Author: winguu

Mad, bad or genius flying? Andy Pag tracked Babu Sunuwar down to his home in Pokhara in Nepal to interview him about his tandem flight from the summit of Kilimanjaro. Was he crazy, stupid or was it the spark of genius? …read more
Source: Cross Country – International Free Flying Magazine

New season, new gliders. From the latest comp machine to the smoothest EN B, we’ve got them covered …read more
Source: Cross Country – International Free Flying Magazine

New gliders, new plans, new adventures. If you ever wondered how to become a professional pilot and actually make a living out of simply flying, then Horacio is your man …read more
Source: Cross Country – International Free Flying Magazine

‘Life becomes a blissful routine. Fly, camp, eat, sleep and fly again. Every two or three days we’d try to land at a place where the truck could meet us so we can restock food and water and charge batteries. Below us the terrain is in a constant state of awesome change.’ …read more
Source: Cross Country – International Free Flying Magazine

Gemma Woldendorp and Natasha Sebire head north – really far north. Liverpool Land in far east Greenland is about as far away from cable cars and civilisation as you can get …read more
Source: Cross Country – International Free Flying Magazine

The 2013 Paragliders Brochure is now available for download! Click here to read up on our entire 2013 range, and check out some of the latest images of our wings. As always, the most current and up to date info can be found here on flyozone.com, so check back for developments on exciting new wings such as the Mantra M5.

Our brochure will be available from your local Ozone dealer in paper form from the end of March in most countries.

Cheers, from all the Team.

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Source: Ozone Paragliders

By Heidi Lee

Continued from PPG Virgin 3

Today was the day! Was I nervous? A tad. Was I ready? Flippin’ absolutely!

I woke up on this morning ready. When I got to the shop, the guys had some OLD HONKIN huge Paramotor waiting for me by the simulator. They had me put it on and I couldn’t believe how ungodly heavy it was. I couldn’t even walk with it! It kept hitting the backs of my calves and I was pissed! This thing did NOT look like the BlackHawk Paramotor that I was expecting to fly. There was NO WAY on god’s green earth that I was going to be able to launch this thing. Forget how heavy it was, the fuel tank and the lower frame hitting the bottoms of my legs made it impossible. How could anyone launch this beast?

Ahhhh! It turns out that it was all a joke. Good one guys! They put a Flat Top on my back! Rick rolled open the shop door and there sat a brand new BlackHawk R90 and the machine was beautiful! I loved the black and red coloring, the shiny exhaust, and the motor. It was so tiny! I couldn’t wait to put this machine on my back. Doing so was such a sigh of relief and a major excitement. The weight, and feel of the BlackHawk, compared to the ”joke machine” was a world of difference. The unit was light and felt very comfortable.

After drooling over my BlackHawk R90, they hung me in the simulator. The simulator is it’s a tool that lifts you off the ground so someone can adjust the unit so that it hangs at the proper angle. For me, that was about 2-3 degrees leaned back. The simulator is also used for you to learn how to get in and out …read more
Source: US Paramotor News

ATIS 4 arrived in here to introduce absolutely new quality of flying – it is best suited for those who would like to enjoy the performance and still like the passive safety of the real EN B category. …read more
Source: Sky Paragliders

Skate 2, enjoy every minute …read more
Source: Niviuk

Icepeak 6, winner in Australia …read more
Source: Niviuk