Category: News
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Sigma 8 details now on Advance website
Details of the new high performance intermediate glider are up on the Advance website here. Featuring a top speed of 55km/h and a best glide of 10:1 it’s sure sure to be a big success. Please contact me if you’d like a test flight.
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The great Mentor 2 vs Omega 8 debate…
You may have read in Skywings and on PGforum about the recent glide test conducted at St Hilaire between an Omega 8 and a Mentor 2 in which the M2 at full speed had a better glide than the O8 at 75% bar. Well, just to add fuel to the debate, here are the results…
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Join the Advance XC team and get a new glider for 2011!
Advance is to contribute to the development of paraglider sport competition by promoting cross country flying with the formation of a new international XC Serial Team. (Read more here…)
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flyAszent in Skywings!
BHPA members cannot fail to have noticed my recent attempts to monopolise Skywings as part of my massive ego-tripping self-publicity drive 🙂 In case you don’t receive Skywings in your part of the world you can read the articles here: A trip to the coast The 21 year dream Better hope for some more good…
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Omega 8 demo gliders in the UK
There is one O8 25 and one 27 doing the rounds in the UK. Please let me know if you’d like to try one. Serious enquiries only please! Also, Gavin Foster (UK Advance importer) is keen to see a few people fly O8s in the British Champs in St Andre in September. Let me know…
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Check out the Omega 8 video!
Top film-maker Christoph Frutiger has made a great O8 promotional movie. Watch it in higher res here. The first demos will be arriving in the UK very soon. Let me know if you’re interested in trying one. There are four sizes – 23 (65-85kg AUW*), 25 (75-95kg), 27(85-110kg) and 29(100-130kg) * AUW=All up weight, ie.…
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British Open Slovenia write-up in XCmag
There’s a short write-up of the comp at xcmag.com using one of my photos. Click on the image below to go to the article.
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Chrigel Maurer wins Swiss Cup Meiringen on Sigma 8 proto
Chrigel Maurer, flying a Sigma 8 proto, beat R10.2s, Boomerang 7s and IcePeaks to win the Swiss Cup Meiringen on 5th/6th June. Having seen lots of R10s in action in Slovenia that’s an incredible achievement! He won the first task and came third in the second task… Read more about it here (it’s in German,…
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Omega 8 development report 4
In the final stages of the OMEGA 8’s development, the test team put the wing through its paces over Interlaken, Switzerland. On the way up to launch, chief test pilot Kari Eisenhut explains the different characters in the ADVANCE team: Chrigel Maurer, Greg Blondeau, Andi Aebi, Bruce Goldsmith and Thomas Ripplinger. Read more here.
Advance paragliders in the West Country 