News : Llorens joins Kangook
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Redbull, paraglider pilot and multiple acro world champion, Horacio Llorens, has received his new adventure companion. He has flown for the first time on his Kangook Vikking with a Polini Thor 200 engine...
Flying techniques: speed
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Speed isn’t really the strong point of our non-rigid wings. Yet, in XC or cruising we need it. What are the limits for our paragliders and what options do the manufacturers have?
Flying over Mont Blanc on a tandem
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In June 2014, Guillaume Chatain and his passenger Pauline flew over Mont Blanc. They even saluted the summit with a tip-drag…
Col de Bleyne has been saved!!!
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News just in – EDF/EN have finally decided to abandon their project to put 23 windmills each 150m high, along the Col de Bleyne ridge in the South East of France.
Chamonix photo exhibition
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The best photos of paragliding and of high mountain flying, take pride of place in the Mecca of mountaineering - Chamonix Mont Blanc.
Chrigel Maurer: tandem flight above the Matterhorn
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X-Alps Winner Chrigel Maurer flying with a passenger high above the Matterhorn (4.478 m).
ABAC Team : Niviuk's Competition Team
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At the 2006 Coupe Icare the manufacturer Niviuk together with the French company ABAC engineering, whose portfolio covers a wide range of engineering disciplines, decided to create a group of competition pilots, the ABAC Team, with the aim of boosting the pilot’s careers.
U-Turn: Thriller X4
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The German manufacturer is bringing out a new version of their acro wing: The Thriller X4 which has been completely redesigned...
Coeur de Savoie 2014 PWC, the results
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The French leg of the 2014 Paragliding World Cup, in the Coeur de Savoie, saw the return of Ozone’s Enzo 2.
A hitch in pre-flight checks and the wing flies solo…
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During a task of the Paragliding World Cup at the Saint Hilaire takeoff, a German competitor forgot the preflight check that every pilot must do one last time before taking off (photo sequence).