Artik 4, the 122 km flight by Roberta Perinetti …read more
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Dean Eldridge: Paramotoring author Q&A
Dean Eldridge is the author of Paramotoring – The Essential Guide, the new book from the Cross Country publishing team. Dean, or Deano, is always travelling, so we fired some questions at him between check-ins. Deano, you have a new book out, Paramotoring – The Essential Guide. What makes it so essential? Well it’s a […] …read more
Globe Gliders: Eliane Ott and Moritz Leiser
Eliane Ott and Moritz Leiser are two Swiss paraglider pilots who are setting off this week to travel the world. They’ll be posting here every month, or you can follow them in German at www.globegliders.ch. We are sitting in the middle of a big mess. Clothes, electronic devices and paragliding gear are spread out all […] …read more
Big Flights in Quixada
Ozone pilots have been logging some serious distance in Brazil this year. Donizete Lemos flew 483km straight line distance on the 5th of November, on his Enzo 2.
On the 27th October a new Declared Goal Record (for UK pilots worldwide) was set by Richard Perkes & Alex Butler in Quixadà Brazil. The pair flew together to 285km, beating Matt Church’s record (flying an M4) by just 5km, also set in Quixadà, in 2012. Both pilots flew past goal to land at sunset after 9hrs45min flying. Alex landed at Lagoa de Sao Francisco 305km and Richard flew to Piripiri 318km. Both flew Mantra M6’s. Richard is sponsored by High Adventure Paragliding, and Alex by The Sick and the Wrong.
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New Icepeak 8
New Icepeak 8 …read more
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Gavin McClurg has been nominated National Geographic Adventurer of the Year
Gavin McClurg has been nominated National Geographic Adventurer of the Year …read more
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Advance loft jacket
New for this winter from Advance is a lightweight and very warm synthetic loft jacket. It has an adjustable removable hood, hand gaiters with thumb cutouts and external and internal zippered pockets. The outer fabric is wind and water repellant, and it’s filled with 100g Thermocool fill, which Advance say is light and breathable with […] …read more
Dudek Nemo XX: EN A paraglider
To celebrate their 20th anniversary next year, Dudek are creating a new ‘XX’ range of paragliders, the first of which is to be the EN A Nemo XX. Dudek say it is a forgiving and easy to fly, stress-free post-school wing and you can hill-launch it, fly it cross country, tow it and paramotor with […] …read more
Reminder for Enzo2 Pilots Competing at the 2014 Worlds
A reminder for Enzo2 pilots competing in the World Championships, Colombia, 2014
In order to comply with the new CIVL Competition Class (CCC) at the forthcoming FAI 1 World Championships, Enzo 2 sizes S and M ordered before 20th September 2014 require a CCC conversion kit. The kit includes new …read more
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A Tour of Mt Blanc, in November?
Stephane Boulanger, flying an LM5, had an unexpected adventure on November 1st. He launched from the sunny side of Mt Blanc, in Italy, and flew around the Mt Blanc massif in blue thermals on a crisp autumn day. He made a short video of this spectacular flight:
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