Twins submit altitude record attempt application

The brothers have submitted the world record attempt application, which they say is pending verification

Adventurers from Devon have submitted an application to see if they have created a new world altitude record after flying in a tandem electric paramotor.

Ross and Hugo Turner, known as the Turner Twins, attempted to take a paraglider-style aircraft to 10,000ft (3,050m) in the French Alps this month.

The brothers confirmed they had reached 8,000ft (2,438m) and had submitted the application, which they said was pending verification and they hoped to find out if they were successful in the next few weeks.

The aircraft, with a custom-built motor, had been in the development stage for five months, they said.

Ross and Hugo Turner, known as the Turner Twins, attempted the record this month

They said the attempt involved "several months of waiting for the right weather".

Ross Turner said their official observer, who would watch and verify the attempt, had more than 40 years of paraglider experience.

He said: "We came along with our novice idea and technology, he said we won't have enough power, this won't work.

"We've had it before on other expeditions where experts say: 'No, this won't work.'

"Dare I say our fresh mind and pioneering spirit, we have to balance the risk versus reward and, thankfully, we proved him wrong on a couple of occasions."

"The weather has been very unfriendly" - listen to the twins talk about their world record attempt

Hugo Turner added: "That's exactly where we want to be as adventurers... testing, pushing the envelope of emerging technology.

"It's good people who have got decades of experience are saying: 'No, this isn't going to work' and we prove them wrong.

"It's exactly what we want to be doing."

The brothers have already broken world records by becoming the first twins to row the Atlantic Ocean.