NEO STAY UP
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The StayUp is an ultra-light hammock style harness for hike&fly without a seat board. Instead, underneath, there is a 9 cm Neo Koroyd 2 protector: it’s an ensemble of foam and, above all, little tubes in copolymer, which is a special form of polymer...
SUPAIR STRIKE
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The Strike came from the development of the X-Alps 2015 Supair harness. It’s a harness which is ‘purpose made for hike and fly competitions,’ but, in reality, it is actually a lot more flexible, as Supair have also pointed out.
COCOONING
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The Cocoons: a trend bringing comfort, performance and an extra means of control.
Phi Symphonia
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The Symphonia is an ambitious leisure wing, which has all the characteristics of a good EN B, as far as performance and flying are concerned, except that it is certified as an EN A!
Weather
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In May, typical summer time temperatures were recorded in numerous regions. So why was it hardly ever flyable?
WE ARE THE ROVERS, NORWAY
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After Korea and Scotland, the Rovers went to the Norwegian fords to make another film. The film will come out at the end of the summer. In the meantime, here are some amazing pictures by Louis Garnier who accompanied the team…
X-Pyr, a southern version of the X-Alps
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Starting today: The route of the hike and fly X-Pyr follows the Pyrenes from the Atlantic to the Mediterranean and will be a lot harder than in 2016!
Paragliding World Cup in Gemona, Italy
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The actual event of the Paragliding World Cup takes place in Gemona, Italy from the 24th -30th of June.
Gemona is widely recognised as a world class paragliding competition venue, having hosted numerous events. It offers both mountainous alpine flying and flatland racing.
For a preview of some of the stunning scenery tune in to the trailer on World Cup TV: https://vimeo.com/169765726
This World Cup is going to be a real battle between the giants of the XC world, Honorin Hamard and Lex Robé have both won XContest twice. Also competing are the 4 new Out and Return World record holders: Dušan Orož, Jost Napret, Bojan Gabrsek and Promoz Susa. They are used to flying very fast to cover the incredible distances required to claim World records these days.
Battling for podium places we’ll also see many of the stars of the paragliding racing circuit. Virtually all the podium winners from the European competitions so far this year are competing!
The pilot quality in this competition is going to be one of the highest we have ever seen with 19 pilots ranked AA. 3 Super Final winners will also be competing, twice winner Aaron Durogati, Stefan Wyss and Charles Cazaux, putting a total of 16 World Cup winners in the air at the Start line.
Equally impressive is the ladies line up: Super Final winners: Seiko Fukuoka Naville and Keiko Hiraki. XContest winners: Joanna Di Grigoli, Kari Ellis and Silvia Buzzi Ferraris. And in the top 5 Overall in the recent PrePWC in the Pyrenees, Méryl Delferriere and Constance Mettetal.
Keep up with all the action on the PWCA App where, in addition to the live Commentary, tracking and scores, you can now see photos of the pilots, the % of leadout points for each pilot and their glide ratio to goal.
App iOS: https://itunes.apple.com/app/pwca-live/id1298026851?mt=8
App Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.pwca.liveapp
See also our last article about the Apps
Apco NRG XC 2
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17.5 m²! That’s all I was allowed to try of this little slalom racing machine. Slalom? And that’s not all it’s good for! The letters ‘XC’ figure in its full name, and we’re going to see why...
Skytrex 3.0 FANET/FLARM
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For several months Skytraxx has integrated, as an option, a FANET receiver/transmitter in their instruments. Our review: a Skytraxx 3.0 equipped with a FANET/FLARM antenna to enable it to communicate with other FANET instruments and with stations on the ground, as well as aircraft equipped with FLARM. The first trials show that the ‘collaborative flying’ function is very effective.