which is easier to fly over a long duration. Maximum respect!
@mikolajpe7 жыл бұрын
Great flight and fun video! Thanks Jonny!
@tonimaehr12 жыл бұрын
Congratulations Jonny Great, super performance from you two pilots. Here in the Alps would not be possible. Greetings from the small country of Liechtenstein. Toni Mähr
@fly13274 жыл бұрын
Watching this for the umpteenth time still makes me smile!
@gliderrider12 жыл бұрын
Congrats!!!! I used to live in Lubbock too. i always belived in thr air there. I thought Hanggliding mag did a real dis-service to Mike Barber and the sport by not publishing his pictures of his record whatever the quality. But you two did wonderful and it puts a big smile on this old timers face. I mean ...WOW!
@jcflies12 жыл бұрын
You ROCK, jonny and CREW! thanks for the vid!
@JoshuaWriter12 жыл бұрын
Congrats from San Diego. Well done guys. Amazing flight...!
@F1fanChesty12 жыл бұрын
Nice one Jonny, will be watching this a few times I think
@MikiVa196911 жыл бұрын
Well done a great success for you guys! Thank you for sharing with us this excellent video. I hope there will soon be a record-breaking at least 800km !!! Sincere congratulations and greetings from Serbia !
@mccampanella12 жыл бұрын
Congratulations! The best of the video is your happiness, you are a superb pilot. Thanks for sharing!
@marcutrillogibert91547 жыл бұрын
Awesome fligth Jonny, Congrats! :)
@hovermaster9395 жыл бұрын
Gary Osoba of Pliable Moose...my first standard hang glider flight back in the 70's. This was amazing!
@grahamdrinkell92797 жыл бұрын
Wow, what an amazing achievement! I have just quit hang-gliding after over 40 years and 3000+hrs flying without injury. Aerobatic gliding with a B4 is fun now.
@MelindaGreen3 жыл бұрын
I had 30+ hours before hurting myself. :~(
@AcrodesignerLNSNI11 жыл бұрын
Amazing - well done ! Also very cool to see the video how You flew the morning glory waves on the coastline. Brg from Norway
@glyngin11 жыл бұрын
Amazing flying, so pleased for you, greetings from UK.
@andywolf1005 жыл бұрын
Bloody hell! Never flown a hang glider, but I was riveted, watched ever minute of this video. Makes me want to go out and buy a glider, but at 57 with chronic arthritis, I'm not sure if I could run fast enough coming into land ! lol Thanks for sharing this amazing experience! :-)
@TheMuddatrucker5 жыл бұрын
Andrew Hepburn where some roller blades 😁
@petersiegfriedkrug3 жыл бұрын
Great achievment. I want to fly also. Thanks for sharing such a beautiful video
@outlander-x11 жыл бұрын
love the video, m8! good equipment you have for a glide like that.
@parallaxax12 жыл бұрын
that one flight nearly equals my total hours in the air.... well done jonny
@skypix7778 жыл бұрын
Super! Fantastic flight. Well done lads.
@batlin7 жыл бұрын
Amazing stuff, that's a crazy distance you covered.
@JerrySuneagle12 жыл бұрын
Great video! Better flight. Best pilot! Well done Jonny. You're a true blue sportsman mate.
@liviob1004 жыл бұрын
Nice flying! Congrats on the distance record.
@nadercouri12 жыл бұрын
Jonny, voce é uma inspiração e incentivo pra todos nos. Fantastico voo, fantástica filmagem. Parabéns e bons voos
@geniennis12 жыл бұрын
Epic achievement lads. Looked like you could have gone on forever. Congrats. Eugene in Irl. Paraglider.IHPA.
@fly13276 жыл бұрын
OK, I miss hang gliding 20 years ago, with my wife chasing us in the 4wd! Good friends, good times!
@bloggerday11 жыл бұрын
this seems so peaceful and calming.
@Jeffwright2910 жыл бұрын
I just find it amazing how many people were wondering about pissing or shitting. I couldn't give a flying fuck if I was pissing and shitting in my suit if I am the new world record holder.
@ParagliderCollapse9 жыл бұрын
Small-minded people think of small things. That's why they're not world record holders.
@country4fsx11 жыл бұрын
All i can say is nice job...didnt come to youtube to watch this, but ended up here after watching fsx videos. cant believe I watched the whole video as well, cause this is not my thing, but still nice video and nice commentating it...
@josephdupont8 жыл бұрын
You guys are amaziing. thank your for sharingthis with us.
@shanemoreland12 жыл бұрын
Great landing after 11 hours in a bag! Congratulations Jonny and Dustin
@davidhamilton144611 жыл бұрын
Yeah, seeing the release height as well a map of the overall flight would've been nice. Grats on the nice day and safe flight.
@terrycarter44597 жыл бұрын
Great flight, makes my ridge riding in the early seventies look tame lol.
@davidmintun4 жыл бұрын
Without ridge riding in the early seventies, this flight would not have been possible. If you were there, and added to the knowledge base, this is your achievement too.
@Liger._King4 жыл бұрын
Great video! I enjoyed every moment of it; thank you! Could you please let me know how I can buy a brand new glider? Thank you in advance.
@raymondo16211 жыл бұрын
That's A TOP Adventure - total classic. You musta been grinning for weeks
@2007portuguesa12 жыл бұрын
From Venezuela, congratulations guys, great flight.
@crystalemeralddiamond95719 жыл бұрын
Wow! Just wow! I felt like I was up there as a passenger (somehow lol) flying with you. What a wonderful event and thankyou for sharing. Great stuff.
@dangersDv11 жыл бұрын
A fine accomplishment. I pained me to watch you fly below maximum efficiency for 30 snapshots of messing with the camcorder button, especially on that final glide when nearly all the lift was gone. You might've ercked out another 3 or 4 km needed to get the 'real' official new WR distance if you could've been hitting a toggle button, on & off, right where the bar mitt goes. Too bad red bull's too cheap to supply you with such a wire. Just as heroic here was the hangVan driver. Hats off to him.
@psteen6712 жыл бұрын
SWEET! Thanks for posting the video.
@marccarofano11 жыл бұрын
Love it, Congratulations on the record.
@basinglag11 жыл бұрын
I hope it is a serious question :p He is flying in circle because he want to lift. Thermal bubble or current are not very wide so if you want to go up you have to stay in the bubble, so you have to turn around the centre of the bubble till it is not lifting any more, then you do a transition to another bubble and so on.
incredible dude. inspiring stuff for us younger pilots!
@NATUREmag11 жыл бұрын
Amazing - congratulations!
@alejandrov86127 жыл бұрын
Awesome flight and friendship
@SimonJetRDAF12 жыл бұрын
Great video, and congratulations on the record! I am a glider/sailplane pilot myself, and I might risk making my self look stupid now, since I really dont know much about hang gliding, apart from what we share great interest in - thermals! While flying, you say you have cloud streets - how come you thermal/circle so much then? Is it harder to use the cloud streets in a hang glider?
@glendeco12 жыл бұрын
You're funny dude, lol. You make it look like a walk in the park.
@JamesBalazs10 жыл бұрын
+knyammyknyockers No... Most people take off and land in fields. If you get tow launched the plane that tows you might, but you have to fly in low level airspace anyway as you don't have to have a pilots license to fly a hang-glider.
@gliderrider11 жыл бұрын
Really loved watching this. I'm jealous!
@JTread20037 жыл бұрын
Wow I really want to do this. It seems so relaxing.
@ttoyota12 жыл бұрын
Congrats Little Jonny
@SouthernPrinceKenny11 жыл бұрын
Awesome my friend! Was Matjaz there in the skies as well? Go Red Bull aviation!
@mesquita1379 жыл бұрын
Congratulations for the great flight. I liked to look at. Paulo. ( Brazil )
@regidelta12 жыл бұрын
CONGRATULATIONS JONNY
@slugslugster933810 жыл бұрын
This is AWESOME
@murthafly12 жыл бұрын
Great!!! Congrats...
@aganaircraftindustry350112 жыл бұрын
VERY GOOD WORK! Best!
@hralves200911 жыл бұрын
Sensational .... Congratulations !!!
@teckn1ckal11 жыл бұрын
@shankar townsend they flew in texas. If u look it up there is an article that posts their path and distances. Pretty cool flight wish i had balls to be suspended from wings at 6000+ ft lol
@Jarvyboay12 жыл бұрын
One word...LEGENDARY!
@SloanZurnToto12 жыл бұрын
Amazing. One question, how do you go to the washroom???
@rogeriodonatto7 жыл бұрын
amazing...great job guys...gosh...
@XrayMike11 жыл бұрын
The vario is making me happy
@maurochies12 жыл бұрын
Amazing. The pilot's face turns harder as he advances...Endurance is the word.
@kindafoggy11 жыл бұрын
He is trying to stay positioned inside a column of warm air that is rising from the surface. When you get a really good updraft and climbing speed increases, the altimeter beeps faster and I think it's fondly referred to as a "nosebleed". Watch big buzzards and raptors do this, flapping only when they fly from column to column all across the hot, flat deserts; otherwise they soar. The "thermals" (warm air columns) shape the single fluffy clusters of cottony moisure called clouds :o)
@gliderrider8 жыл бұрын
Really enjoyed the ride!
@zomesargentina6 жыл бұрын
Really Awesome!
@PaulinTaegu11 жыл бұрын
Hang gliders have a top speed over 50 mph. If winds are that strong it is likely from a storm nearby, and it is time too land quickly. Otherwise in distance flying the pilots fly downwind and use the tailwind to push them further distances.
@PC_Surveyor_GA_FL_AL8 жыл бұрын
what kind of communication set up were you using?
@FlynProfessor11 жыл бұрын
That's called thermalling. To gain altitude or stay up, you find a rising column of air and circle in it. The lift takes you up, so you can go for distance. More altitude means more distance. Takes a lot of circling to go 760 kms!
@bobv82195 жыл бұрын
What do you tell the copilot when you have to take a leak. Amazing achievement thank you for sharing.
@hugovoador12 жыл бұрын
Showwww Parabens Jonny, muito fantástico, abração e nos vemos em Brasília...
@BOMBOVA10 жыл бұрын
quite something, thanks for the excellent video,
@CusterFlux11 жыл бұрын
Looks lovely ... is there a trek plot to overlay on Google Maps?
@sixstanger008 жыл бұрын
Beautiful day and looks like it was a wonderful flight! 11 hrs just gliding along high above the Earth, with nothing but the wind on your face - sounds like the most relaxing day possible :)
@boglenight15518 жыл бұрын
Until you start to get hungry and tired, it's not like you can just take a rest, this is way harder than it looks but definitely seems worth it.
@boglenight15517 жыл бұрын
Win Stabell I'm sorry Win but I disagree, whilst hang gliding definitely can be intense it is not an 'intense sport', compared to a lot of other sports it is barely intense at all.
@boglenight15517 жыл бұрын
Win Stabell I might be, I've only been flying for a few months though, probably around five, however nothing big has happened to me yet, so perhaps that is why I'm so relaxed. I used to be very into boxing, soccer and hockey, and compared to those hang gliding isn't really all that intense in my eyes.
@boglenight15517 жыл бұрын
Win Stabell Spectators and eagle, yes, none of that other stuff though. What I can say is that those only happen with less than 5% of the time flying, whereas with many other sports 100% of the time is intense.
@sunrey19388 жыл бұрын
That Depends.
@mark67512 жыл бұрын
unbelievable! congratulations!!
@alantucker932910 жыл бұрын
Great flight !!!!!
@bagoistvan3182 Жыл бұрын
FANTASTIC !!!
@curlyexcile12 жыл бұрын
great video awesome to watch, cant wait to see whats next, hopfully one day soon ill be up there to give it ago