On July 19 I was able to fly a 280 km FAI triangle from Grente (South Tyrol) with my XENON. Here are my impressions and the track: www.xcontest.org/world/en/flights/detail:Timon/19.07.2022/07:35 Finally the weather report forecasts a day with little wind and a high cloud-base. Thus, about…
When we first start our free flying journey, our minds are baffled just with the idea of being able to climb inside a column of rising air to the cloud base. The experience of leaving the ground using only the energy of the sun is…
(Please scroll down for the English version) Mittlerweile schon seit einigen Jahren schiele ich aufs Zweileiner-Fliegen. Die Leistung, die Möglichkeit über die B-Handles direkt den Anstellwinkel verstellen zu können und viele Erzählungen von Fliegerkollegen über die Stabilität dieser wunderschönen Geräte locken mich schon eine ganze…
I often get to hear from my fellow pilots from more mountainous regions, how they can’t get their head around the flatland flying. Some argue that it’s so easy, you just go with the wind from cloud to cloud and others think it must be…
Working as a paragliding instructor has many priviledges. One of them is to be able to wake up early in the morning and see the morning mist slowly and beautifully evaporate while heading to a local airfield. It often makes me feel sorry for the…
Can you make the world a better place by flying paragliders? Well, that is the question I have asked myself many times lately. Sometimes packing the wing and taking a weekend or a whole week away from the loved ones can be a tough call….
Hi there Since almost eight years, I always spend one or two weeks on the beautiful isle of Lanzarote (Canary Islands) between December and February. 2018 we had a particularly good week! This year our week fitted perfectly between bad and very bad weather at home in…
Letzten Freitag durfte ich einen wunderbaren Flug gemeinsam mit Simon Wamser genießen. Ein Flug, bei dem nicht die Kilometer zählten. Leider war der Tag nicht so gut wie erhofft und wir konnten erst um kurz vor elf starten. Auch Thermik und Westwind waren sehr anspruchsvoll. Den…
Had the chance to take part in a safety training at the Campus Annecy / France. A camp organized by Juergen (Kraus) and Christa (Vogel). Both are in this business for almost two decades. So tons of experience on their side. Felt very safe right…
Können 4,4 km freie Wertungsstrecke einem Streckenflieger ein Lächeln auf das Gesicht zaubern? Ich würde behaupten: Ja! Der Beweisgang folgt ;) Ich bin Alpenflieger durch und durch. Ich liebe die Alpen. Ich wohne aber nicht in den Alpen, sondern in Wuppertal. Wuppertal liegt nicht in…