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Karen Skinner takes the bronze medal at the World Air Games …read more

Source:: Niviuk

UP are releasing the new EN B Makalu 4 for the 2016 season. As the Makalu 3 was before it, UP say the Makalu 4 is an accessible and friendly EN B wing, ideal for newly qualified pilots to progress on, but faster and better performing than the 3. It has a new planform with a slightly higher […] …read more

Source:: Cross Country – International Free Flying Magazine

French firm Neo have released a super lightweight speedriding wing called the X-Lite for “wild ski-touring and mountain adventures”. The X-Lite is a development of the X-Ride freeride wing, but it weighs just a smidge over a kilo (1.05kg in size 8, 1.35kg in size 10) and will easily fit into a daypack. It’s an expert-level speedriding […] …read more

Source:: Cross Country – International Free Flying Magazine

Ozone’s Jomo, their EN-A certified hike-and-fly wing, is ready. Based on the Mojo 5, Ozone say the Jomo is perfect for newly-qualified pilots and up, looking for a safe and solid lightweight wing for ridge soaring, thermalling or XC flying. They say it’s fun and easy for all levels of pilot. It’s much lighter than the […] …read more

Source:: Cross Country – International Free Flying Magazine

Nova have announced the winners of their 2014/15 XC Challenge, a cross-country competition for Nova pilots. The pilot with the highest-scoring flight for each category of Nova wing on XContest.org was awarded the title of XC Challenge winner for their category, and a brand new Nova harness. The winners were: Prion: Stephanie Boselli (CH) for an 87 […] …read more

Source:: Cross Country – International Free Flying Magazine

The French Civil Aviation authority, the DGAC, have released a safety advice bulletin in English concerning very low level military activity in French airspace. A link to the docuent in PDF format is below. If you intend to free fly in French airspace, please read it. http://www.developpement-durable.gouv.fr/IMG/RTBA%20anglais%20web-1.pdf • Got news? Send it to us at […] …read more

Source:: Cross Country – International Free Flying Magazine

Flymaster Avionics have released version 2 of their Flymaster Designer tool, which enables pilots to manage the screen layout of Flymaster instruments. The tool enables you to design your screen layouts on your computer, and then sync and update multiple devices simultaneously with flights, layouts, airspace and firmware. Flymaster Designer is compatible with all Flymaster instruments except the B1 series, […] …read more

Source:: Cross Country – International Free Flying Magazine

Seiko shares her last record adventures from Australia.

Everything started two years ago, when I decided that I wanted to hold all of the long distance paragliding world records.

This year I came to Australia for the Free Straight Distance Record (current record was 395 km) and Distance to Goal Fixed Record for which we need to declare the goal before the flight (current record 301 km).

Beside all the flying skills a pilot has to gain in order to break a record, the weather has the last word. The ideal conditions for this kind of flight are: enough tail wind to cover as much terrain as possible, strong lift, and high cloud base.

Unfortunately, yesterday’s forecast didn’t look that great with light wind and a bit stable to try to brake The Free Straight Distance so I decided to fly for Distance to Goal Fixed Record with a declared distance of 366km. Here is how it went:

After another perfect winch take off provided by my ground crew I start to head west, finding light north wind on my way.

As the predictions shows the cloud base is very low which kept my flying speed quite slow.

Five hours have passed and I haven’t even …read more

Source:: Ozone Paragliders

Tim Alongi (FR) won gold in the the solo paraglider acro category, and Horacio Llorens (ES) and Théo de Blic (FR) – Team Twisted Boys – the synchro at the World Air Games 2015 in Dubai. “I stayed true to myself and put in a steady performance,” Tim said. “I’m really happy with the result.” The video […] …read more

Source:: Cross Country – International Free Flying Magazine