VOTE NOW! We’ve a had a great response to our Facebook short film competition – thanks to everyone who entered. The winner will be the one who gets the most votes in this poll. Vote once only for the film you like best. Voting closes noon on Wednesday 15 September 2010.
The winner wins a free harness from Sup’Air. All the films are on our Facebook page under ‘videos’.
As per the rules, videos longer than three minutes have not been entered into the comp. Note that you can only vote once – after you have voted the system knows you have voted and will not let you vote again.
Free download to the best paragliding and hang gliding sites in the world.
Cross Country magazine’s Global Travel Guide for hang gliding and paragliding is now available online as a free pdf download – perfect for the iPad, your laptop or printing off.
Published in April 2010 the print edition of the guide was given away [...]
Readers who enjoy the electronic version of Cross Country or Paramotor magazines through Zinio, may like to know that Zinio Reader 4 is now availble to download from the company’s website. Zinio say of Reader 4, “Our fastest, lightest application to date features clipping / bookmarks, customizable zoom and access to new, enhanced content”. www.zinio.com
Flight international festival for paragliders, hang gliders and microlights takes place at the Tegelberg, Germany, over the weekend of 25 – 26 September.
Software version 1.22 has been sent out to LK800 beta testers
Version 1.22a of LK8000’s touch screen flight computer, which runs on PDAs and car navigators (PNAs), is now officially stable and available to users.
Improvements over the previous version include:
- Multiple start gates, start in & start out cylinders, time gates for paragliders and hang gliders
- Estimated time-to-go based on current MC and distance to the start line, for efficiently crossing the start line at the correct time without penalties.
- Support for new maps (LKMAPS) with better resolution and topology
For more information or to download the software and manual, visit the LK8000 website.
Following four tasks, Manfred Ruhmer (AT) has won the hang gliding pre-Worlds in Monte Cucco, Italy, which finished on 7 August 2010, flying an Icaro 2000 Laminar Z9.
Jonny Durand (AU, Moyes) took second place and France’s Mario Alonzi (Aeros) was third. Julia Kucherenko (RU, Aeros) was first, woman in 21st place overall.
Italy was top nation, ahead of Austria and France.
To read more about the comp, there are links to several pilots’ blogs, as well as the official one, on the Monte Cucco 2010 website.
Slovenian Primox Gricar (Aeros) won the Spanish International Open in Ager, Spain, which finished on 10 July. Spaniard Marc Atrillo Gibert (aeros) was second (first in the Spanish Championship) and Britan’s Carl Wallbank (Moyes) third.
Skyline's new Zero Drag Speed hang glider harness. Photo Antoine Boisselier
Skyline’s new ZD (Zero Drag) Speed hang glider harness is used by the likes of Antoine Boisselier (FR) – pictured above – and has been very well received.
The harness is tailor-made to each pilot’s size, and has been made more comfortable, say the company, particularly in the torso area. (more…)
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