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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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Classic coastal cruising…
At this time of year with the thermal strength dropping off coastal flying becomes a more attractive prospect, and with Saturday’s RASP looking a little uninspiring, Mike Humphries and I headed down to the tiny West Dorset village of Eype hoping to enjoy some mellow coastal flying. Neither Mike nor I had ever flown this…
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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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Magic Monday! (for some)
Well I’m not sure what happened to the 8-9 mph NW’lys that were forecast, but when Nick and I arrived at Batcombe at about 1130 we were greeted by winds of at least double that and much parawaiting! After an hour and a half of people popping up from behind the shelter of the nearby…
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Flymaster B1 Nav user defined fields and other settings
08/02/2012: All the information previously in this post has been moved here.
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Ending on a high
So it’s the last day of the comp and we’ve only managed one valid task despite lots of free-flying… What will this final task bring us? The answer – a fantastic 68km race to goal including a trip to the Morgon (much less intimidating with lots of company!), two turnpoints on the opposite side of…
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Into the heart of the Morgon…
Well, guess what? Task canned at 1600, conditions switch on at 1610! C’est la vie 🙂 Oh well, pas de probleme, Hugh and I had a mission, and that was to fly to the Morgon – a massive lump of rock to the north of the Dormillouse. We climbed up to 2800m at the Dormillouse…
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Advance paragliders in the West Country 