New Hang Gliding XC 307 KM

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New Hang Gliding XC 307 KM

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xc on a Rigid wing

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Nevills xc was on an Atos rigid wing which is still a great flight but much quicker than a hangglider and a lot more performance. It shows flights like this dont come that often Neville has been flying rigids for over 10yrs
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Still a hang glider ...it's a glider and you hang from it ...hence hang glider class 5 ridged well done Neville fantastic flight
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Class 5 Rigid

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John Wallis wrote: ...it's a glider and you hang from it ...
You also hang from a paraglider :lol: Rigids are class 5 John and you know they have lots more performance :wink:
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It's still foot launched either way, any wing you can carry to launch then fly 307km is an achievement
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Totally agree Colin but harder on a hang glider... :wink:
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