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Source:: Just Acro

Icarus Trophy is a known as the World’s Toughest Air Race where paramotor pilots fly long distance unsupported. This is a near 1000 mile adventure air race where pilots fly across some of the most challenging terrain on the planet.

The Icarus Trophy this year was about 1200 km and included crossing two international borders, from South Africa to Botswana and then from Botswana to Zimbabwe. The Race started just north of Johannesburg and finished at Vic Falls in Zimbabwe.

South African pilot Alard Hufner won the race flying Speedster 28.

Alard reports: “I had a great time! What a fun adventure! As the race was held in winter the flying conditions were pretty good. Cold mornings and manageable conditions during the day.

The Scariest moment was when Sebastian and I were out on a remote road in Zimbabwe doing some work on his motor after his throttle cable broke and 2 lions appeared on the road 50 m away. We managed to get a lift to safety with an overland truck.

The longest flying day was just over 500 km, with the longest flight 240 km. I was flying a OZONE Speedster 28 with a Parajet Zenith Polini Thor 200″

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The level was “insane” at this year’s AcroGame in Organya, Spain, according to organiser Horacio Llorens.

The post Tim Alongi wins the AcroGame 2018 appeared first on Cross Country Magazine – In the Core since 1988.

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The 15th FAI European PG Championship in Montalegre, Portugal came to an end on Saturday, after eight valid tasks. It was a hotly contested competition flown in challenging conditions until the last day.

A 19 year old British pilot named Theo Warden (Enzo 3), took first overall, and is the new European Champ. He was joined on the podium by Torsten Siegel (GER) and Alberto Vitale (ITA, Enzo 3).

In the women’s category, it was OZONE Team pilot, Seiko Fukuoka, representing France, who won her third consecutive European title. Meryl Delferriere (FRA) Yael Margelisch (SUI) took second and third, also flying the Enzo 3.

The Spanish team took first for the nations category for the first time, with Italy in second and France in third.

Behind the results there is always a story… a story about what it takes to win. This is the story of Theo Warden, 19 years old, on the road to become European Champion:

“The funny thing is that to some people 5 years doesn’t feel like a lot of time, but to me, over the course of the last 5 years I feel like so much has changed – starting off in the Airways Airsports tow field as …read more

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The British All Comers Open 2018 in Feltre, Italy just came to an end.

Our friend, Kieran Campbell, reports:

“In summary, conditions were relatively unstable creating challenging tasking conditions all week. Most tasks started with the field vying for the best spot at (or in!) cloudbase. “Sunday saw the first task stopped due to rain at the farthest turnpoint. “Monday’s task proved too difficult for everyone, with the field strewn far and wide across the course, giving the retrieve drivers a busy afternoon. “Yuki Sato-Colombé was the only pilot to make the ESS, but with less than 100m AGL, her flight finished very soon after. “Tuesday’s conditions looked better but an incident in front of launch, and the resulting helicopter rescue, invalidated the start window. “Moving to Bassano on Wednesday saw 46 pilots make goal, boosting morale considerably. “Thursday was binned due to the forecast overdevelopment. Many chose to free fly before it did bubble up, including a dozen of us who landed at the nearby mountain refuge for a light lunch. “The smiles in the group photo soon disappeared as we were all consumed by heavy rain almost as soon as we’d started our glide back to Feltre. Ten …read more

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The Gin Wide Open in Ager, Spain was a blast with 82 pilots from all over the world

The post ‘It was a blast!’ Gin Wide Open 2018 appeared first on Cross Country Magazine – In the Core since 1988.

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Source:: Cross Country – International Free Flying Magazine

‘Pretty unstable’ … Kieran Campbell reports from the British Allcomers Open in Feltre, Italy, 21-27 July 2018

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Source:: Cross Country – International Free Flying Magazine