Author: winguu

‘Yesterday, after 17 years, I made the most beautiful flight in my life’ …read more

Source:: Niviuk

The Chabre Open continues to resemble a pop concert in at least one respect, with 130 pilots registered and paid in less than 7 minutes for 2016. The Ozone Chabre Open is a friendly, stress-free cross country competition format with an emphasis on achievable tasks for pilots of intermediate levels.

The 2016 event will use a new pilot/wing classification based on glider aspect ratio. This allows the EN B class to be split – it previously would have contained everything from a Mojo to a Carrera+. The new aspect ratio class yields more prizes and we hope will be more fair. The structure will be as follows:

There will be four glider Classes: Fun, Recreation, Sport, and X-Class. In addition, a Rookie class and a Women’s class.

Fun – EN B or below and AR equal to or less than 5.2

Recreation – EN B or below and AR equal to or less than 5.7, but greater than 5.2

Sport – EN C or below and AR equal to or less than 6.3, but greater than 5.7

X-Class – EN D or below and AR greater than 6.3

We fully support this new system and are eager to hear the results and feedback from participating pilots. …read more

Source:: Ozone Paragliders

French mini-wing specialists Little Cloud have a new reversible airbag harness, called the Turtle. The harness is a no-pod type and has an inbuilt airbag. There is no underseat reserve but you can front-mount one. The harness is rated to a maximum of 110kg and is one size only, suitable for pilots from 155-190cm […] …read more

Source:: Cross Country – International Free Flying Magazine

Sky have unveiled their new high-end EN-B paraglider – the Apollo. They say it’s dripping with the latest technology and set to be a class-leader. Aimed at experienced pilots, Sky say it offers the ultimate performance, sublime handling and easy launch characteristics. The Apollo is a three-line design with narrow upper lines and an aspect ratio of […] …read more

Source:: Cross Country – International Free Flying Magazine

Hook 4 tested by Parapente + …read more

Source:: Niviuk

Team Pilot and friend Raul Penso came out on top of the podium at the recent Trujillo Open FAI 2 comp in northwest Venezuela. There were 4 valid tasks, one of which saw Raul and his Enzo 2 finish 15 minutes ahead of the pack! The full results weren’t online at the time of publishing but will be available on the OpenTrujillo website soon.

Congrats Raul and Cheers from the Ozone Team!

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Source:: Ozone Paragliders

Swing issued a safety notice on 23 February 2016, concerning their speed and mini wings. If you own or fly a SWING Speed- and/or Mini Wing, it is important that you read the message below: Swing asks every pilot to visually check their mini wing before the next flight and confirm the presence of the […] …read more

Source:: Cross Country – International Free Flying Magazine

In April and May of 2015, Nepal was struck by devastating earthquakes, and pilot run Karma Flights was on the ground doing amazing work to bring aid to the local population immediately. With thousands of pilot donations, they’ve been able to bring significant relief since the earthquake hit. Here is an update from Karma Flights and The Cloudbase Foundation on exactly what all of our donations have accomplished:

We brought approximately 32 tons of food, fresh water, shelter and medical supplies and teams in by foot, jeep, motorbike, helicopter and pack animal; built almost 400 temporary shelters for families and 4 temporary schools; set up a field hospital and served over 300 patients, funded additional transport and hospital care/surgery for 14 patients with life-threatening conditions; restocked 18 schools with school supplies and 4 health posts with medical supplies; provided hundreds of solar lights/charging stations to villages without power and hundreds of water filtration systems for safe drinking water; hired a bulldozer to clear landslide impacted trails; funded the epicenter area church (used as our emergency supply-distribution center) to repair their earthquake damage and build a retaining wall against monsoon floods and employ a full-time nursery school teacher; coordinated a …read more