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.
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
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.
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
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
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. :-)
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!
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)
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.
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!
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.
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
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! :-)
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 !
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...
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.
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.
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.
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.
+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.
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 :)
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.
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.
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.
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)
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.
@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
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?
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!
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
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Best wishes, and thanks for the memories, Murray Charters 44766.
Great flight !!!! Congratulations!!! I'm an old hang glider pilot... thank's to make me feel in the air again... Outstanding!!!!!!!!
I love the way a delta flexwing creaks in the air!
Awesome Johnny! Super cool to be filming and talking through such an epic experience and sharing that with the world. Well done!
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
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.
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
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.
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
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. :-)
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!
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)
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.
Thanks Gary for your support. This is a fine encouragement to continue to break records in a safe way.
What an experience. Thanks for sharing! Cheers from Texas!
I love watching this Jonny... so inspiring!
Wonderful accomplishment! Thanks so much for recording this and sharing it. What amazing skill!
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!
Brilliant. Totally inspiring,
Great flight and fun video! Thanks Jonny!
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.
I had 30+ hours before hurting myself. :~(
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
You ROCK, jonny and CREW! thanks for the vid!
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! :-)
Andrew Hepburn where some roller blades 😁
Congrats from San Diego. Well done guys. Amazing flight...!
Gary Osoba of Pliable Moose...my first standard hang glider flight back in the 70's. This was amazing!
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 !
Amazing - well done !
Also very cool to see the video how You flew the morning glory waves on the coastline.
Brg from Norway
Congratulations! The best of the video is your happiness, you are a superb pilot. Thanks for sharing!
Watching this for the umpteenth time still makes me smile!
Awesome fligth Jonny, Congrats! :)
Nice one Jonny, will be watching this a few times I think
Amazing flying, so pleased for you, greetings from UK.
Great video! Better flight. Best pilot! Well done Jonny. You're a true blue sportsman mate.
Great achievment. I want to fly also. Thanks for sharing such a beautiful video
Super! Fantastic flight. Well done lads.
Nice flying! Congrats on the distance record.
Amazing stuff, that's a crazy distance you covered.
Great landing after 11 hours in a bag! Congratulations Jonny and Dustin
Jonny, voce é uma inspiração e incentivo pra todos nos. Fantastico voo, fantástica filmagem. Parabéns e bons voos
love the video, m8! good equipment you have for a glide like that.
that one flight nearly equals my total hours in the air.... well done jonny
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...
Epic achievement lads. Looked like you could have gone on forever. Congrats. Eugene in Irl. Paraglider.IHPA.
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.
Great flight, makes my ridge riding in the early seventies look tame lol.
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.
this seems so peaceful and calming.
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.
OK, I miss hang gliding 20 years ago, with my wife chasing us in the 4wd! Good friends, good times!
SWEET! Thanks for posting the video.
You guys are amaziing. thank your for sharingthis with us.
From Venezuela, congratulations guys, great flight.
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.
Small-minded people think of small things. That's why they're not world record holders.
Love it, Congratulations on the record.
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.
That's A TOP Adventure - total classic. You musta been grinning for weeks
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.
Jonny, fantástico, inacreditável. Parabéns, você merece!!!
Awesome Jonny!
incredible dude. inspiring stuff for us younger pilots!
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.
+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.
Wow I really want to do this. It seems so relaxing.
what kind of communication set up were you using?
Awesome flight and friendship
Supercool!!
Congratulations boys!!
Really loved watching this. I'm jealous!
Amazing - congratulations!
Great cloudstreets in all directions!
You're funny dude, lol. You make it look like a walk in the park.
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 :)
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.
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.
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.
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.
This is AWESOME
Congratulations for the great flight.
I liked to look at.
Paulo. ( Brazil )
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)
parabéns!você é um camarada feliz!
Really enjoyed the ride!
Congrats Little Jonny
amazing...great job guys...gosh...
One word...LEGENDARY!
What do you tell the copilot when you have to take a leak. Amazing achievement thank you for sharing.
Amazing. The pilot's face turns harder as he advances...Endurance is the word.
Awesome my friend! Was Matjaz there in the skies as well? Go Red Bull aviation!
Great!!! Congrats...
great video awesome to watch, cant wait to see whats next, hopfully one day soon ill be up there to give it ago
Did you go?
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.
Sensational .... Congratulations !!!
Really Awesome!
CONGRATULATIONS JONNY
VERY GOOD WORK! Best!
quite something, thanks for the excellent video,
That Depends.
@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
Amazing. One question, how do you go to the washroom???
The vario is making me happy
Showwww Parabens Jonny, muito fantástico, abração e nos vemos em Brasília...
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?
FANTASTIC !!!
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!
Great flight !!!!!
unbelievable! congratulations!!