{"id":1604907,"date":"2018-02-11T21:39:20","date_gmt":"2018-02-11T19:39:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.winguu.com\/blog\/archives\/1604907"},"modified":"2018-02-11T21:39:20","modified_gmt":"2018-02-11T19:39:20","slug":"stefano-and-emi-set-new-tandem-distance-record-in-new-zealand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.winguu.com\/el\/stefano-and-emi-set-new-tandem-distance-record-in-new-zealand\/","title":{"rendered":"Stefano and Emi Set New Tandem Distance Record in New Zealand."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Stefano Gigli came to New Zealand five years ago. His first stop was Raglan, where he immediately fell in love with the Kiwi lifestyle. Since that first visit, Stefano has called New Zealand home. Last summer he began flying the Swift 41 and noticed its XC potential right away, which inspired him to go for distance in New Zealand. <\/p>\n<p>OZONE Power manager, Emilia Plak, is a regular visitor to New Zealand, and when she returned this year Stefano immediately scooped her up as his passenger and set off into no-man&#8217;s-land. Stefano and Emi took off from Wanaka and flew what could be the longest tandem flight ever achieved in New Zealand.  <\/p>\n<p>In Stefano&#8217;s words:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe valley breezes and the sea breezes from the east and west characterize this southern region and it is not always easy to make good flights or get to goal. The weather changes constantly and when you fly you must always keep in mind the possibility of bivouacking somewhere. Last December we had four days of wonderful weather to fly and we had a lot of fun. With the SwiftMax we were able to increase the average speed in the transitions and its glide performance allowed <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flyozone.com\/paragliders\/en\/news\/headlines\/26892?source=rssfeed\" class=\"colorbox\" id=\"rssmi_more\"> &#8230;read more<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Source:: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flyozone.com\/paragliders\/en\/news\/headlines\/26892?source=rssfeed\" class=\"colorbox\" title=\"Stefano and Emi Set New Tandem Distance Record in New Zealand.\">Ozone Paragliders<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stefano Gigli came to New Zealand five years ago. His first stop was Raglan, where he immediately fell in love with the Kiwi lifestyle. Since that first visit, Stefano has called New Zealand home. Last summer he began flying the Swift 41 and noticed its XC potential right away, which inspired him to go for distance in New Zealand. <\/p>\n<p>OZONE Power manager, Emilia Plak, is a regular visitor to New Zealand, and when she returned this year Stefano immediately scooped her up as his passenger and set off into no-man&#8217;s-land. Stefano and Emi took off from Wanaka and flew what could be the longest tandem flight ever achieved in New Zealand.  <\/p>\n<p>In Stefano&#8217;s words:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe valley breezes and the sea breezes from the east and west characterize this southern region and it is not always easy to make good flights or get to goal. The weather changes constantly and when you fly you must always keep in mind the possibility of bivouacking somewhere. Last December we had four days of wonderful weather to fly and we had a lot of fun. With the SwiftMax we were able to increase the average speed in the transitions and its glide performance allowed <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flyozone.com\/paragliders\/en\/news\/headlines\/26892?source=rssfeed\" class=\"colorbox\" id=\"rssmi_more\"> &#8230;read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1604907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-para-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Stefano and Emi Set New Tandem Distance Record in New Zealand. - winguu \u00b0 fly high \u00b0 land gently<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.winguu.com\/el\/stefano-and-emi-set-new-tandem-distance-record-in-new-zealand\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"el_GR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Stefano and Emi Set New Tandem Distance Record in New Zealand. - winguu \u00b0 fly high \u00b0 land gently\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Stefano Gigli came to New Zealand five years ago. 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