Richard Westgate is the current holder for this record. He wasn't content with the previous record of 113km that he held, so he did it again. The following report has been taken from his article published in Skywings Septembers issue.

Richard Westgate, test flying a Gradient Aspen on July 24th at the XCIent winch field near Cheltenham, landŽed near Newmarket after five hours in the air, having covered 171,6km. "With 25km/h reported at Frocester I was surprised that it seemed OK when I got to the winch field at mid-day," reports Richard. "I was committed after a couple of 360s although the sky looked average with high cirrus and broken, weak climbs. I struggled past Banbury at 50km; my climbs seemed to disintegrate above 3,000ft but I was able to drift along at 25km/h. I found out later that sailplanes were climbing to 8,000ft in wave in the area, which helps to explain the conditions! I nearly decked it just past the M1, but a risky glide over Salcey Forest forest rewarded me with a low save. My track took me between Northampton and Milton Keynes and just north of Bedford. After exceeding the winch-record mark at 113km the conditions ahead started looking good and I got up to 5,500ftA street stretched to the horizon, and at 80km/h the coast at 260km looked possible, but the wind had swung west-north-west towards Duxford where there was temporary air space due to an airshow. I couldn't remember the restrictions so I pushed north around Little Gransden and Bourn towards Cambridge. I couldn't outrun the effects of a sheet of alto-stratos and I spent the last hour under a miserable sky with no sun on the ground. I managed to find half and 1 ups to maintain 2,500ft past Cambridge and over Newmarket racecourse (100 miles), eventually landing at Dalham in Suffolk. National Express got me to Cheltenham and a taxi from there got me back to the car at 3.40 am! Thanks to all at XClent for the fantastic winch operation, and sponsors Gradient and Skyview Systems."