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Slovenia day 3 task 3 – cancelled
Not such a great forecast today – 5-6/8ths cloud plus 50% chance of thunderstorms. Still, we went up to launch where it was grey and colder than usual and a task was set – a 64km race to goal, then it was changed to a 41km elapsed time task, then finally cancelled altogether. We ended…
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Slovenia day 2 task 2
With the forecast for possible thunderstorms in the afternoon the task committee set a shorter fast course – 56km, from the same takeoff at Stol. The 140 gliders milling around the start cylinder going round in a few large but gentle thermals was a surreal experience. I hope someone has some video footage of it…
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Slovenia day 1 task 1
After a great practice day on Saturday (76km task up and down and back up the valley again) we were all set for the first task. The forecast was good and conditions looked nice with cloudbase forecast to be 1800m rising to 2000m. A 68km task was set with the start at 1330. Loitering around…
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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.
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Escape from Snowdonia…
Saturday I spent last weekend up in Snowdonia with a dozen or so fellow pilots from the Avon Club. Most were staying for the whole week, but with my ten day trip to Slovenia for the British Open coming up soon there was no way I could do both. Nick picked me up at 6am…
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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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Swanage or bust!
The Long Mynd was the place to be on Saturday 15th May (Wayne Seeley flew 170km on his Omega 7!), but coming a close second was Batcombe (aka Telegraph Hill) in Dorset. The sky was looking epic as Nick, Mike and I drove down from Bath, and when we arrived shortly after 11am it seemed…
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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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