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First PWCA task 2017
The #PWCA reports from Coeur de Savoie:
With blue skies and a bit of cirrus, a 128 km task was set from the Montlambert launch. The route took the pilots along Roc des Boeufs, across Lac d’Annecy to the first turn point in front of Parmelan, then back south to 7km short of Allevard. Lots of pilots got low at this point and really struggled back to goal at HQ, via two further turn points. The thermals were capped and not as strong as anticipated. 79 pilots made goal.
Ranking:
1. Luc Armant
2. Pierre Remy
3. Ulrich Prinz
First lady:
Méryl Delferriere
First team:
Gin Gliders
The results are available there : http://pwca.org/results/results/
The top three pilots were flying Enzo 3s.
Worldcup 2016: Aaron and Seiko...
The 2016 Super Final has come to an end in Governador Valaderes, after a breath taking ten days of incredible flying.
The winners are: Aaron Durogati (ITA, GIN Boomerang 11), Seiko Fukuoka Naville (FRA, Ozone Zeno), best Team GIN Gliders (Torsten SIEGEL (DEU) , Gin Boomerang 11, Michael SIGEL (CH) Gin Boomerang 11, Aaron DUROGATI (ITA) Gin Boomerang 11, Petra SLIVOVA (CZE) Gin Boomerang 10))
PWCA Super Final Brazil
The 2016 Super Final is currently taking place in Brazil from the 18th to the 28th of January 2017.
The first five tasks have been very varied.
The World Cup has seen the return in force of Gin gliders. The all new Boomerang 11 is pretty much at the top of its classification, they share the first ten places with the Ozone Enzo 2 and especially the Zeno. The serial class Zeno, which is a less demanding version of the Enzo 2, seems to have proved that an easier, safer wing can still have its place in top level races.
The amazing results of the Gin Boomerang 11 seem to prove the legitimacy of Gin’s promise “to make big improvement in performance, especially in sinking air, whilst keeping the speed of the Boomerang 10”.
The British pilots in the competition are doing a great job. They have virtually all had top 10 places so far. Well done to Guy Anderson, Russel Ogden, Julian Robinson, Idris Birch and Brendan Reid. We wish them every success in the remaining 5 tasks.
Further information, live tracking and all the results can be found here:
http://www.pwca.org/
(by Ruth Jessop and Sascha Burkhardt)
Sol Ellus... And now five...
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- Published on Friday, 14 February 2014 11:32
The new SOL Ellus five is certified as EN B. According to SOL it performs better than the Ellus 4 both in speed, glide and is also more maneuverable.
Hannes Papesh leaves Nova
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- Published on Monday, 10 February 2014 12:51
Twenty-five years ago, a twenty-three year old biology student revolutionized the world of paragliding when he made his first wing.
Jean-Baptiste Chandelier: Touch, his new film.
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- Published on Tuesday, 28 January 2014 22:18
Jean Baptiste Chandelier became known thanks to some of his remarkable paragliding films such as Light Line and Urban Side. ‘JBC’ plans the films and is also the main actor in them. He’s a pilot with a unique style, hovering or flying above obstacles like walls or ramparts, gently touching them with his feet, before finally gracefully flying away to perform a violent infinite tumble…
Flight techniques : Altitudes
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- Published on Tuesday, 28 January 2014 14:35
Our varios and GPSs tell us, amongst other things, our altitude. But which altitude? For a given position, at least three different readings can be arguably "correct". When it comes to respecting airspace this uncertainty isn’t practical.
Portfolio : Tuscany
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- Published on Tuesday, 28 January 2014 10:51
Adi Geisegger, an Austrian photographer had had the same dream for fifteen years. Finally his dream to discover Tuscany from the air came true. What better way than by paramotor?