Fly away with Symphonia PHI
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‘Enormous threat’ to UK flying by airspace grab
Airspace expansion proposals threaten paragliding and hang gliding XC routes
The post ‘Enormous threat’ to UK flying by airspace grab appeared first on Cross Country Magazine – In the Core since 1988.
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Kudos is the famous Greek name for the new EN B glider from Sky Paragliders. It impresses at first sight with its clean shape of the new designed platform, giving the canopy a sharp profile. Of course the new colors are just a beauty! Modern design technologies result in a clean surface, good material quality and well built, slim risers on three line levels and a smooth effective speed system make this glider very enjoyable for a wide range of pilots. I flew the glider in strong wind conditions with spring thermals, it always gave me a good and safe feeling, with its very good speed I was always moving forward easily. On speedbar it is solid and feels comfortable, so just feel free to use it! The turn behavior in thermals are impressive and just nice, as always usual with Sky gliders! But even in the cores and the windy conditions it reacts great and reliable, listening directly to break input. Glide against the wind is really good and the Kudos floats well with high speed through the turbulence.
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Pentagon: Nova’s five-sided reserve parachute
Nova say their innovative new five-sided reserve parachute is fast-opening with excellent oscillation damping – even with the paraglider attached
The post Pentagon: Nova’s five-sided reserve parachute appeared first on Cross Country Magazine – In the Core since 1988.
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Our first impression from flying Φ SYMPHONIA..
Enjoying the spring thermals at Mount Olympus Greece!
After a nice flight in thermal conditions up to 5 m/s here is our feedback.
The easy take-off behavior is a great start for a beautiful flight.
The feedback on all moving air masses is direct and informative, without the glider reacting a lot on turbulence input.
Symphonia shows the pilots any lift and where to go for it, rising immediately in the thermal. It turns great, fast without the outside brake and lots of weight shifting, with very little turn sink or if you prefer also slow and flat. The Symphonia just does not want to leave the thermal core. Thermals today were weak and smooth at first 0,5 m/s and then developing to 5 m/s – the glider made all of them enjoyable without any collapses or rocking about.
Brake pressure is smooth in the beginning and hardening soon, then reacting very direct, strong and immediate, so the glider just listens and goes where you direct.
This break and turn handling make the Symphonia a big fun machine!
On glide and against the wind it floats very well without loosing height, easy going speedsystem which is comfortable, usable all through the …read more
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Raul Penso summits “El Pico Bolivar”
OZONE team pilot, Raúl Penso, soared beyond the summit of the highest mountain in Venezuela, El Pico Bolivar.
Raul grew up in a small town in the Venezuelan Andes, at the base of this massive mountain. Since the beginning he had dreamed of reaching the summit of El Bolivar by air, and after more than two decades of flying in his beautiful hometown, Merida, he has made his dream come true.
In his words:
“It took me almost two hours to reach the summit of “El Bolivar” after taking off from Loma de Los Angeles. The flight wasn’t easy in the beginning, the thermals were quite weak. Once I reached “El Paramo”, I was able to fly through out the inversion finding strong cores that allowed me to climb up and reach the sunny face of El Bolivar. From there I jumped to its south face where I ran into the meteorological wind from the flatlands which helped me to reach an altitude of 5.143 AMSL and fly comfortably above the highest summit of Venezuela.
It was a special moment, after 23 years waiting for this opportunity… the only thing I was able to yell to the air was: INCREDIBLE !!!!!!!!
How beautiful is my …read more
Source:: Ozone Paragliders