Last updated Jan 2021


Australian Hang Gliding Records have been made in three categories:
1/ Australian Records - Completed in Australia by any pilot;
2/ National Records - Completed anywhere in the world by an Australian pilot; and
3/ Oceanic Records (FAI Continental category) - Completed in the Oceanic region by a pilot from the Oceanic Region

Australian Records
Category Type
Performance		 Name
Location		 Glider
Date		  
WomenDistance
370.87km		 Tove Heaney (FAI)
Garnpung Lake, NSW		 Moyes CSX 4
02/12/1998		 (1)
Women Out & Return Dist
143.85km		 Tascha McLellan (NZL)
Forbes, NSW		 Moyes CSX 4
03/01/1999		  
Women Triangle Distance
106.7km		 Jenny Ganderton (GBR)
Forbes, NSW		 Foil 152C
23/01/1990		  
Women 25km Triangle Speed
26km/hr		 Jenny Ganderton (GBR)
Forbes, NSW		 Enterprise Wings Foil 152C
14/02/1990		  
Women 50km Triangle Speed
20.65km/hr		 Judith Goldstone
Forbes, NSW		 Airborne Blitz 137
30/01/1993		  
Women 100km Triangle Speed
30.81km/hr		 Tascha McLellan (NZL)
Forbes, NSW		 Moyes CSX 4
31/12/1998		  
General Distance
530km		 Rohan Holtkamp
 		  
 		 (4)
General 100km Out & Return Speed
51.48km/hr		 Tomas Suchanek (CZ)
Stanwell Park, NSW		 Moyes Xtralite 137
05/03/1994		  

National Records
Category Type
Performance		 Name
Location		 Glider
Date		  
Women Distance to Goal
118.1km		 Val Wallington
Ben Nevis, VIC		 Magic III
04/01/1985		 (5)
Women Gain of Height
2805m		 Val Wallington
 		  
 		 (5)
General Distance
759km		 Jon Durand
Zapata, USA		 Moyes Litespeed
03/07/2012		  
General Distance
496km		 Jon Durand
Beechmont, QLD		 Moyes Litespeed
13/03/2005		(5)
General Distance
456km		 Rohan Holtkamp
Hay, NSW		 Airborne Climax C2-13
07/01/2005		 (5)
General Distance
443km		 Jon Durand
Beechmont, QLD		 Moyes Litespeed S
31/10/2004		 (5)
General Distance
427.3km		 Drew Cooper
 		 Moyes Xtralite
 		 (5)
General Distance to Goal
283.12km		 Len Paton
Riverside Station, NSW		 Lamouete Topless II
15/12/1999		 (5)
General Distance to Goal
250.3km		 Steve Blenkinsop
 		  
 		 (5)
General Triangle Distance
168.2km		 Steve Blenkinsop
 		 Moyes SX4
15/12/1999		 (5)
General Triangle Distance
161km		 Drew Cooper
Unterberghorn, Austria		 XS 155
10/06/1989		  
General Triangle Distance
112.9km		 Steve Blenkinsop
Parkes, NSW		 GTR 162
06/01/1988		 (5)
General Triangle Distance
80.8km		 Denis Cummings
Parkes, NSW		 Magic 3
06/01/1985		 (5)
General Triangle Distance
18.5km		 Denis Cummings
Bond Springs, NT		 Magic III
26/11/1984		 (5)
General 25km Triangle Speed
15.6km/hr		 Denis Cummings
Parkes, NSW		 Magic III
16/02/1986		 (5)
General 50km Triangle Speed
31.53km/hr		 Denis Cummings
Parkes, NSW		 Foil 165
02/01/1987		 (5)
General 100km Triangle Speed
26.47km/hr		 Steve Blenkinsop
Cooks Myalls, NSW		 GTR 162
06/01/1988		 (5)
General 150km Triangle Speed
26.31km/hr		 Drew Cooper
Unterberghorn, Kössen (Austria)		 Moyes XS
10/06/1989		  
General 100km Out & Return Speed
76.38km/hr		 Rohan Holtkamp
Eucla, SA		 Moyes CSX 5
15/02/1998		 (5)
General 100km Out & Return Speed
31.66km/hr		 Steve Blenkinsop
Forbes, NSW		 Magic Kiss
22/01/1990		 (5)
General 200km Out & Return Speed
54.88km/hr		 Rohan Holtkamp
Eucla, SA		 Airborne Shark 144
 		 (5)
General 300km Out & Return Speed
56.59km/hr		 Rohan Holtkamp
Eucla, SA		 Moyes CSX 5
12/02/1998		 (5)
General Gain of Height
4136m		 Len Paton
 		 Airborne Blade 141 5
16/12/1994		 (5)

Oceanic Records
Category Type
Performance		 Name
Location		 Glider
Date		  
General Distance to Goal
343.3km		 Adam Stevens
Birchip, VIC		 Combat
28/11/2018		 (6)
General 50km Triangle Speed
40.8km/h		 Neale Halsall
Birchip, VIC		 Moyes RX 3.5
28/11/2018		 (6)
General 100km Triangle Speed
30.9km/h		 Vic Hare
Birchip, VIC		 Wills Wing T2C
28/11/2018		 (6)

Comments

(1)Pilots country is recorded as FAI - this is strange since Tove had been resident in Australia for many years at this time. Not sure if this should also be a National Record

(4) Rohan has applied for this record, but it seems that SAFA does not know how to process it...

(5) Also qualifies as an Australian Record

(6) Also qualifies as an Australian & National Record

This is NOT a complete list of "records". There have been unofficial records, records not listed on the HGFA (now SAFA) website, records listed on the FAI database but not claimed as Australian/National records, etc, etc.