Author: winguu

We are excited to announce the arrival of the MagMax, our new Trike and Tandem wing. Based on the now famous Magnum series, the MagMax is specifically adapted to powered flight. It offers the same high levels of performance, handling, and ease of use that has made the Magnum series the world’s bestselling tandem wing, but with special features specific to powered flight.

The MagMax an ideal choice for professional tandem instructors, but also part time weekend pilots. The high levels of glide and climb efficiency, thanks to the high performance profile, moderate aspect ratio and low total line drag, makes the Magmax suitable for a wide range of motor and trike units.

The MagMax is now available in 2 sizes: 38 and 41 and 2 colors. More information can be seen here. We look forward to hearing your impressions of this exciting new tandem & trike wing!

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Source: Ozone Paramotor

GIN Paragliders have announced that Robert Graham, a designer with the company since 2004, has left the company. Torsten Siegel is joining GIN as designer and test pilot …read more
Source: Cross Country – International Free Flying Magazine

Greg Hamerton, an instructor with a paragliding school in England, posted this great video explaining how to reach cloudbase on a paraglider. …read more
Source: Cross Country – International Free Flying Magazine

Corinna Schwiegershausenn has paid a moving tribute to her friend Guido Gehrmann on her blog, Corinna Flies. Guido died yesterday in a plane crash …read more
Source: Cross Country – International Free Flying Magazine

Guido Gehrmann, former world hang gliding champion, has died in a plane crash. He was 38. …read more
Source: Cross Country – International Free Flying Magazine

Fred Pieri, our young engineer and assistant designer for the Ozone R&D Team, recently wrote a brief description of the Ozone SharkNose concept. In a clear and informative manner he runs through the basic tenets of the concept, and also briefly discusses why Ozone applied for a patent and what this patent means to us. Click here to read…

Cheers from all the Team!

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Source: Ozone Paragliders

At the moment we are working on 3 exciting new designs in the M5 series. First, the M5 3-Liner, which is now in the final stages of development. This 3-Line design has an Aspect Ratio of 6.9, a SharkNose Profile, and significant improvements over the M4 in almost every respect; the R&D Team reports that this new design has much nicer handling, with a more precise feel, a better climb, and increased stability in accelerated flight. The feeling, according to Dav Dagault, our chief test pilot, is “Delta-esque, rock solid, with excellent sail cohesion”, and even the standard version is lighter than the M4.

With Chrigel’s help, we have developed a wing that is designed from the ground up to perform in the world’s toughest adventure race, the X-Alps. The LM5 will be used by a record number of Ozone pilots in the 2013 X-Alps race. We chose this design based on its exceptional stability in turbulent conditions which the X-Alps pilots are forced to fly in. the 3L design is comfortable and easy to launch, even in difficult circumstances, and our current prototypes are exceptionally light!

After the completion of the 3L designs mentioned above, which is imminent, we will release a 2-Line Mantra M5 as well. This version is aimed at pilots who are looking to transition to the competition class of modern 2L designs. With a slight performance increase and the inherent benefits of a 2L design in flight (rear riser control, increased speed), the M5 2L is the perfect step for pilots looking to move up to the highest level of competition wings.

Many pilots will now be asking themselves, “Which M5 is for me?” We think that most M4 pilots will find the 3L best suited to what they need, whilst the most ambitious ones may opt for …read more
Source: Ozone Paragliders

Within 2 days, BlackHawk Paramotors USA was featured on Fox 40 News and CBS’s Good Day Sacramento. Gary Gelfand of Fox 40 News Sacramento brought his enthusiastic crew out to the opening day (April 18th) of the 2013 BlackHawk Ranch Fly-In. Live broadcasts hit 4 times throughout the morning, prompting a wave of spectators to make their way out to the event. Mike Robinson of BlackHawk Paramotors stated “We have a better first-day turnout than any of the Fly-Ins in the past. My phone started blowing up with texts and calls from customers who watched the report. It’s really exciting for us.” Rob Whittaker of BlackHawk’s Marketing Team commented “It was like pulling teeth to cold-call Fox News and get them out here. It’s a long drive for them and they wanted to make sure it would be an exciting story. After the coverage, the station manager contacted me and said they were extremely happy with the outcome of the story.” The following day, April 19^th, BlackHawk’s Paraplegic student Russel Metlitzky was interviewed on CBS’s Good Day Sacramento. Russel is a phenomenon in the Powered Paragliding community. He was paralyzed from the chest down in a motorcycle accident back in 2000, and never let his tragedy prevent him from following his dreams.  …read more
Source: US Paramotor News

It is pleasure to announce that ATIS 4 and METIS 3 successfully passed EN/LTF certification in all sizes. …read more
Source: Sky Paragliders

Dell Schanze is causing causing controversy again after a video was posted anonymously that accuses Schanze of kicking an owl or hawk in flight after a seven minute chase. This time, it resulted in U-Turn paragliders ceasing “business relations with Dell Schanze.”

Sky Paragliders had dropped SuperDell in June of 2012 as the United States importer or so they told Jeff Goin, President of the USPPA. They have continued to do business with him. Dell claims to the the world distributor of the Cima K2 glider which according to Sky’s website they no longer produce.

In a press release, U-Turn explains their decision:
“This decision was triggered by the abhorrent video, which documents unacceptable wrongdoing by a pilot. Eagle Paragliding based in Santa Barbara/California, will be the official importer of U-Turn products in the United States. Eagle Paragliding will provide the high level service they are known for to existing U-Turn customers.”

This is not the first time that Schanze has lost support from the PPG and Paragliding community. In May of 2012, Simonini USA announced that they are no longer supporting Schanze by refusing to supply motors to Flat Top Paramotors. In early 2013, Sky Paragliders revoked Schanze’s US importer status, but still provide him with Cima K2 wings. Many pilots refuse to purchase Sky wings until Sky drops Schanze entirely.

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Source: US Paramotor News