Longest human powered flight (distance)

According to Official Guinness Records,

Kanellos Kanellopoulos (Greece) pedalled his Daedalus 88 aircraft 115.11 km (71.52 miles) from Heraklion, Crete, to the Greek island of Santorini on 23 April 1988. His epic flight lasted 3 hr 54 min 59 sec before an offshore gust broke off the plane's tail and it crashed into the sea a few feet from the shore.

For a complete list of 1988 records, please visit 1988 Guinness Records in Greece.

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