Airborne’s nanolights are superlightweight microlights that fall into the sub-70kg category, and the company say they are really growing in popularity, due to their simplicity, low cost and the fact that they are so easy to transport and can be put together in 15-20 minutes. Airborne make two nanolights: the V-Lite’s wing can be […] …read more
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Apco Vista 3, EN B: Paraglider review
Cross Country 156 (Nov/Dec 2014) sees the latest EN B from Apco Aviation put through its paces. Marcus King writes: I’m scratching down low, it’s pretty stable down here and others around me are sinking down to the landing. Pilots up high show there are some escape routes to the clouds so it’s just a […] …read more
Hike-and-fly: Igloo-style
“The first rule of igloo club is there is no igloo.” “The second rule of igloo club is build your own igloo.” “The third rule is anyone who comes to igloo club stays overnight in igloo club…” Photographer Andy Busslinger and friends head into the hills in Switzerland to spend the night out in an […] …read more
Ozone Rush 4, EN B: Paraglider review
Bob Drury reviews the Ozone Rush 4 in Cross Country 156 (Nov/Dec 2014). We told him to take it out into the rush hour traffic above Chamonix – where he promptly put it through its paces in the alpine sky. Unrolling the Rush 4 you are immediately assured that this baby has all the technology […] …read more
Flying EN A XC in the Southern French Alps
In Cross Country 156 (Nov/Dec 2014) Marcus King takes an EN A paraglider out for a spin in the southern French Alps and flies a mini XC classic, from Col de Bleine to St Andre les Alpes. I worked every piece of lift on the way; if I arrived too low I would miss the […] …read more
Destination: Paragliding and hang gliding in Chile
Almost 4,000km long and snaking between the Andes and the Pacific Ocean, Chile is a pilot’s paradise. In Cross Country 156 (Nov/Dec) Loreto Hurtado introduces us… A few years ago on a plane flying north a friend looked out of the window and asked me: “Is that real?” Below us was a vast, empty desert. […] …read more
Speeding Points: Learning to Speedride
With winter on the horizon in the Alps in Cross Country 156 (Nov/Dec 2014) we take an in-depth look at how to learn to speedride. It’s not as simple as borrowing your mate’s 8m speed wing! Arnaud Baumy is a paragliding and speedriding instructor in Les Arcs. He got into the sport with Francois Bon […] …read more
Jon Chambers: Training for the Red Bull X-Alps
Jon Chambers has competed twice in the Red Bull X-Alps and got to Monaco once – finishing fourth in the 2013 race. In Cross Country 156 (Nov/Dec 2014) he explains how any pilot can take the techniques that X-Alps pilots use to train and turn them on themselves. The aim is not to turn us […] …read more
Meteorology: What is cold air advection?
In Cross Country 156 (Nov/Dec 2014) Honza Rejmanek answers the question, ‘What is cold air advection?’ As a recreational soaring pilot you probably do not have the luxury of flying any day you fancy. Life has a way of loading on countless obligations and responsibilities. What is quite frustrating is that someone is always trying […] …read more