On 1 May 2022, pilot Yves Gerster glided 516km from the Jura mountain range in Switzerland all the way to Lasham in the south of England.
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Gerster took off from Courtelary at 7:35 am and landed in Lasham at 4:44 pm, a little over 9 hours later, according to the website weglide.org.
During the first 13 minutes he was towed to 3,000m before being released. He then headed westward, reaching the English channel at around 2:30pm. Two and a quarter hours later he was on English soil.
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The video below shows Gerster on a flight over the Swiss Alps.
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Jane says
When I see a Swiss Army Knife I think of an older now deceased Friend.
He visited Switzerland one summer & brought a friend of mine & I each one back.
Myself being a woman & my friend who had never had a knife in his life were amazed @ the many uses,
Most of all we loved the excitement our old friend had demonstrating the knife.