Editing Hang gliding (section)

== Records ==
Records are sanctioned by the [[Fédération Aéronautique Internationale|FAI]]. The world record for straight distance is held by [[Dustin B. Martin]], with a distance of {{convert|764|km|mi|abbr=on}} in 2012, originating from [[Zapata, Texas]].<ref name="fai2">{{cite web|url=http://www.fai.org/record-hang-gliding-and-paragliding|publisher=fai.org|title=Hang Gliding and Paragliding|access-date=30 April 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170612000947/http://www.fai.org/record-hang-gliding-and-paragliding|archive-date=12 June 2017}}</ref>

[[Judy Leden]] (GBR) holds the altitude record for a balloon-launched hang glider: 11,800&nbsp;m (38,800&nbsp;ft) at Wadi Rum, Jordan on 25 October 1994.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Leden |first=Judy |date=2003|title= Flying with Condors. New York: Orion Books.|publisher=Orion Publishing Group, Limited |isbn=0-7528-0874-5}}</ref> Leden also holds the gain of height record: 3,970&nbsp;m (13,025&nbsp;ft), set in 1992.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Hang Gliding and Paragliding|url = http://www.fai.org/record-hang-gliding-and-paragliding|website = www.fai.org|access-date = 22 October 2015|url-status = dead|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150924052146/http://www.fai.org/record-hang-gliding-and-paragliding/|archive-date = 24 September 2015|df = mdy-all}}</ref>

The altitude records for balloon-launched hang gliders:

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Altitude (ft)
! Location
! Pilot
! Date
! Reference
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
|align="center"| 38,800
| Wadi Rum, Jordan
| [[Judy Leden]]
| 25 October 1994
| <ref>{{Cite book|last=Leden |first=Judy |date=2003|title= Flying with Condors. New York: Orion Books.|publisher=Orion Publishing Group, Limited |isbn=0-7528-0874-5}}</ref>
|-
|align="center"| 33,000
| Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
| [[John Bird (scientist)|John Bird]]
| 29 August 1982
| <ref>Edmonton Journal, 30 August 31, 1982; "Kerry Bissell, an official observer of the Soaring Association of Canada: It's 33,000 feet. If the reading is taken at the top of the trace mark, the record is 11,400 meters"</ref>
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
|align="center"| 32,720
| California City, California, USA
| Stephan Dunoyer
| 9 September 1978
| <ref>Hang Gliding magazine, December 1978, p35.</ref>
|-
|align="center"| 31,600
| Mojave Desert, California, USA
| Bob McCaffrey
| 21 November 1976
| <ref>{{Cite book| title = The Guinness Book of Records, 1982 }}</ref>
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
|align="center"| 17,100
| San Jose, California, USA
| Dennis Kulberg
| 25 December 1974
| <ref>Sarasota Journal, 27 December 1974 p4D.</ref>
|}