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The Advance Pi. Photo: Advance

In issue 146: Advance Pi reviewed

There has been an explosion of usable lightweight wings in recent years, and the Advance Pi is one of the latest.

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Nova and Advance are to work together

Advance and Nova join forces

Advance and Nova have announced that they are going to work together

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Chrigel Maurer

Chrigel Maurer moves from Advance to Ozone

Champion paraglider pilot Chrigel Maurer announces his move from Advance to Ozone

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Debu Choudhury in India this April

DHV report questions pod harnesses

Recreational paraglider pilots who don’t need top performance should ‘carefully consider’ whether they need to fly a pod harness, the DHV has said.

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Gradient's Aspen 4, in Argentina. Photo: Felix Wolk

In issue 141: “It’s got no lines!” The Gradient Aspen 4, EN C

Hugh Miller gets his mitts on Gradient’s latest, sharpest tool in the box. Plus Little Cloud’s Kangoo and vol-biv paragliding harnesses get the once-over.

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New inner reserve container for Advance Impress 3 pod harness

New reserve container for Advance Impress 3 paraglider harness

Advance have redesigned the Impress 3 harness’s reserve container for easier deployment of larger reserves

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Advance paraglider annual check winter offer 2011 2012

Advance: 10% winter discount on paraglider service

Advance are offering 10% discount on annual paraglider checks in December and January

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Advance's new EN A paraglider, the Alpha 5

Advance Alpha 5: beginners’ paraglider

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

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Advance Impress 3 lightweight performance harness

Advance Impress 3 paraglider harness

Advance’s long-awaited Impress 3 harness was a real crowd-puller at the Coupe Icare festival

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Find out all you need to know about Advance's Sigma 8 on the iPhone

Advance Sigma 8 iPhone app

Advance have bundled their info pages on the EN C Sigma 8 into a free iPhone app.

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Advance Sigma 8

Advance’s new Sigma 8 performance intermediate paraglider

Advance have almosrt completed their new Sigma 8 performance intermediate paraglider, and expect to release it in early 2011.

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Advance seek pilots for serial class cross country team

Swiss paragliding firm Advance have announced that they will be forming an international team of serial class competition pilots whom they will mentor and coach, hopefully to the top of the serial class rankings.

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Advance lightweight carbon speed bar

Swiss paragliding company Advance have a new lightweight, robust two-rung carbon speed bar with an angled attachment so that it is always easy to reach in flight.

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Winner of Cross Country’s 2009 prize draw enjoys his new Advance paraglider

John Perez won an Advance paraglider in the 2009 Cross Country prize draw. He made this video to record his first flight on his new wing.

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Advance Lightness pod harness and rucksack for hike and fly

Developed for the X-Alps, Advance’s Lightness is a pod-style racing paraglider harness and rucksack duo, designed to offer maximum performance and comfort for minimum weight.

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Advance Omega 8 video

Advance’s new flagship paraglider, the EN D Omega 8, is now shipping worldwide. Advance claim it is “the highest-performing glider in the serial class”.

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T-shirts from Advance for summer 2010

Swiss paraglider manufacturer Advance have unveiled two new T-shirt designs for summer 2010.

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Advance Omega 8 serial class paraglider almost ready

The long wait for Advance’s new high-performance paraglider, the Omega 8, is almost over. There will be four sizes, which will be certified EN/LTF D, dealers should be receiving the first test wings around now.

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Czech pilot wins top prize in Advance’s ‘Win your Wing’ promotion

The winners of Advance’s ‘Win your Wing’ promotion have been selected by paragliding world champion Andy Aebi and Red Bull X-Alps 2009 winner Chrigel Maurer. Czech pilot Michal Masek took the top prize.

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Advance on Bruce Goldsmith joining their design team

Bob Drury interviews Advance’s Valéry Chapuis about Bruce Goldsmith’s recent move to join their design team

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