Category: News
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ADVANCE announce the PI – a new hike and fly glider
ADVANCE is about to launch the PI, the lightest serial paraglider. The multi-talented PI covers the range from “Mountain Intense” to “Hike&Fly Pleasure”, depending on the wing loading. It’s all in the name. A PI Package (complete equipment includes wing, backpack and harness) comes out weighing from 3.14 kg. To go with the product there…
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More routes added…
There should be something for everyone now… Click here. NB. These are all southern England routes – I’m afraid I don’t know any northern ones.
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XC Planner…
I’ve been playing with Tom Payne’s excellent XC Planner tool and have put up a few choice routes on this page. I’ll be adding to the list in future… Have fun planning your own routes!
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Good deeds…
Two of my flying buddies are raising money and awareness for two very different charities at the moment… Wiltshire Air Ambulance Firstly Nick Somerville is raising money for the Wiltshire Air Ambulance by running the London Marathon this year. Those of you who know Nick will know that he’s a very good runner – he’s…
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My first sit in an Impress 3 – sadly not mine though… :-(
I took delivery of a customer’s new I3 last week and got around to rigging up some hangpoints when a friend came round yesterday to look at it (with the purchaser’s permission of course!), and I must say it’s a lovely piece of kit. Of course the first thing you notice is the weight, or…
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Cross Country Mag talk to Chrigel about the Impress 3
At the recent Coupe Icare 2011 Cross Country Mag caught up with Chrigel Maurer who demonstrated some of the features of the new lightweight Impress 3 harness.
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Alpha 5 available…!
Advance’s new beginners wing, the Alpha 5, is available now. I say beginners wing, but with a glide ratio of 8.4 and top speed of 47kmh it will last you many seasons before you’ll need to step up to a higher performing wing… Visit the Advance website for more information…
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Alpine Ascent “Last Hurrah” trip to Norma, Italy…
Gavin Foster is running a “Last Hurrah” trip to Norma in Italy from Thursday 29th September to Thursday 3rd October and there are a few places left. Apparently there are Easyjet flights from Bristol which some pilots are booked on. Here’s a stunning film that shows what a beautiful place this is to fly… For…
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Light at the end of the tunnel…
At 16:22 local time today (15:22 BST), 11 days, 4 hours and 22 minutes and 864km after the start of the race in Salzburg, Christian “Chrigel” Maurer touched down for a perfect landing on the float anchored off Monaco to mark his second successive X-Alps victory. He’d flown a superb 65km flight in difficult conditions (headwind,…
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Normal life comes to a halt…!
Yes, I’m talking about the 864km Red Bull X-Alps paragliding and hiking race from Saltzberg to Monaco. And I challenge anyone to visit the live tracking page and not get hopelessly addicted after 10 minutes! There are two British athletes, Steve “Gnasher” Nash (GBR1) and Jon Chambers (GBR2) – they’re currently in 7th and 17th…
Advance paragliders in the West Country 