A surprising call In spring 2014 Hans and I received a phone call by Eric de Kruijk who said he is planning to make a small documentary about paragliding. A bit bewildered Hans asked who he was and how he got his telephone number. He…
Kerio, Rift Valley, Kenya, 15-25 January 2015 When my Italian team mate Rinaldo Vuerich, jokingly, told us that he intend to go again in Kenya in 2015 to stay less time than last year and in a cheaper accommodation, I began to think that it…
Hi all, Flo Heuber and his father took some photos of Flo’s new MENTOR 4 on its inaugural flight on the neigbbouring hill. So finally we can see the team design on a properly inflated wing (and not like during the Föhn-wind photo session some…
Hi Everyone, My name is Theo Warden and I am a 15 years old student and have just become part of the NOVA Junior Pilots Team. I live with my parents and sister in Sheffield, and I also have two other sisters that live away…
Dear Friends from the NOVA Pilots Team As you know we had two options for the new pilots team design, which is introduced together with the MENTOR 4. After long discussions and hours with the colour configurator, we decided to build samples to actually see…
Hi all, what you read here is a short summary of another outstanding year of paragliding for the NOVA Pilots Team, which we celebrated in Lermoos, written by “El Capitano” (nickname within the team of team manager Till). 1 week before the meeting: Still in…
Before you keep on reading, I would like to inform you that I am a NOVA team pilot and that I handle NOVA’s public relations. So I’m completely biased! However, what I write here is something I would also tell to my friends. On Thursday,…
Yesterday some Team Pilots met in Terfens for a reserve packing workshop, held by Sascha Pezzo from High Adventure. It was an interesting day yesterday and we learned a lot. It isn’t that easy to do it well. Sascha can explain well and is very…
Our team mate Kari Robinson has completed another 200+ km flight on her MENTOR 3 launching from Conargo near Deniliquin. Here is the link to her track. With this flight Kari took the worldwide lead in the women’s ranking of XContest and took the 5th…
Since November, the our Swiss friend has been attempting a 400 km flight in Australia. The NOVA team pilot has not achieved it yet, but he has bettered his own unofficial Australian record: on the 24th November 2013 he flew his Factor 2 375,26 km…