A duo of an Australian father and son has achieved a Guinness World Record as they took to the skies in a glider and performed 45 consecutive inside loops.

David Scutchings, the father, said he wanted to go for a world record as he approached his 50th birthday, so he decided to recruit his 16-year-old son, Max, to join him in a twin-seat DG-1000 glider and took to the skies over Gawler, South Australia, according to UPI. 

“Throughout my whole life I’ve been trying to set myself as a role model for young people, in particular my family, to show that goal setting, working hard, having discipline and really trying hard is the way to get what you want to achieve, and that’s what we did with this record,” the father told Guinness World Records.

The duo achieved the record on Australian Day, January 26 and completed 45 consecutive loops and smashed the previous record of 24 consecutive indie loops which had stood since 2001.

The father, who flies helicopters for the South Australian Police, said he hoped to inspire young people to go into aviation, saying it is “one of the best things you can do in your life”.