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.

Gin have created a slightly tamed version of their Boomerang 7 competiton paraglider: the Boomerang GTO is a race machine that is certified EN / LTF D, yet has “the performance of last year’s competition wings”.

Gradient’s new high performance paraglider, the Avax XC3, has passed EN D certification in size 28, and is now for sale. Sizes 24, 26 and 30 are on their way.

Wings of Change’s Braveheart high-performance EN D ‘race machine’ is certified EN D, and was designed “for absolute top performance, whilst still being manageable”.

UP have made a paraglider for cross country hounds and serial class competition pilots: The Trango XC is an EN D / LTF 2-3, three line glider which UP say “launches better than most school wings, handles like a hot knife in butter, has a top speed of 57km/h and remains very stable all the [...]

The smallest (18 m2) Triton has now been certified EN D / LTF 2-3, taking all-up weights of 70 – 90 kg. In Nova’s words, “Now also lightweight pilots have access to a well-tempered, high-performance wing”. www.xcmag.com/news/2009/01/2167/ www.nova-wings.com/english/products/triton.html

Nova sum up their new EN D, LTF 2-3, wing, the Triton, as having “performance without a bite”. They say they are not pushing the boundaries of the certification categories on any of their wings, but instead are concentrating on getting the right feel and features for each wing for its perceived target group of [...]

The MAGIC 5, Airwave’s Big Distance racer, is certified LTF class 2-3 and EN D in all sizes