Test: Icaro Buteo XC
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A less expensive “Phantom”? The Buteo is very homogenous, comfortable, powerful and also, a lot of fun…
SINGLE OR DOUBLE SKIN?
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A DIFFICULT CHOICE? One trend which remains clear is the increase in single surfaces. Several manufacturers such as Skyman, Independence and Dudek even give a choice of several different models in their catalogues...
Kortel Konnect T-BONE-LINK
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The fast softlink
It has been a while since Kortel started advertising them, and now they are finally available: a softlink which closes and opens almost as quickly as a carabiner
NIVIUK SKIN 3 AND SKIN 3 P
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The Niviuk Skin was, in its first version, a single skin and at the same time, almost a real little paraglider. Now, it is available in its third version. First quick tests…
FLYING WITH SKIS
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Taking off on skis, not just for speedriding! But that changes the game, especially taking off…
Neo: Video: bag/harness Neo Shorty
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Neo continue their expansion, which from now on will take place in their new premises, still in France. The main focus of their products is still lightweight flying and speedriding...
Fatal accidents of French licence-holders: Surprises, statistics…
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Jean Marc Galan, the FFVL’s Mr Safety, presented to the FFVL the first in depth study covering twelve years of fatal paragliding accidents...
XC Tracer Maxx with screen
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Version with screen:
The XC-Tracer vario, known for its reactivity boosted by the integration of an AHRS system, which, amongst other things, takes into account the values of a gyrometer and an accelerometer, will be available at the end of February in a version with a screen…
GIN GENIE LITE 3
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In trends in harnesses, which we’ll talk more about in the next issue, it is worth noting that more and more intermediate pilots, not necessarily those who clock up the kilometres, are flying in cocoon harnesses...
Gin: Light for XC
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Camino and Genie Lite
An example of two trends in one photo: the Camino and the Genie Lite version 3, presented at the Coupe Icare and which were launched at the beginning of January 2020...