World Champions!
Source: Niviuk
Category: para news
BlackHawk Paramotors & The BIGGEST Airshow in the World!
BlackHawk Paramotors & Velocity Paragliders are gearing up for their debut at the largest Airshow in the world! The 2013 AirVenture Oshkosh Super-show is going on July 29th through August 4th. This ever-famous annual event is hosted in Oshkosh Wisconsin, and is dubbed ”The World’s Greatest Aviation Celebration.” Oshkosh has it all when it comes to aircraft! Warbirds, vintage, homebuilts, ultralights, and now BlackHawk Paramotors. Some of the aircraft you would normally find in a hangar at your local airport. Others are so unique, they are the only one of its kind. Half a million people will wander through the event, and
Source: US Paramotor News
BlackHawk’s NEW AirMax 220 Paramotor is Here!
BlackHawk Paramotors USA is proud to introduce the NEW AirMax 220 Paramotor. This extremely versatile powerhouse was designed as a crossover machine for pilots who want it all. The AirMax 220 can go from foot-launch, to being mounted on a LowBoy II Quad in a matter of minutes. With 29HP and 170-180 lbs of thrust, this machine is becoming a favorite to many of our customers around the world. The AirMax 220 is built by HE motors, and features a forced-air cooled 210cc engine. For under $10,000, you can get everything you need for quad & foot-launch, including s Velocity
Source: US Paramotor News
Champions of the Parang Open PrePWC 2013!
Champions of the Parang Open PrePWC 2013!
Source: Niviuk
Footlaunch paragliding record falls in the USA
Gavin McClurg broke the US paragliding foot launch record on 15 July 2013, flying 383km from Sun Valley, Idaho on his Niviuk Peak 3.
New US record on the Peak 3
New US record on the Peak 3
Source: Niviuk
Horacio Llorens take the lead in the world cup ranking meanwhile France monopolize the top10
The first world cup’s stop of the year, AcroMax, just ended last sunday after a super nice week in Udine, Italy.
In solo Horacio take the lead after an impressive competition meanwhile the French team put 5 pilot in the top7. Marvin Ogger manage to put himself between for a nice 4th place after big fights. The level was high and this was a good start for an incredible season ! Read the full report below.
Source: Just Acro
X-Alps Update: Top 5 Pilots All Flying Ozone LM5
UPDATE:July 17 10:15 CET
The first 5 pilots into goal at Monaco were all flying Ozone LM5s. A huge congratulations to Clement Latour, Antoine Girard, Jon Chambers, and Peter Gebhard, who followed Chrigel into goal! We hope that they are all enjoying cold drinks and a view of the Mediterranean
We will be watching our teammate, Martin Muller, today with the hopes that he can pull off a nice flight to the coast. Track them here.
Cheers from all the Team!
Source: Ozone Paragliders
Ozone Pilots Win At XC-Amazonia, Brazil
Our friend, Daniel Caram, reports in from Brazil:
Russian Mega-Tow: 3110m (10,200ft)
Expert XC Pilot and veteran instructor, Andrey Alepov, writes to us about a mega-tow his school performed in Russia recently. Andrey reports:
“We have set a new record to bring a pilot to 3110m, towing. We have found a long field about 5 km. We put together many cables and came to the result of 5 km of cable. We used the tandem Magnum for a single pilot to compensate the possible load to the wing. The wind was 2 – 4 ms that day. The time of towing was 40min. The whole time of flight till the landing was 1
Source: Ozone Paragliders