Advance’s new lightweight pod harness was the subject of much interest when it was unveiled at the Coupe Icare in September. Now it is available to buy from your Advance dealer at a RRP of €1390, including the Lightpack and Compressbag. Advance say that this second-generation Lightness “takes the best of the original and adds […] …read more
Riser regulation CIVL Competition Class
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Airborne Nanolights: with Polini Thor 190
Airborne’s nanolights are superlightweight microlights that fall into the sub-70kg category, and the company say they are really growing in popularity, due to their simplicity, low cost and the fact that they are so easy to transport and can be put together in 15-20 minutes. Airborne make two nanolights: the V-Lite’s wing can be […] …read more
Apco Vista 3, EN B: Paraglider review
Cross Country 156 (Nov/Dec 2014) sees the latest EN B from Apco Aviation put through its paces. Marcus King writes: I’m scratching down low, it’s pretty stable down here and others around me are sinking down to the landing. Pilots up high show there are some escape routes to the clouds so it’s just a […] …read more
Ozone Rush 4, EN B: Paraglider review
Bob Drury reviews the Ozone Rush 4 in Cross Country 156 (Nov/Dec 2014). We told him to take it out into the rush hour traffic above Chamonix – where he promptly put it through its paces in the alpine sky. Unrolling the Rush 4 you are immediately assured that this baby has all the technology […] …read more
Hike-and-fly: Igloo-style
“The first rule of igloo club is there is no igloo.” “The second rule of igloo club is build your own igloo.” “The third rule is anyone who comes to igloo club stays overnight in igloo club…” Photographer Andy Busslinger and friends head into the hills in Switzerland to spend the night out in an […] …read more
Destination: Paragliding and hang gliding in Chile
Almost 4,000km long and snaking between the Andes and the Pacific Ocean, Chile is a pilot’s paradise. In Cross Country 156 (Nov/Dec) Loreto Hurtado introduces us… A few years ago on a plane flying north a friend looked out of the window and asked me: “Is that real?” Below us was a vast, empty desert. […] …read more
Flying EN A XC in the Southern French Alps
In Cross Country 156 (Nov/Dec 2014) Marcus King takes an EN A paraglider out for a spin in the southern French Alps and flies a mini XC classic, from Col de Bleine to St Andre les Alpes. I worked every piece of lift on the way; if I arrived too low I would miss the […] …read more
Icaristics: Brakes and Efficiency
In Cross Country 156 (Nov/Dec 2014) former paragliding world champion Bruce Goldsmith looks at how much brake we should fly with. Some pilots fly with a little brake the whole time, whether climbing, gliding or just ridge soaring. There are schools that teach this as the standard technique, because it can provide a level of […] …read more
Meteorology: What is cold air advection?
In Cross Country 156 (Nov/Dec 2014) Honza Rejmanek answers the question, ‘What is cold air advection?’ As a recreational soaring pilot you probably do not have the luxury of flying any day you fancy. Life has a way of loading on countless obligations and responsibilities. What is quite frustrating is that someone is always trying […] …read more