|
Crossing
the Mediterranean Sea by Paramotor: 1210 km! |
Andi Siebenhofer
(27) is an Austrian extreme-sportsman who loves to push himself
into unique adventures, whether with his paraglider, a bicycle,
a paramotor trike or on foot. On December 2003 he attempted
to fly over the Mediterranean Sea with his ‘flyke’
but after 270 km a faulty fuel pump forced him back to the
Greek coast where he lost part of his equipment in the sea,
and nearly drowned! Now, he is ready for the record attempt
again: At the end of August, Andi will launch from the south
of Greece in a motorized paraglider (with a trike) to fly
across the Mediterranean sea all the way to Egypt, where he
plans to land spectacularly in front of the Pyramids of Giza.
“This time it is going to work out “ says
Siebenhofer optimistic, referring mainly to his new flying
machine, that has been developed and tested in Germany for
his planned record flight and will be significantly improved
compared to his last motorized paraglider. The “onboard”
security standards have also been heightened. In the new version
of his aircraft, there will be duplicates of all important
parts of the machine. That means, if there are any technical
failures of one part of the engine, the flight can still be
continued. And the motor runs on 55 % extra-performance, no
less than 70 horsepower.
Siebenhofer plans to launch on August 25th from near the Greek
coastal city of Kalamata, which is the same starting place
he used last December. The distance from Kalamata to the pyramids
is about 1210 kilometres
in total and Andi has to fly 1006 kilometres offshore.
We wish him the best weather and wind conditions during his
journey, and a happy landing next to the Pyramids!
Info: www.xix.ch
and www.andi7hofer.com
Basic data
Aircraft: “Fresh Breeze”
Efficiency of motor: 70 PS, Hirth 3503 E
Paraglider: XIX Spezial
Navigation: Aircotec XC-Trainer, Kompass
Rescue system : Vonblon
Take off weight: 390 kg, therefrom 250 litres fuel
Speed of flight: 50-64 km/h
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posted:
August 18th, 2004 |
| NEW
RECORDS: 244,6 KM IN SPAIN – 147,4 KM IN GREECE |
| Spanish
Record by Steve Ham
On July 4th, a new Spanish record was broken in Piedrahita by
British pilot Steve Ham (who lives in the area) on a Wintech
Tactic: 244.6 km and 8 hours above the N-110
national road, in northeast direction.
Steve took off at 12h 50' from Peña Negra, and landed
at 20 h 52' at Valdealvillo (this is the N-122, 17 km after
Burgo de Osma). Steve's comments:
"I was flying with my English group, plus a wandering
Holland pilot. In the group was Nigel
Prior who has just broken my English record
(it was 9 years old with 175 km and he has flown 186, but another
pilot made a longer flight a few days ago). Going back to the
flight it was not easy till the pass, and I made the cross flying
north toward the "antenas". Wind was blowing from
the west, 15-17 km/h. This was more variable flying low at the
Amble's valley, mainly it was blowing north but above 3.000
m was blowing SW 12-15 km/h. My last customer, Frank Goodman,
landed at 17 h after 143 km. Frank flies a Gin Oasis and he
is 73 years old, so can you imagine his satisfaction face that
day. This is the 6th. time he visits me and he deserves such
a flight. Let's see what we do fly when we are his age.
I decided to fly 200 km (never done it in Piedrahita). 196,
198, 193 km, I was always near and so many times the East wind
blows at Riaza and takes you to the ground. This time the route
was north from the Sistema Central, about 20 km off the mountain
chain. The clouds were developing and the confluence was obvious
to glide and glide without stopping. The convergence stopped
at 20 km from the Burgo de Osma. The next move was to glide
to get the same street of clouds but it was too late, though
there were still clouds. I didn't make it and I just glide to
the village and landed near a witness riding a bike".
*Info: www.windtech.es
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Greek Record by Kostas "GUS" Proitsakis
‘Gus’ enjoys distance flying and its challenges
more than anything else, for that reason he headed to one
of the best XC sites of his home country, Mt. Kaimaktsalan
at Edessa, to spend a month there camping and flying. His
goal was to fly 150km and thus break his own previous national
record of 107,5 km, done on April 26 2003, but he didn’t
need a month for that:
On
the 5th day, July 15th, he landed near Larissa after 5 h 25
min, and 147,4 km to the south of the starting
point. Kostas, on his Gradient Aspen 26,
found cloudbase at 3100m and used a lot of accelerator with
a tail wind up to 20 km, and thermals up to +7 m/sec. A week
later he flew 128 km from the same site.
According to his brother Mitsos, he is the only Greek pilot
who has flown more than 100 km in Greece, and he has done
it 3 times already. He flies since May of 2001.
You can see pictures of his flight in:
http://mmk.thenet.gr/photos/thumbnails.php?album=48
and
http://mmk.thenet.gr/bb2/viewtopic.php?t=573
posted:
August 10th, 2004
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| FACTORIES
NEWS AT THE AIR FESTIVAL OF EL YELMO
Spain, july 2004 |
The
5th edition of the International Air Festival of El Yelmo opened
its doors on July 7th, in the province of Jaen (Andalusia, Spain),
as an event more focused in the AIR and everything that relates
to it, and less as a Cinema Festival like in previous years,
although the films still have a preminent place in this festival.
The dream to make an event "similar" to the famous
Festival of St. Hilaire (France) is becoming a reality: Outside
Spain it is known as "the Spanish St. Hilaire" and
the public include dozens of foreign pilots, in addition to
Spaniards came from all the corners of the country, who in the
sky transformed into more than 300 paragliders flying every
day over the free-flight station of El Yelmo, and bought more
than 450 transport tickets to the take-off on Saturday 10th!
El Yelmo approaches its maturity incorporating a better general
organization; a wider display of activities that, among others,
included the first Forum of Air-Filmmakers; a bigger commercial
Fair where representatives of different PG brands were present
with their news; organized transport to the takeoff, and a good
amount of activities for the children and adults who do not
fly but are interested in these activities. Here, some of the
news we could collect at the fair of El Yelmo Festival 2004. |
| Valery
Chapuis and the changes at Advance |
Co-owner
and director of one of the most respected paraglider factories,
Valery spent the weekend with their Spanish importer, Draco,
and also took the time to talk with us about the changes in
his company. The most important is that the Kites section
and the Paragliders one are going on separate ways, and co-founder
and partner Robert Graham is leaving to continue with the
Kites factory independently. He will still maintain some relationship
with Advance Paragliders as an external consultant. In his
place, aerospace engineer Thomas Ripplinger joins Advance
and thus the company expects to optimize their efforts exclusively
towards the development of paragliders and a new range of
accessories specially thought for the paraglider pilot and
his/her needs in flight.
"Our objective is not to put our label to an article
and sell it, but to develop our own complements with very
special practical details that can help the PG pilots have
better and more comfortable flights" explained Valery.
Within this range they already count on technical flight suits,
thermal jackets, backpacks and bags to use on the ground,
and a good range of harnesses, known by their special piloting
characteristics. Valery himself showed us how this harness
allows the pilot to have a greater control, specially in turbulence,
thanks to its "diagonal active system":
Leg straps that connect to the sides of the harness, thus
allowing the pilot to put them in tension with just a gesture
so as to obtain greater stability, with no need to use the
hands (and release the brakes) for further adjustments. In
the harnesses there are no big changes, only improvements
that aim to offer more security and sensitivity to the pilot,
in addition to maximum comfort. One of them is the use of
new carbon fiber tables for the seat, much
lighter than wooden ones, reducing in nearly 1 kg the overall
weight of the harnesses.
Talking about Paragliders, Advance have recently released
their perfo model Omega 6 (see New
Paragliders archive), but are preparing two new models
to renew their range.
|
Valery
likes to fly high. With Advance, he's confident that they can
still go higher... |
One is the Sigma 6 in category DHV2, directed
specially to cross-country pilots and offering better performance
than the Sigma 5: faster, with a more dynamic response and a
more precise handling. They have already made some "very
good" prototypes and the company expect to have good progresses
for this model for St. Hilaire (France, 16-19 September), and
release it by the end of this year or beginning of 2005. They
are also working on a new intermediate glider, the Epsilon
5, a little more accessible for beginner pilots and
that fulfills the new requirements in category DHV 1-2.
"We want to have a normal step between our basic intermediate
glider and the intermediate one, because the present Epsilon
is directed to pilots with abilities similar to those of the
Sigma 5, which is in the lower half of category DHV 2. We want
that our DHV1-2 glider can be flown by a talented pilot just
leaving the school or a more advanced one, whereas our DHV 2
will be in the middle of the category, as far as security is
concerned, offering competitive performance", Valery
told us. +Info: www.advance.ch |
| Airwave:
A DHV 2 on its way! |
| Martin
Gostner traveled to Spain in the name of the Austrian
factory to meet their new importer in the country, Paraglidershop.com,
and to spend some time with them during the fair. The company
prepares two new models that will be integrated to their range
very soon, like the Flite that already appears
in Airwave’s brochures. This is a DHV 1 glider, for training
and first flights, with a simple design in which the ease of
use has been favored, based on the good feedback from several
schools that worked with the prototypes. "It is a paraglider
of simple construction, without diagonal ribs, so the price
will also be much more attractive for the schools and the pilots
who are beginning" Martin explained us. They just
finished the last prototype and are confident that this will
be the definitive one that will go to certification, before
releasing it into the market.
But the big news will be the other model in which the factory
have been working: Their new DHV 2 glider,
to fill in the gap in the present Airwave range, the Mustang.
The house designer, Bruce Goldsmith, has already made some prototypes
that at the moment are being studied to hone the crucial features
the factory wants to achieve in this model, including outstanding
performance and a perfect handling. The Mustang will be specially
intended for cross country pilots, with a good compromise of
security, and the guys at Airwave expect to have at least the
M size certified on time for St. Hilaire’s festival, in
September.
Martin told us that another novelty is in their harness range:
the Ram Race, a special competition harness
that incorporates an airbag with aerodynamic shape to obtain
better speed and glide, although without adding any extra protection.
According to Martin, the fairing behind grants more directional
stability and reduces the risk of twists. The ram Race comes
with internal protections and the airbag can be removed whenever
the pilot wants to fly without it. Bruce himself has developed
this model and assures that he gets an extra pair of tenth of
glide even with the Sport 2 (DHV 1-2). |
|
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| Peter
Schifflechner: Introducing the new Firebird, on its way to
Switzerland |
|
The new owners of Firebird are determined to place the brand
in a new significant position in the market, by showing an
image of seriousness and with a renewed product range.
Some months ago, this German factory declared itself in bankruptcy
and was bought by a German group, together with some of the
names and DHV licenses of their paragliders. The leader of
the new Firebird, Peter Schifflechner, arrived
at El Yelmo with their dealer for Austria and Germany, Robert
Kleinwechter, to introduce the new philosophy of the company
and to meet their importer for Spain and Portugal, the young
company Aeroes.
Peter explained us that the new management wants to make a
totally new range of paragliders, reduce the range of harnesses,
and offer a “much better” service to
their customers than the old administration.
Their new paraglider designer is Swiss Alexandre Paux,
who is also in charge of most of the gliders from the Czech
factory Sky Paragliders. That’s one reason why they
will settle Firebird in Switzerland too. The first glider
that will be released from the renewed Firebird will be an
intermediate DHV2, planned as a glider with
performance similar to the Hornet SP’s, but offering
a higher security level, closer to the first Hornet’s.
In the range they will maintain the Grid (DHV1-2) but will
incorporate a new glider slightly easier and more basic, that
will enter category DHV 1 or 1-2. The idea is to renew everything
and to offer a much more professional image as a brand, reason
why they will do an effort to attend as many PG shows and
events as possible, and also participate in any way to promote
Firebird. At the moment they have already sponsored a Spanish
pilot to represent them in aerobatics, Alex Rodriguez, who
will follow the Acro competitions during this season.
|
The
new Firebird: Peter Schifflechner and Robert Kleinwechter
(dealer for Austria and Germany). Serious people!
+Info: www.flyfirebird.com
(in reconstruction)
|
| Ozone
- Showing off a 69 in flight! |
| A
skilled paraglider and hanglider acrobatic pilot, and also
test pilot at Ozone, Antoine Boisselier arrived
at El Yelmo with his Acro partner and filmmaker, Guillaume
Broust, who told us about the difficulties that the
independent producers have to compete with films backed by
big budgets and sponsors (like the two winners of the Cinema
Festival). Together they made the film "Flying Babouches"
that last year won the prize for Best Humor Film in St. Hilaire.
For El Yelmo they did not have it subtitled in Spanish on
time and could not compete, but they gave us the DVD to review
it here (coming soon!), whereas they completely dedicated
themselves to exhibit the new Acro glider from the Anglo-French
factory, the "Sixty-Nine".
|
|
The
Ozone crew at the LZ of El Yelmo, where it was easier to find
them than in the stand...
|
We rarely saw them in their stand next to Ozone’s
Spanish importer Alam-Air, because they were climbing up
and throwing themselves down from the mountain with their
gliders all day long, delighted with the flying site and
so displaying the dynamic qualities of the 69, with which
Antoine expects to play a good role in the upcoming international
Acro competitions. Unlike the Mutant, a proto Acro glider
that never went to the big market, the 69 is being certified
DHV 2-3 and is intended for the increasing number of pilots
who all that want from paragliding is to kill the heights
at great speed doing tricks. The 69 passed the load tests
up to 15 Gs and has a short and precise handling, together
with a great retention of energy so as to cleanly achieve
the most radical and difficult maneuvers (+details in New
Paragliders). The brand also released short ago their
new DHV1 glider, the Mojo, available in all sizes.
+Info: www.flyozone.com
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| François
Bon, for Aerodyne & ‘Acro Base’ |
|
A
daring test pilot (FR) and marketing representative of Aerodyne,
François had two good reasons to be at El Yelmo. One
was to meet two of the company’s local dealers in Spain
(Lijarsur & Paraglidershop) and the other was to be near
his adrenalinic film “Acro Base”,
classified for the competition in the Air Cinema Festival,
that shows the most radical feats performed by three PG pilots
and base-jumpers who, apart from being hopelessly nuts, combine
both modalities above amazing scenarios. Although this time
he did not go home with a prize, François was pleasingly
surprised by this flight party in the South of Spain and the
good welcome that Aerodyne is having in the country (oh, and
he speaks perfect Spanish!). Some weeks ago, François
participated in the Acro competition Vertigo-Voss, in Norway,
where he obtained the 5th place with a Dune XS
(DHV2). He will follow the Acro tour of comps with this glider.
The company, based in Annecy (France) has a range of 7 paragliders,
all easily identifiable by their eye-catching combinations
of colors, and some accessories. In Spain they have several
local distributors aside from the 2 present at El Yelmo, a
distribution system that aims at offering the best conditions
for the sales of Aerodyne products.
+Info: www.aerodyne.fr
and www.acro-base.com
|
Radical
landing style at El Yelmo (Dune XS)
|
| Swing
and their new models |
Since
early this year, the German factory has a representative for
Spain, Andreas Mezger, who coordinates distribution through
local dealers. Lars Pongs (in the picture,
with a friend) came to meet him and to introduce officially
the brand’s new mountain glider, Everest,
recently certified DHV 1 and based on their beginners model
Axis 3. Specially for this light glider, the factory developed
a siliconized fabric of 35 g/m2, that contributes to save a
30% of the total weight compared with gliders of similar construction
– obtaining an overall weight of around 4 kg. The company
also just released their tandem glider Mistral Twin,
based on this year’s intermediate Mistral 3 (DHV 1-2).
The Mistral Twin promises "extreme fun for two" and
great ease of use for professionals and leisure pilots (+details
in New Paragliders). They will
soon release a smaller size of it. In Swing’s stand they
had 15 gliders available for demo, but Andreas still had time
to test fly a proto of the Astral 4, the much
awaited intermediate glider (DHV2) for the Swing range, and
expected for this autumn. According to him, it’s a glider
with very good performance and easy to control.
+Info: www.swing.de |
 |
|
*We'll soon post more details about
the Festival and the winner films in all categories, many
of them available in DVDs.
Posted:
August 4th, 2004 |
| Travel,
Fly and Learn this summer |
| The
summer holidays can be a good opportunity to improve your flying
skills, visit new sites or practice emergency maneuvers for
the first time. There’s a wide offer of courses and excursions
to choose from in different and attractive locations in Europe.
Here, a little sample of them: |
| MoveUP
Camps:
The German manufacturer
UP, together with some of the best instructors they could find,
are organizing the “moveUP camps”. Defined as “laid-back
yet intensive courses in the realms of Acro and S.I.V. flying,
cross-country skills and competition training”, the courses
will start with two Acro clinics led by Greg Blondeau in France,
and Peter Neuenschwander in Switzerland, where the participants
will also have the chance to demo some UP gear, like their new
Acro glider Rock. The first will take place in Annecy, September
10-12, with a maximum of 7 participants attending Greg and Jean
Marc’s clinic. For info and reservations you must contact
Greg at info@airaile.org
or 0033.6.73002909
The Swiss moveUP camp will be in Brienzersee, September 18-19,
and is co-hosted by UP, UP Switzerland and the acro-duo Peter
Neunschwander and Dominik Wicki. Contact Uli Bohren at upschweiz@bluewin.ch
+Info: www.up-europe.com
Itinerant
course in Valais, Switzerland:
The
idea of this course offered by Twist’Air is to discover
“the unique features of various Alpine sites, in a friendly
atmosphere”, so they will guide the pilots to fly in a
different site each day. The organizers also arrange accommodation
for the days of the course, and tandem flights for non-flying
companions who want to experience what their friends are enjoying
so much. The sites to choose from include Verbier, Evolene,
Vercorin, Fiesch, Montana, Ovronnaz and Villeneuve, and the
dates are August 30-September 3 (Vercorin), and September 27
to October 1 (Evolene). +Details in www.aerocentre.ch/twistair/--index.htm
(click on stage – and choose your flag).
|
|
Chill
Out Camps: Also based in Switzerland, these
are cross country courses and bivac flying across the Alps,
led by Kari Eisenhut and his team. +Info: www.karieisenhut.com
|
| XC
in Piedrahita or SIV in Turkey: Escapexc offers
various possibilities during the summer, from cross country courses
at the famous site of Piedrahita in Spain, to SIV courses over
water in Turkey. The instructor is Jocky Sanderson, well known
by his training videos. +Info: www.escapexc.com/calendar.htm |
| Fly
Piedrahita: Enlarge
your personal distance records under the tuition of British champion
Steve Ham, who has the local (and Spanish) record in 244,5 km
and lives in Piedrahita itself. He and his wife Puri also run
a hostal and organize alternative activities for non-flying days
or companions. www.flypiedrahita.com |
| Discover
Spain: If you’re looking
for something more relaxed and at your own pace, consider hiring
a guiding service to show you some of the best flying sites in
Spain. Nomadair is a young company that combines flying and traveling,
adapting to the pilot’s preferences, and with a vast knowledge
of the country. Languages: English, French, Spanish. Contact:
info@nomadair.com
/ www.nomadair.com
(available in Spanish only, at the moment) |
Cross
Country with Bob Drury:
This adventurous pilot and writer runs XC courses in various
places around the globe, offering his wide experience in XC
and bivouac flying. +Info www.bobdrury.com
posted:
July 21st, 2004 |
New
Book: “Paragliding – A Pilot’s Training Manual”
|
Well,
it’s not exactly a new book, as the Training Manual
published by Wills Wings (USA) was originally written in 1991
by Mike Meier, and more than 10,000 copies have been sold
since then. The book has been updated over the years to reflect
the evolution of the sport, but this last edition is introduced
as “a major expansion in the scope and content of
the manual” and it also includes a Bonus DVD
with 80 minutes of narrated video footage covering various
technical topics, from inflation to landing approach theory
and practice.
The
Training Manual was revised and updated by PG pilots Mark
Stucky and Tim Meehan, and newly covered subjects include
specialized soaring topics such as convergence, dynamic, and
microlift soaring techniques; speed-to-fly theory, and soarcasting.
New chapters cover towing, competition basics, and an introduction
to paramotoring. “The focus is on presenting technical
subject matter in a manner that is easy for the average pilot
to comprehend without the need for complex theory or equations”,
say at Wills Wings.
PG instructor Mike Masterson has reviewed the Manual and assures
that “this book is how a training manual should
be... Full of information, not boring and not an insult to
instructors”.
+Info: http://willswing.com
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posted:
July 19th, 2004 |
| Rewards
for XC-pilots from Swing and Gradient |
If
you fly a Swing or a Gradient glider you should be out there
flying your best, as these 2 manufacturers are offering prize
money to pilots who fly their gliders and have good achievements
by the end of the season. |
| SWING
will reward pilots for their results in cross-country and competition
flying, based on the flights submitted to the virtual competition
Online Contest (OLC): “Every pilot who has earned a total
of more than 500 points in the international OLC on a Swing glider
by the end of the season will receive a prize from Swing. A pilot’s
six best flights will be counted. If a Swing pilot has reached
more than 500 points, he/she will receive a credit note calculated
as Euro 0,25 for every point over 300. This can be redeemed for
products or services, e.g. a flying suit or a two-year check by
SWING. There are also attractive non-monetary prizes for the winners
in the OLC international ratings, provided they were flying Swing
gliders. The first place-getter will receive the SWING GLIDER
of his choice, the second place-getter will receive a Swing harness
and the third place-getter a Swing flying suit” say at Swing.
Details in www.swing.de
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|
GRADIENT
will give away an interesting amount of euros depending on
the type of competition in which they’ll have a winner
pilot.
The best rewarded is the PWC (overall) and the Europeans,
with prizes that go from 2500 euros for a 1st place to 300
for a 5th.
The Nationals of Switzerland, France, Japan, etc., award 1500
€ for a 1st place, while a 1st place in the OLC international
will get 750 €. And there are more...
Details in www.gradient-wings.com
posted:
July 19th, 2004
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|
Spring Records in Europe! *Updated*
(June 30th) |
The
season in Europe has started big way!! Good flights of more
than 100 km have been achieved in several countries, but there
are also new records set for this year, that will make the
OLC
even more competitive.
Let’s hope these are the ‘avant-premiere’
of a good summer, maybe better than 2003's..??
|
New
British Record: 204 km!
Nigel
Prior's record of June 13th, 186,7km, has just been
broken by Kai
Coleman, last year's winner of the XC League
in the UK. On Friday 25th, Kai launched on his Gradient
Bliss from Long Mynd and flew 203,9km,
with one turnpoint at Biddlesden, landing on Eltistley
8 hours later. It's the longest valid flight done
in the country so far!
Photo:
http://www.pottyplace.com/cgi-bin/cp/flightShow.cgi?flight=3535
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| Previous:
186.7km
The UK is not the most popular destination for cross-country
flying, and that adds more value to Nigel Prior’s
flight of 186,7 km, performed on June 13th. Nigel took
off on his Firebird Hornet SP from Bradwell, Derbyshire,
and landed 7 hours later at the Newmarket Race Course,
a total of 186,7 km.
*The restricted airspace areas that have to be avoided
during distance flights in the country, make these achievements
even more outstanding!
Photo: www.pottyplace.com/comps/xcl.html |
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Two
flights of 320 km!
On June 10th, Swiss pilot Chrigel Maurer
took off on his Advance Omega proto from Niesen (close to
Thun) in Switzerland, took to the south, passed the Rhone
valley, then moved towards Engadine to the East, entered in
Austria, and landed next to Tösens in the valley of Inn.
He covered a total distance of 323,48 km including 5 turnpoints,
the best flight done in the Alps and the longest submitted
for the Online Contest so far. (Photo:
Advance)
Second best in the OLC (up to date) is the 320 km flight done
by Novak Marko (SL) after taking off from
Sorca St, Slovenia, on June 7th. He flew a Gradient Avax RSE
and also had 5 turnpoints along the way.
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French
Distance Record: 270,4 km
Julien Dauphin has showed that it’s possible to fly long
distances over the flatlands of central France. Even more, he
has set a new national record with his flight of 270,4 km, on
April 11th, after launching from a rather low hill called Jeufosse,
near Paris, and flying his Gradient Avax RSE in South-west direction
all the way to Château de l'Ebaupinaye, near Thouars (south
of Angers). Julien, aged 25, has open new possibilities for
distance flying far from the alpine area, to the eyes of the
French pilots.
Photo:
http://plainealtitudes.free.fr |
 .. |
Nordic
Record: 153,6 km
When he heard about this record at the office, Daniel (Crespo)
commented that distance flying in Norway is maybe just as
difficult as in the UK, due to the weather conditions and
often low cloudbases, which makes this flight even more
interesting.
On June 1st, Frode Halse set a new Norwegian and Nordic
record in Paragliding on his Advance Omega 5, flying 153,6
km from Vole on Vågå to Rena (in a south easterly
direction). The flight was 7,5 hours long with a maximum
altitude of 3.600 meter asl, some strong termals up to 8
m/s and some cloud streets. Frode is not new at record-breaking:
In 1995 he was the first pilot who flew more than 100 km
in Norway.
Photo:
Advance |
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Well
done, pilots!!
posted: June 18th, 2004
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Ending Thermal"; DVD "Parahawking"; Brauniger Competino;
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