Category: News
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Omega 8 development report 3
In 2009, Chrigel Maurer astonished the paragliding world by winning the Red Bull X-Alps in record time. He did it on a lightweight wing built to withstand the harshest turbulence. Hugh Miller asks Chrigel and designer Thomas Ripplinger if the special X-Alps glider and final Omega 8 are at all similar. Read more here.
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Omega 8 development report 2
In his second report, Hugh Miller catches up with Advance test pilot Andy Aebi, the current FAI World Paragliding Champion. Click here.
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Omega 8 development report 1
Hugh Miller was recently invited to Switzerland to test fly an Omega 8 prototype. Watch a couple of video clips and listen to his commentary during his flight here.
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Omega 8 available for test flights in mid June!
The development of Advance’s new high-end cross-country glider is finished. The first test wings will be available to dealers around the middle of June. The new OMEGA builds on the proven three-line concept of the 2009 World Champion’s glider and the X-Alps prototypes. You can see that this latest ADVANCE flag-carrier has evolved from past…
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New procedure for activating the Bath Gap from 1st April 2010
From 1st April 2010 the procedure for opening the Bath Gap will change. Please read the full details of this and the Ubley agreement here. Download the handy credit card sized crib sheet here.
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More details about the Advance Lightness harness
Advance have updated their website with full details of the new Lightness harness. It’s hard to believe it weighs just 2kg!
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£605 for the Wiltshire Air Ambulance
It looks like the total amount I’ve raised for the Wiltshire Air Ambulance Appeal from my Not the Bath Half run will be £605 (plus Gift Aid on top). Frankly I’m staggered with everyone’s generosity – thank you all very much! You can see my route and run stats here. I’m planning a 20 mile…
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Well, I did it…!
All 14.1 miles of it! And you thought a half-marathon was 13 miles… well that’s for lightweights 🙂 You can see the run here – http://bit.ly/ccWdK4 – the speed goes a bit haywire at the end where I had to edit the track because the GPS lost its fix. And you can listen to a…
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Running for the Wiltshire Air Ambulance on Sunday 7th March
Long story short – I’m running my own “Not the Bath Half” half-marathon this Sunday (7th March) at 1100 (same date and time as the real Bath Half). I’m hoping to raise a bit of money for the Wiltshire Air Ambulance (which the Avon Club has supported on and off over the years). So it’d…
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New Advance “Lightness” harness available in May
Advance have just released details of their new “Lightness” harness, based on Chrigel Maurer’s X-Alps winning harness. It will be available in May. No pricing details are available yet. ADVANCE LIGHTNESS – Two products, one concept LIGHTNESS stands for an extremely light and very comfortable reclined harness with speedbag, together with its own lightweight rucksack.…
Advance paragliders in the West Country 