Avian: UK hang gliding business for Sale

UK-based hang gliding company, Avian, is up for sale. Steve Elkins, Avian MD and designer, started the company over 25 years ago. He says: We are looking for a potential buyer with engineering know-how and a maybe a desire to do something totally different from their current job. Being able to design, test and fly your own […] …read more

Source:: Cross Country – International Free Flying Magazine

Niviuk unveil lightweight Ikuma P

Niviuk have released a lightweight version of the high-end EN B Ikuma, for “back-country adventures off the beaten track”. It’s available in four sizes, for all-up weights from 55-115kg, and weighs around 1.4kg less than the standard Ikuma, with wing weights from 3.3kg to 3.9kg. The wing is made from 27g Porcher Skytex with Dyneema risers. […] …read more

Source:: Cross Country – International Free Flying Magazine

Ozone Fazer 3 speed wing

Ozone say the latest Fazer 3 speed wing has an expanded flight range, “unmatched” precision, and can be foot or ski launched. Ozone say they have retained the same easy launch characteristics and great flare, and redesigned the trimmers, adding a new ‘steep flight’ mode that makes it faster and less efficient but more stable, for hugging snowy slopes. […] …read more

Source:: Cross Country – International Free Flying Magazine

Video: Just Acro Boogie 2016

Here’s the official video of the first Just Acro Boogie, an acro festival hosted by Pál Takáts and Xandi Meschuh at the new Flieger-Base in Gerlitzen, Austria in July. The event, which was organised to celebrate ten years of Just Acro, was, “A friendly and fun event with happy faces and over a 1000 acro runs flown”, according […] …read more

Source:: Cross Country – International Free Flying Magazine

Sonchaux Acro Show – Horacio tops the battles!

Sonchaux Acro Show – Horacio tops the battles!

Another successful edition of the renowned Sonchaux Acro Show! Countless spectacles and shows colored up the skies of Villeneuve 4 days and nights! We can’t wait to see the event video of this year!

Results of the prestigous ‘Battle’ comp format:
1st: Horacio Llorens
2nd: Ondrej Prochazka
3rd: place: Rafael Goberna

As usual the event also hosted the Swiss Championships too!

Solo results:

1st: David Geiser
2nd: Jérémy Péclard
3rd: Lionel Hercod

Synchro results:

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Source:: Just Acro

World PG Acro Championships 2016: 26 Aug-4 Sep

The World Paragliding Acro Championships has started in Annecy, France, and is set to last all week, 26 August to 4 September 2016. This is only the second FAI World Paragliding Aerobatics Championships in history, and comes a decade after the first one. Pilots from 16 nations are competing, including some of the biggest names […] …read more

Source:: Cross Country – International Free Flying Magazine

Alex Mateos: World Paramotor Champion, 2016

Team France are celebrating a successful week at the FAI World Paramotor and Microlight Championships, with Alex Mateos crowned footlaunch champion, and France top nation. The footlaunch podium was an all-French affair, with Boris Tysebaert and Julien Barbier flanking Alex, and his wife Marie was the highest-scored woman. The Czech Republic and Poland were second and third-placed nations in the […] …read more

Source:: Cross Country – International Free Flying Magazine