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Buachaille Etive Mòr is one of the most recognisable mountains in Scotland. Recently, our friends Mark Robson and Bren Reid climbed the North Buttress for a hike, climb, and fly with ultralight gear. Here’s their brief report and a nice video they put together of the day. Thanks for sharing your adventure guys! Cheers, from all the team.

Glad you liked the video – it was only shot using our mobile phones as an afterthought!

The route we did was North Buttress (West Route) Grade IV 4 – one of the great classic climbs on Buachaille Etive Mor in Glencoe. Conditions were perfect – light winds, blue skies and fantastic bomber neve.

Climbers/ Pilots – Bren Reid flying an Ozone Ultralite 2 16 and Mark Robson flying an Ultralite 3 19.

Bren sensibly chose to use his helmet to contain his crampons in his rucksack whilst airborne… “Because I’m more scared of landing on them than of flying without a helmet”. Needless to say, the landing with a rucksack full of climbing hardware was much smoother for me with the UL19.

Ascent, from car to summit took us a leisurely 5 hrs. The descent straight back to the car park an …read more

Source:: Ozone Paragliders

Join us at the Stubai Cup! …read more

Source:: Niviuk

Advance have unveiled their latest lightweight reversible harness – the Easiness 2. A modular design, it’s suitable for hike-and-fly, travel, bivouac and leisure flying. The Easiness 2 is a seatboardless design, and it has a removable airbag with a built-in reserve compartment. Advance say they have made the leg pads longer and the shoulder straps wider than […] …read more

Source:: Cross Country – International Free Flying Magazine

The Eternity from U-Turn is an EN-A paraglider with a flat aspect ratio of 5.0, suitable for beginners up. It’s light in weight, starting at 3.45kg in the smallest size (increasing to 4.85kg in the biggest of the six sizes). U-Turn say the Eternity is a very forgiving wing, but with precise, sporty handling and an outstanding […] …read more

Source:: Cross Country – International Free Flying Magazine

The Expe 2 from Nervures is a super-skinny harness for hike-and-fly, para-alpinism and speed riding. It weighs just 238g in the largest of three sizes, but isn’t completely stripped-down bare for lightness. It has a lightly padded Skytex seat and back, and adjusters on the Dyneema straps, for both size and angle of recline. Softlinks replace […] …read more

Source:: Cross Country – International Free Flying Magazine

‘Yesterday, after 17 years, I made the most beautiful flight in my life’ …read more

Source:: Niviuk

The Chabre Open continues to resemble a pop concert in at least one respect, with 130 pilots registered and paid in less than 7 minutes for 2016. The Ozone Chabre Open is a friendly, stress-free cross country competition format with an emphasis on achievable tasks for pilots of intermediate levels.

The 2016 event will use a new pilot/wing classification based on glider aspect ratio. This allows the EN B class to be split – it previously would have contained everything from a Mojo to a Carrera+. The new aspect ratio class yields more prizes and we hope will be more fair. The structure will be as follows:

There will be four glider Classes: Fun, Recreation, Sport, and X-Class. In addition, a Rookie class and a Women’s class.

Fun – EN B or below and AR equal to or less than 5.2

Recreation – EN B or below and AR equal to or less than 5.7, but greater than 5.2

Sport – EN C or below and AR equal to or less than 6.3, but greater than 5.7

X-Class – EN D or below and AR greater than 6.3

We fully support this new system and are eager to hear the results and feedback from participating pilots. …read more

Source:: Ozone Paragliders

Sky have unveiled their new high-end EN-B paraglider – the Apollo. They say it’s dripping with the latest technology and set to be a class-leader. Aimed at experienced pilots, Sky say it offers the ultimate performance, sublime handling and easy launch characteristics. The Apollo is a three-line design with narrow upper lines and an aspect ratio of […] …read more

Source:: Cross Country – International Free Flying Magazine

French mini-wing specialists Little Cloud have a new reversible airbag harness, called the Turtle. The harness is a no-pod type and has an inbuilt airbag. There is no underseat reserve but you can front-mount one. The harness is rated to a maximum of 110kg and is one size only, suitable for pilots from 155-190cm […] …read more

Source:: Cross Country – International Free Flying Magazine