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Archive Home > 2013 > January > 18 > Gliding to a record on the Texas wind

Gliding to a record on the Texas wind

By A.G. Sulzberger / The Bulletin
January 18, 2013

The clouds stretched across the Texas sky like a highway. And soaring along those lanes, lofted nearly 8,000 feet by the hot air rising from the Earth, two hang gliders raced in tight pursuit of the most prized feat in this high-adrenaline niche sport: farthest ever flown.

The men, Jonny Durand....

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