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Archive for October, 2011

Antoine Montant in Base jump tragedy

Monday, October 24th, 2011
Antoine Montant. Photo: Jerome Maupoint

Thirty-year-old French flying star dies in wingsuit accident

Little Cloud’s mountain wing, the Kagoo

Saturday, October 22nd, 2011
Little Cloud's new mountain paraglider, the Kagoo

Mini-wing specialists, Little Cloud, have unveiled a new mountain paraglider, the Kagoo.

Advance Alpha 5: beginners’ paraglider

Saturday, October 22nd, 2011
Advance's new EN A paraglider, the Alpha 5

Advance’s new Alpha 5 is certified EN A and ready to test-fly

Sol Supersonic 2011 acro paraglider

Saturday, October 22nd, 2011
Sol's new acro paraglider, the Supersonic 2011

Sol have revealed their new professional acro wing, the Supersonic 2011

Ozone Corryong Open 2012: Registration open

Friday, October 21st, 2011
Ozone Corryong Open 2012

Registration is now open for the Ozone Corryong Open 2012

Sol and Ozone share prize for innovation

Thursday, October 20th, 2011
Ozone's XXLite and Sol's One jointly won the Jean-Marc Mouligne prize for innovation from the Cercle de l'Homme Volant at the 2011 Coupe Icare

This year Sol and Ozone share the Jean-Marc Mouligné prize for innovation

Mike Kung and Mario Eder return to Nova

Thursday, October 20th, 2011
Mike Küng and Mario Eder have recently rejoined Nova as test pilots

Austrians Mike Kung and Mario Eder have rejoined Nova as test pilots

Flytec 6030 firmware upgrade

Monday, October 17th, 2011
The Flytec 6030 flight instrument

There’s a firmware upgrade for Flytec’s 6030 flight instrument

Ozone’s specialised lightweight paragliders

Monday, October 17th, 2011
Ozone made the lightweight LM4 for experienced vol-bivouac pilots

Ozone reveal lightweight LM4 and XXLite

Guatemala Maya Open hang gliding competition

Friday, October 14th, 2011
Guatemala Maya Open 2011

The Guatemala Maya Open takes place from 4-10 March 2012

Ibex 2 replaces Nova’s lightweight Ibex

Friday, October 14th, 2011
Nova Ibex2, their new lightweight paraglider

Nova’s new lightweight EN D Ibex 2 is proving popular already

AirDesign to release EN B Rise

Friday, October 14th, 2011
AirDesign's new EN B Rise

AirDesign have a new, “technically-advanced” EN B paraglider in the wings: the Rise

Niviuk N-Gravity 2 professional acro paraglider

Friday, October 14th, 2011
Niviuk's professional acro paraglider, the N-Gravity 2

Niviuk’s professional acro wing, the N-Gravity 2, will be availble from December 2011.

Toma Coconea and the UP Summit XC2

Friday, October 14th, 2011
Up Summit XC2

UP have a new video about the Summit XC2, featuring Toma Coconea

Ozone Alpina, a lightweight EN C paraglider

Friday, October 14th, 2011
Ozone's new lightweight EN C Alpina

Ozone’s new Alpina is a lightweight, performance paraglider, designed for vol-biv pilots

‘I got addicted to the barometer’

Friday, October 14th, 2011
Red Bull X-Alps Suunto watch

Lukasz Wrobel won the Red Bull X-Alps watch in our magazine comp

Two-in-one gloves from Icaro Paragliders

Friday, October 14th, 2011
Icaro's two-in-one gloves for paragliding and hang gliding

Icaro Paragliders are keeping their hands warm this winter with their new two-in-one windstopper gloves.

Women’s hang gliding festival in Georgia, USA

Thursday, October 13th, 2011
Women-only-hang-gliding-festival-Lookout Mountain USA

The third women’s hang gliding festival takes place from 27-30 October 2011.

The Marvel, MacPara’s new EN C paraglider

Thursday, October 13th, 2011
MacPara's new EN C Marvel

MacPara’s Marvel has been certified EN C in two sizes.

2012 hang gliding calendar

Thursday, October 13th, 2011
Dietmar Tschabrun's 2012 hang gliding wall calendar

New hang gliding wall calendar for 2012