Author: winguu

In March after “immense deliberation” competition pilot Mads Syndergaard bit the bullet and launched his very own Open Class paragliding competition series. We asked him how it’s going …read more
Source: Cross Country – International Free Flying Magazine

Peak 3, the moment has arrived! …read more
Source: Niviuk

Mike Robinson of BlackHawk Paramotors USA has created a “Video Flying Blog,” or Video Flog. The goal is to provide customers and flight enthusiasts with short, random videos showcasing what happens on a daily or weekly basis at the BlackHawk Ranch. The Video Flog is hosted on the following Youtube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/Fly2ube. “If we have some new students out here or a new product in production, people can follow our progress as a company more closely,” said Mike Robinson. Rob Whittaker with BlackHawk’s Marketing Team stated “We always have someone with an Iphone or some kind of camera out at the ranch. The quality of the videos won’t be up to the production value of our main Youtube channel, especially if they are an instant mobile upload. We want to keep this channel casual and engage people in conversation about the company or people’s experiences out here. I guess you can compare it to a “video Twitter.” Please take a moment and subscribe to the channel so you can keep up to date on the latest from BlackHawk Paramotors USA!

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Source: US Paramotor News

Here is an account, in Paul’s own words, of an impressive spring flight, which he says, “didn’t just fall from the sky”! Check out his tracklog here.

The idea stemmed from a meeting regarding airspace in northern France, where I discovered the open pathway between Paris and Lille to reach the coastline from Létanne, in the region of Champagne-Ardenne. A week later, the forecast promised the first real spring flying conditions with an east wind. With the challenge still fresh in my mind, but of course too early in the season to attain such a distance, I detect (as many others) that this is the day not to miss. I organized retrieve driver – I have to be at work the next day at 7:30 ready to perform surgery…

Upon arrival at the take-off, the first cumulus clouds appear and I quickly prepare myself for take-off. Appropriately, getting up an away is a easy but the flight for me and two other pilots is almost over after 10 Km. The promising cumulus fails us and we end up low, ready to land, not very proud… Luckily, we manage to emerge from the situation and I begin to consult my map and the flight corridor to the sea…

The cold conditions are penetrating, omnipresent for the duration of the flight; my fingertips are frozen in spite of my heated gloves. These conditions are probably responsible for Wim or Phil’s exhaustion, who share the same over-ambitious objective, the coast! Yet this objective keeps me going, motivates me to advance quickly, legs stretched and pushing the accelerator, only stopping in the strongest thermals.

I ignore the cold, neglect fatigue, and only think of keeping my retrieval informed of my position as I advance.

The flight occurs in 4 stages:

In the first stage, the cumulus clouds are …read more
Source: Ozone Paragliders

The ANAKIS 2 reveals classical SKY Paragliders solutions applied in every detail. They remained faithful to the mylar reinforcements in the leading edge instead of nylon rods and four series of low diameter entirely sheathed lines. …read more
Source: Sky Paragliders

Nowadays situation in EN C or EN D market, it is sometimes difficult to know what´s what. Among the confusion, Sky´s brief for Antea 2 was to produce an easy, lightweight and playful wing… …read more
Source: Sky Paragliders

The new Slalom has been piloted to several wins already this year in the beginning of the 2013 competition season.

At the Expo Montegrappa, a majority of the pilots were flying Ozone, although there were several team pilots from other brands. A figure 8 FAI slalom task was flown. Alex Mateos (Viper 18) and Aurelien Ganaye (Slalom 21) completed the tasks with impressive times of 30 and 32 seconds, 5-6 seconds faster than the next pilots in the ranking. Congrats guys, well done, and we assume that was great training for the upcoming French Champs.

The first league of the Italian PPG championships was organized during the first weekend of April. Of the event,  Raffaele Benetti said, “Finally in Italy the level of competition is gradually aligning to the rest of Europe, with more and more technical tasks, improved pilot skills, and the best equipment”. On the podium of the first event, three Ozone Slalom pilots stood together. In first place, Sandro Passeri (Seven time Italian champion) once again affirmed his lead.

Italian Championships:

1) Sandro Passeri (Ozone Slalom 21)

2) Raffaele Benetti (Ozone Slalom 19)

3) Walter Camozzi (Ozone Slalom 21)

Cheers from all the Team.

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Source: Ozone Paramotor

Trofeo Expo Montegrappa 2013: first Peak 3 success! …read more
Source: Niviuk

Air Design have announced the release of two new gliders …read more
Source: Cross Country – International Free Flying Magazine

A genuine high quality navy T-Shirt that is so nice to wear. These dark blue-white striped, long sleeve T-Shirts are made of 100% cotton (240 g/m2), using a system of double knit. …read more
Source: Sky Paragliders