Dear NOVA Team Members, needless to say, I’m proud that I became part of the NPT (thanks, yeah !!!!!!!!). Imagine a boy, still sleeping in the morning sun in a bright, yellow room, dreaming a half-conscious dream of flying above the roofs of his hometown…
Dear all, last week I was with my family in Fuerteventura on holiday. Normally there is to much wind to fly on this island, but I thought this could be a good job for an IBEX 15. With the big help of Wolfi and Diwi…
Last year two German Pilots came and visited my brothers (the guy behind the winch) flying club “Plus-4”. Strong wind but good thermals. The German pilots made a nice film and like to atrac attention for “stufenschlepp” in Germany. The result is a seminar end…
Like to wish you all a prosperous new year with many beautifull and safe flights Hans ter Maat
Hi NOVA PilotsTeam, together with some friends from our local club in Aschau I did a wonderful “Good-Bye 2010 flight” from our local moutain Kampenwand. Nice weather, nice people, nice wing – paragliding is GREAT! I wish all of you a nice new years evening…
My new Nova Mentor 2 arrived in the post on Saturday :) The following day I enjoyed a couple of flights in the Snowdonia Mountains of Wales. The first was a flydown from Moel Berfedd (482m) from a nil wind launch. This was followed by another top-to-bottom from…
Hi all! When I had to cross a small river to reach a rockface to to some drytooling (some of the very stupid funny things you can do on nonflying days in winter….)last week my boyfriend gave me some very interesting sticks:http://www.grivel.com/products/snow/poles/17-potrailf .You can divide…
My short film “Rush Hour Dream”, featuring the IBEX 15, was played two times on the Banff Mountain Film Festival last weekend. Due to my networking skills and sleeping with the right people (just kidding) it got selected for the Banff World Tour! http://www.banffcentre.ca/mountainfestival/worldtour/ Each…
Last saturday 6 november Philipp Medicus was the mean speaker at the dutch instructormeeting. Allmost 50 of the total 60 dutch instructors were there. He drove all the way from insbruck to the flatlands and back for the meeting (in a nice car). Philipp discussed three themes: 1)…
First Flight with my new MENTOR 2 After a loner period with poor weather I finally managed to enjoy my first real flight with my Mentor 2. They were too short for a proper comment on the wing. Here are my most important notes: Preparations:…