Independence’s Zippy PT is an EN/LTF-A certified beginners’ paraglider with ‘performance trims’ on its top surface, which change its performance. The performance trims are operated by zippers. When activated, they increase the stability of the wing, reducing its glide ratio by up to 2.5 points and increasing the sink rate by around 0.4m/s. As the student progresses, the PTs […] …read more
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Pilot Quiz, January 2016: The Answers
Thanks for taking part! Here are the answers. Sorry we couldn’t give them out straight away, but we wanted a good sized sample of responses to get a clear idea of the levels of general knowledge in our sport. Some of the questions were definitely tricky! We now have enough responses to make some really […] …read more
Nova announce release of the EN-B Ion 4
After teasing fans on Facebook for a few weeks, Nova have now officially announced the release of the Ion 4 for February 2016. They say it outperforms the Mentor 3, and the smallest size weighs less than four kilos. The Ion 4 is a three-liner with a modest flat aspect ratio of 5.14. It’s made from “normal” materials, with […] …read more
Dancing with the Northern Lights
Horacio Llorens travelled far North to create these mystic images together with Frode Sandbech and the Aurora Borealis – the Northern Lights!
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Ride and Glide Italy: Volcano Tour
Tobi Böck, Jochen Schweizer and Felix Wölk cycled through Italy to fly Europe’s most active volcanos. Felix tells the story:
The idea: An ecofriendly paragliding adventure, no airplanes, no cablecars, no cars taking us anywhere. Just our legs and thermals, sometimes a boat to cross the sea. Our luggage: Tents, sleeping bags, a heavy bag of camera equipment and 3 Ultralights with OZO and F*Lite harnesses. We started with road bikes from our home base in Bavaria, Germany, to escape from Germany’s upcoming winter direction south.
Our goal: Cycling through whole Italy to climb Europe’s most active volcanos and fly them (Mt. Vesuvio, Mt. Stromboli, Mt. Etna) Start: 12th of November. Vesuvio near Napoli was a kind of warm up, although we had to spend the night at the crater to fly it. A strong northern breeze took us above the thundering crater of Mt. Stromboli, which is nonstop active. A devilish view from above.. We reached Sicily at the beginning of December, a time Mt. Etna (3352m) showed intense activity for more than 2 weeks. Climbing it was forbidden, we did it anyway, and took off from the edge of its main crater. The 30 minute glide was a fantastic …read more
Source:: Ozone Paragliders
Fly Products paramotors with ASC hangpoint system
Fly Products have created the new ASC (Active Sport Comfort) low-hangpoint paramotor system. They say it’s easy to attach and detach your harness from the frame using this system, without the need for time-consuming bolts. In addition, Fly Products say pilots will notice a greatly reduced propeller torque effect with the ASC system, which makes your flying a […] …read more
How well do you know your sport?
Take our short fun quiz. It’ll help us build some interesting infographics for the magazine’s news pages, and we’re sending out some free Hoodies to say thanks too. If you’ve got a spare two minutes just give it a go! Take the quiz …read more
Epic win, epic fail, & the good life: by Yassen Savov
As the winners, from 10th to 1st place, were called one by one to the loud applause of the Mexican spectators and fellow pilots to the flooding lights of the podium, I was saluting them all at slightly different volumes, each determined by my respectometer, but saving my loudest to that one and only first place, to the Champion we have this year. Not just because he was first – I don’t care much about that (the respectometer determines your ranking better than the World Cup formula) – but because of the sheer style in which he won. Stefan Wyss didn’t just win this comp; he showed a class of his own, over and above all the rest of us “best pilots in the world”, winning four out of eight tasks and doing very, very well in the other four. Here it is in numbers. His last four tasks were all over 980 points! He had actually already won the comp before the last task, but he took the last one too anyway, just to say “goodbye”. Yeah. Epic win. And where respect is due, respect should be given, so there you have it. Congratulations to our champion of …read more
Source:: Ozone Paragliders
Horacio Llorens flies the Aurora Borealis
Horacio Llorens headed to the far north for his latest project – flying with the Northern Lights above Tromso, Arctic Norway. To capture these images, Llorens was on standby for hours in -15°C, ready for take off in very cold, windy and damp conditions. And because he flew above the water, he also wore a […] …read more