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Greatest distance flown in a glider – out and return (open class) (FAI-approved)

Greatest distance flown in a glider – out and return (open class) (FAI-approved)
Who
Max H S Leenders
What
1,251.1 kilometre(s)
Where
South Africa (Douglas)
When
04 January 2016

The farthest out-and-return distance covered in an open-class glider is 1,251.1 km (777.4 miles), by Max H S Leenders (Netherlands) in a Schempp-Hirth Nimbus 4 DM on 4 January 2016, as recorded by the FAI. The record took place in Douglas, Northern Cape, South Africa.