Flying techniques: frontals on a paraglider and a paramotor
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Front collapses are, as a general rule, benign incidents. However with modern wings, certain unexpected behaviour can occur…
Grzegorz Krzyzanowski’s tragic accident - the causes
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On the 16th of June 2014 the current world paramotor slalom champion Grzegorz Krzyzanowski died in a tragic accident whilst flying a tandem trike (but without a passenger, as he had taken ballast instead). Grzegorz fell from a height of about sixty metres after a failure of the attachment points. The causes....
A postcard from the Alps : pushing hard in the Alps
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Since my paragliding obsession began in 2006 the Alps just get better and better and better. Go over every chance I get. Four times last year. Three the year before. The same the year before that. I’ve lost count. It’s always a supreme chase. There’s green grass and trees everywhere for a reason and being at the right place at the right time can be a very tough game.
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.