Soaring to success (Picture: White Planes Picture Co)

A team of Hampshire glider pilots have been successful at the sport's world championships in Australia.

Asandi Darlington in the cockpit of his glider (Picture: White Planes Picture Co)

Pete Masson and Asandi Darlington, who are based at Lasham airport near Alton, have been competing in the Club Class event at Gawler in South Australia.

Pete Masson won the event and is now the Club Class World Champion.

And the British team are also Club Class World Champions, winning in their class.

The Hampshire pair make up two thirds of the British Team and at 26 and 27 are amongst the youngest competitors taking part.

22 teams from across the world were involved in the prestigious championships.

Along with third member of the team, Richard Hood from Nottinghamshire, they have been flying gruelling speed and distance tasks over inhospitable desert terrain in temperatures above 40 celsius.

Glider dumping water ballast (Picture: White Planes Picture Co)

The three Brits have now gained an unprecidented 2 medals and a team first at a world championships

The competition is based on a series of races and the pilots get points for distance and speed.

Bad weather in Australia held up competition in the closing days of the event.

Pete Masson told BBC Radio Solent's Jon Cuthill about the win.