Section 7, the rules that govern hang gliding and paragliding competition, has been revised and updated. It has been published on the CIVL website and will be current from 1 May 2016. CIVL say it has taken two years to revise. Notorious for its complexity the rules in Section 7 are there to help organisers […] …read more
Author: winguu
FAI 2015 Annual Report released
The FAI have released their annual report for 2015. It features news and statistics on competitions and records on all the FAI airsports, including paramotoring, paragliding and hang gliding. Available to download as a pdf or to view online as a flipbook from the FAI site. …read more
XCBusa Lake Garda comp: Win a Woody Valley harness
The Busa Flying Team at Riva del Garda in Italy are running a local (lake Garda area) XContest competition, with great prizes including Woody Valley’s new competition X-Rated 7 harness. Any qualified pilot can take part, on any certified wing (EN A to CCC); they simply need to record their flight (which has to fulfil the […] …read more
Ozone LiteSpeed miniwing
Ozone’s LiteSpeed is a versatile lightweight miniwing, bridging the gap between lightweight paragliders and speedriding wings. You’ll find it in the speedriding section of Ozone’s website, though they summarise it as a miniwing for use in a wide range of conditions, from hike-and-fly to soaring. It is intended for intermediate pilots upwards, its speed and dynamicism increasing with wing […] …read more
Two Niviuk teams in the third edition of the X-Pyr
Two Niviuk teams in the third edition of the X-Pyr …read more
Source:: Niviuk
Carl Wallbank: 275km UK HG goal record
Carl Wallbank flew his hang glider 275km to a declared goal on the south coast of England on 23 April 2016 – a UK goal flight record. The flight, from Llangollen in North Wales to Weymouth, took him 6 hours 12 minutes, and meant negotiating the UK’s notoriously complicated airspace. Carl holds the UK open distance record too, with […] …read more
AirDesign’s single-surface UFO certified
AirDesign’s UFO has been certified LTF/EN B in the largest, 21m² size (75-90kg) – the world’s first certified single-surface glider. The Ultralight Flying Object is extremely light at 2.0kg, and compact. AD say it’s the perfect tool for Alpine use, and with the new certification it might appeal even more to para-alpinists and hike-and-flyers. AD […] …read more
Skylighter 3 cross-country race harness
The Skylighter 3 is Sky’s new cross-country racing pod harness. Sky have designed this harness for all cross-country pilots, and it’s very adjustable (they call it Easy Custom Tuning (ECT)) so that it can be adapted to suit each pilot’s preferences. For instance, it comes with a carbon composite seat plate, but you can remove […] …read more
Power2Fly SP Evo 6 GT paramotor frame
Power2Fly have launched their new SP EVO 6 GT 2016 paramotor cage. A lightweight cage made from aluminium and carbon, it has a diameter of 135cm and weighs just 4.2kg. The SP Evo 6 GT comes ready to fit the following engines: Vittorazi, Polini, Cors-Air, Sky Engines, MiniPlane and EOS 100/100 Booster. The photos below show a close-up of the […] …read more
Paramotor Trike paragliding holidays in Greece with Olympic Wings 1
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Source:: Paragliding Hellas