Tag: Advance Omega 8
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Light at the end of the tunnel…
At 16:22 local time today (15:22 BST), 11 days, 4 hours and 22 minutes and 864km after the start of the race in Salzburg, Christian “Chrigel” Maurer touched down for a perfect landing on the float anchored off Monaco to mark his second successive X-Alps victory. He’d flown a superb 65km flight in difficult conditions (headwind,…
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Beautiful Dolomites video featuring a squadron of Omega 8s
Polish Advance importer Grzegorz Olejnik took the new OMEGA 8 to the Dolomites together with the Karkonosze Paragliding Club – motto ‘Friendship, Free Time and XC Free Flying’. Tomasz Czaplicki has put a few scenes of the action together in this beautiful film. NB. It’s best to watch it on the Vimeo website here as…
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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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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 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…
Advance paragliders in the West Country 