Mike Campbell-Jones has been flying for 30 years and designing paragliders for 20. A former instructor he founded Paramania and helped to develop the reflex paraglider. In his column in issue 165 he discussed our flying playground The abbreviation AGL = Above Ground Level, is where all flying activity takes place. For pilots, the sky is […] …read more
World records in Brazil: 2015 Season roundup… so far
It has been a record season so far in Brazil, with several world records broken. Here’s a round-up of what’s been happening. 9 October 2015 Marcelo Prieto, Donizete Lemos and Frank Brown (BRA) flew into the record books with a spectacular flight of 514km to give them the new paragliding world record for straight-line open […] …read more
Remote Launches – Mountains column from issue 161
Jon Chambers has been flying for over 20 years and has competed in the Red Bull X-Alps twice. He lives in Geneva and flies in the Alps where he enjoys being a Tandem Dad to his kids. He is the author of Hanging in There, a book about the X-Alps. His regular column in issue […] …read more
Understanding Microbursts – Meteorology column from issue 163
Meteorologist Honza Rejmanek has been a paraglider pilot since 1993. He has competed in four Red Bull X-Alps, and came third in 2009. He lives in California. In his Meteorology column in issue 163 he wrote about microbursts. In most cases you are likely to receive strange looks if you publicly express a fear of […] …read more
Thermalling Revisited – Icaristics column from issue 163
Bruce Goldsmith has been flying since the 1980s. He has been British Hang Gliding Champion twice, British Paragliding Champion three times and was Paragliding World Champion in 2007. He has been designing paragliders for 20 years. His Icaristics column in issue 163 revisited the subject of thermalling. For the last six months I have been giving […] …read more
Which flight instrument is right for you? Full article from XC160
Dazzled by tech? Hugh Miller and Marcus King look at the different needs for different pilots and round up the kit The soaring pilot If you’re starting out, your priority should be learning your core flying skills. Instruments should be simple and easy to use. Naviter’s Andrej Kolar says, “Any instrumentation you use shouldn’t distract […] …read more
Falling – Full Article from XC165
A year ago this October Canadian competition pilot Brett Hazlett had an accident while launching from Babadag in Turkey. A year on he re-lives what happens, and takes us step by excruciating step through his painful recovery. The goal: to fly again. I am lying on the steep slopes of a six-thousand-foot mountain in Turkey, in […] …read more
Full article: Flying from the Coast
Anthony Moore investigates sea thermals and going XC from the beach. Think again about what you think you know – because anything is possible… This article is from Cross Country issue 165 Flying XC can be wonderful, but with ever-increasing distances being flown it can also be frustratingly limited. In northern Europe and the UK […] …read more
New acro move: the Tumble Flip
There has been a lot explored beyond the latest invented acro tricks as nowadays the top pilots are able to perform pretty much every move flown twisted. And now when most of us think the evolution is about to slow down Max Marien (former Infinite Tumble record holder, interviewed here earlier) takes it to another level by inventing the Tumble-Flip – flipping himself both forwards and backwards during an Infinite Tumble! Congratz Max!
Source:: Just Acro
Canungra Cup Results
Australia’s longest running competition, the 16 year old Canungra Cup, has come and gone for another year. With an oversubscribed pilot list, it opens the Aussie season in southeast Queensland and remains Australia’s most popular competition. 2015 saw 5 tasks and some great results for Ozone pilots with 7 of the top 10 flying Ozone and the winners of every performance class flying Ozone. Congratulations to Sydney pilot Felipe Rezende who held his lead on his Enzo 2 for the last few tasks to take home the win.
Overall comp winner: Felipe Rezende on an Enzo 2
Top EN-D glider: Gavin Zahner on a Mantra 6
Top EN-C glider: Tom Urie on a Delta 2
top EN-B glider: Rob Oliver on Rush 4
You can see the full results here.
Source:: Ozone Paragliders