Category: para news

Spanish firm Airfer have released a new paramotor chassis, called the Cronos. It is built from hardened aluminium, and all parts are screwed together to make the components easily replaceable. The Cronos can be used with a range of engines, and comes with Airfer’s comfortable harness. It takes straight or curved arms, and their position can be adjusted for […] …read more

Source:: Cross Country – International Free Flying Magazine

Twenty Five Ways to Fly Better, Volume 1 is now available as an eBook on Kindle and Kobo. It is the digital version of the best-selling print book 50 Ways to Fly Better by Bruce Goldsmith and friends. Published in late 2013, 50 Ways has since been translated into six languages and sold around the […] …read more

Source:: Cross Country – International Free Flying Magazine

In Cross Country 160 (June 2015) Hugh Miller takes on three very different gliders – Ozone’s M6, Nova’s Triton 2 and GIN’s GTO2. As well as flying them he talks to the designers, getting an in-depth understanding of exactly what makes these beautiful machines tick. Short of flying a two-liner, these are the most exciting […] …read more

Source:: Cross Country – International Free Flying Magazine

Jamie Shelden explains why dune gooning – that’s playing around in the air on a sand dune – is so good for your technique and should be essential for all pilots. Plus it’s brilliant fun! The friends that took me to Rainbow the first time suggested that I get several landings in straight away so […] …read more

Source:: Cross Country – International Free Flying Magazine

In Cross Country 160 (June 2015) we ask four experts how pilots can supercharge their thermalling and get better at it. The full article is in the magazine, but in the meantime here are 12 tips to help pilots of all levels thermal better. Thanks to Armin Harich, Brad Gunnuscio, Gordon Rigg and Kelly Farina […] …read more

Source:: Cross Country – International Free Flying Magazine

Learning is at the heart of what we do as pilots, and this issue we’re packed with articles, comment and insight that will help you get more out of your flying. In the core: First up, we ask four expert pilots how to thermal better – Gordon Rigg, Brad Gunnuscio, Armin Harich and Kelly Farina […] …read more

Source:: Cross Country – International Free Flying Magazine

Philippe Lami tests the Artik 4 …read more

Source:: Niviuk

Lu Marini joined to Niviuk team! …read more

Source:: Niviuk

Following the disastrous earthquake last week, our good friend Isabella Messenger is helping to spearhead ground rescue, supply, and medical relief efforts in the villages around Pokhara, Nepal, a well known flying site where thousands fly each year.

Karma Flights is a local pilot-run charity in Pokhara. Run by pilots who want to ‘give back’ to those in the community, it’s now found itself at the centre of relief efforts in Pokhara and have been doing remarkable aid work without the help of the government or any large NGO’s for the past week, organizing supply and food distribution and sending teams to the local villages near the epicenter of the earthquake to offer whatever medical assistance, shelter, and rescue efforts that they can.

We’d like to assist them in reaching out to fellow pilots to help them keep up their efforts. Rest assured that any donations are going directly to help those on the ground. If you’d like to help, the simplest way is to donate through the Karma Flights website. You don’t need a PayPal account, just a bank card.

Isabella has been posting updates on her facebook page with photos and details of their work which we highly recommend …read more

Source:: Ozone Paragliders