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Niviuk’s Peak 3, EN D. Photo: Niviuk
If you want to test fly a paraglider you may as well set a record when you’re doing it.
Hugh Miller took the new Niviuk Peak 3 (EN D) out for a test fly on 2 June 2013 and, flying with Mark Watts and Kirsty Cameron, set a new flight-to-goal record for the UK.
The 208km flight took him north to south across England and gave him plenty of time to get to grips with the glider.
Setting a record – 208km flight to goal. Image: xcleague.com
“I soon noticed that the Peak 3 likes her climbs strong,” he notes. “As the thermals consolidated, the wing’s responsiveness and climb performance went through the roof.”
As he says, bangin’.
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