On july 07th 2008, Miguel Esteves flying with SOL Kangaroo 2 along with his passenger Cléber, broke the world paramotor record. Until this date, the record was 361 Km. They flew 380km in about five hours and half. 44 liters of fuel was consumed and it was left 14 liters, which it was enough for more two hours to fly. Congratulations for the pilot and his passenger for this conquer.

Further information

• Pilot: Miguel Andrés Esteves González  ( Pelotas-RS)
• Passagenger: Adão Cleber dos Santos Boettge ( Pelotas - RS)
• Paramotor: Advanced 1400 motor Black Devil M25Y selletes SOL
• Categoria: RPF2 (Paramotor Biplace)
• Fuel: 58L of gasoline
• Paraglider: Kangaroo 2 - SOL
• Takeoff place: Capão da Canoa beach- RS
• (29° 45.981´S   050°  00.925´W)
• Date/hour:  05-07-2008   08 hs 41m 07s
• Legal takeoff weight:  290 K
• Landing place: on the beach, 43 Km south of Cassino-RS
• (32° 31,196´S  052° 23.067´W)
• Date/hour: 05/07/2008 às 14 hs 10 m 00s
• Legal Landing weight: 259 Kg
• Consumed: 44l of gasoline (32 Kg)
• Distance between points:: 380,2 Km
• Flight time: 05:30
• Media speed: 69,09 Km/h
• Max speed:  97 Km/h
• Min Speed:  54 Km/h
• Registered: GPSMAP 76S N° 93690113

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