“It is important to be vigilant of the height of the cloud tops … Needless to say, fighting to get down in the vicinity of a towering cloud at sunset is worrisome at best.” Cross Country’s weatherman Honza Rejmanek reveals how to stay safe when that late afternoon soaring session blows up into something a […] …read more
Author: winguu
Cover Story: Paramotoring in the Southwest USA
“I love living in a van. When we’re in a house, I feel super scattered when all my stuff is spread out and I don’t know where anything is. “We get to travel around and fly … and when we land, we get to walk right back into our house.” Becca Bredehoft and Cade Palmer […] …read more
What no Mont Blanc? The Red Bull X-Alps route reviewed
“It looks very hard because it crosses the Alps often and we can’t follow the big valleys easily – but it is the same for all of us.” Four-times winner, Chrigel Maurer, and our very own X-Alper, Jon Chambers, give their verdicts on this year’s 1,138km Red Bull X-Alps route. Find out more, subscribe, and […] …read more
The Coffin Position: Yes, it’s really called that
“Arms folded, a bit (or more) of bar on, no contact with the glider. It looks a little scary, but at any high-level competition you’ll see pilots flying their CCC wing in exactly this way.” We get to grips with the ‘coffin position’ and ask PWC pilot Michael Sigel what it’s all about. Find out […] …read more
IRELAND TO AFRICA BY PARAMOTOR
Oisín Creagh flew his paramotor from Ireland to Africa in August / September 2016, to raise awareness and funds for an African charity.
His expedition has earned him a nomination for an award with Ireland’s Outsider magazine – the winners will be announced on 2 February 2016.
The Irishman, who was dubbed ‘lawnmower man’ by Irish newspapers, planned and executed the 3,000km paramotor journey in order to try and raise €12,000 for the International development aid organisation, Gorta-Self Help Africa, whose mission is to help end hunger and poverty in rural Africa.
Oisín left Ireland on 24 August, making the 38km crossing of the Irish Sea to Scotland – the first of three open-water crossings – and going on to fly 300km in two flights on his first day. It was just over three weeks before he set foot in Africa, landing at Ceuta on the northeastern tip of Morocco on 19 September after crossing the Straits of Gibraltar. Sadly, the permit to fly in Morocco that he had applied for arrived too late, hence the final destination of Ceuta, which is Spanish owned.
Oisín flew an OZONE Spyder 26, and Air Conception Nitro 200 motor.
Here is what Oisin says …read more
Source:: Ozone Paramotor
Spring has Sprung in the western USA
The 2017 season in the US has started with two amazing flights by two usual suspects.
On May 6th, Josh Cohn started the 2017 party with an impressive 164km flight in a rare location, taking off from the city of Vallejo north of the San Francisco Bay. He landed six hours later close to Merced, in the Central Valley of California. He shares his experience:
“it was an unusual forecast, with cold post-frontal air leaving little marine inversion. I thought we would fly straight East at first but that involved crossing a lot of swamp and the place we topped out put us closer to the SE line to cross toward Concord. We had to skirt the Concord airspace for a ways and got low. We got a save in the shady lee of some hills at Port Chicago. Eric Ams and I worked those hills toward Mt. Diablo but then he landed in Clayton. I then crossed the hills to the E low and followed a spine for a ways with a quartering SW tailwind until some birds showed a good climb and then it was on, fighting cold fingers and avoiding airspace in the San Joaquin valley until the …read more
Source:: Ozone Paragliders
The 3rd Asia-Oceania Paramotor Championship
The 3rd Asian-Oceania Paramotor Championships took place in Pasak Jolasid Dam, Saraburi, Thailand
from 28 April till 7th May 2017. Thai pilot Kittiphop Phrommat (Eed) flying Viper 4 14 won the Gold by team and individually.
Despite changeable weather and strong winds the organizers managed to run an excellent competition with 13 tasks covering navigation, economy and precision over several days:
Precision: Bowling Landing, Precision Take off, Precision Wing Control, Short Take off over the fence, The Eight (Canceled), Precision Wing Control – Ground Handling, Clover Leave Slalom, Paraball, Japaneese Slalom,
Navigation: Pure Navigation
Economic: Speed Triangle Out and Return, Economy and Distance
21 pilots competed in class PF1 from 5 countries.
Cheers, from all the team!
Source:: Ozone Paramotor
Nirvana introduce powerful Ranger paramotor
The Ranger, Nirvana’s latest paramotor, was designed for rangers, conservationists and photographers. It was developed for African bush-pilot and animal conservationist Eugene Cussons, founder of the RAPTOR project. Eugene uses paramotors in his fight against poachers in Africa’s national parks. To best suit its purpose, the Raptor needed a powerful engine, so Nirvana use their NS 230, which was previously only […] …read more
Skytraxx: FANET to become FANET+
Skytraxx instruments with the FANET Flying Ad-hoc NETwork will soon also be able to use the FLARM collision avoidance system. As reported in issue 180, Skytraxx 2.0+ and 3.0 flight instruments use FANET to exchange data with each other (e.g. location) and with ground stations (for weather information). It works at a range of up to 30km […] …read more
Polini Thor 80 motor updated
Polini have updated their smallest paramotor engine, the Thor 80. They say it’s a compact but powerful engine with an excellent power-to-weight ratio. The new version weighs just 11.1kg, and features an advanced, performance-optimising air filter. The Thor 80 has an aluminium cylinder, a displacement of 86cc and a power of 17.2HP for 10,450rpm. A nickel-siliceous coating on the […] …read more