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Lessons learned…
One week and two hours ago exactly (yes, THAT Thursday 14th March) I had just got back to the hill (Combe Gibbet) after bombing out on quite possibly the best March XC day ever. Four people flew over 100km and a further eighteen flew more than 50km, and what did I do? To tell the…
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SPOT Satellite GPS Messenger for hire…
I’ve recently bought a SPOT Satellite GPS Messenger and in order to keep my costs down I’m willing to hire it out if I’m not using it, for what I hope are reasonable rates. Click here for more information.
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Review of the Advance Pi…
Mark Shaw (Instructor and previous owner/CFI at Peak Airsports) writes: My first impressions of the Pi: First of all, I couldn’t believe how small the bag was – we are talking complete package here – glider and harness / rucksack. Next to a standard paraglider backpack, the Pi package looks to be about a fifth of the…
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Viva Espana!
Well I know this is a long time after the event now, but my planned daily blogging from the British Championships in Pedro Bernardo failed dismally as I was never near the bar with wifi with my laptop for long enough to upload photos on the pitifully slow connection, or to write anything. When I…
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Something to cheer you up on a dank Monday afternoon… :-)
So you think coastal flying is boring and not a worthy activity for hard core xc hounds? Well think again – watch Colin Blagdon’s excellent video of a wonderful flight he made back in July with a couple of friends, and start dreaming (or should that be drooling)! Nice one Colin! PS. Next time don’t…
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A Black Mountains bimble…
Edit 03/06/2015 Llangorse is a SEW Club site and shouldn’t be flown (not that you’ll be able to find this information on their website, so I advise to treat this information just like any other information you come across on the Internet and check for yourself). — Having missed out on the the epic conditions in the Black…
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A picture is worth a thousand words…
Thank heavens I had 15 hours flying in Pedro Bernardo at the beginning of July…
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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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You can’t win ’em all…
Because of the way the weather’s been this spring, with all the best days falling on weekends or bank holidays (Good Friday), last Wednesday 16th May was the first day I’d taken off to go flying for ages. Mike Humphries and I met up with Kirsty, Remi, Declan, Pete Douglas and Alex Kennedy at Aust…
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BIG Saturday!
Amongst the eighty one flights totalling 6,107km logged on Saturday 12th May, which included twenty three flights of over 100km and one of 243km (congratulations Kai!), my 127km from Leckhampton (11th furthest on the day, and 2nd furthest from the hill) fades into insignificance slightly, however for me it was a very significant flight, in…
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Advance paragliders in the West Country 