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WHEN DREAMS COME TRUE: LANDING ON TOP OF MONT BLANC

WHEN DREAMS COME TRUE: LANDING ON TOP OF MONT BLANC

  Since my beginnings in paragliding, I always have been fascinated by some pilots of my club telling stories about landing on the summit of Mont Blanc in 2012. I was wondering what kind of experience it would be and if I would be up…

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Rund um die Puy Mary (Zentralfrankreich)

Rund um die Puy Mary (Zentralfrankreich)

Rolf von Arx ist ein lieber Freund. Wir haben schon etliche wilde Ritte in den Alpen zusammen durchgestanden und noch mehr Flaschen zur Feier der Fliegerei geleert. Ende Juli vor zwei Jahren beschlossen wir, die Alpen und die XC-Ranglisten für ein paar Tage sausen zu…

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Chabre Open 2018

Chabre Open 2018

Hi All, same as last year, I participated in the Chabre Open. It’s a great Fun Comp and always very quickly fully booked (this year in 11 minutes!). A lot of Britisch, Dutch, France pilots but also some German, Scandinavian and this year two Australian…

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Salut from NOVA Team France

Salut from NOVA Team France

Hi everyone, bonjour ! As you know, we have the NOVA Team France parallel to the “big” NPT. The last weekend , I had proposed a meeting to my team mates to present two new team members, to fly together and, of course, to spend…

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British Open St Jean Montcal – FACTOR 2!

British Open St Jean Montcal – FACTOR 2!

FACTOR 2! Just a quick few points as im going flying at St Andre in a bit now :) The glide is amazing on/off speed, the turn of speed is incredible too, the glider whistles louder as it gets faster :) . Controlling the wing…

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News from Chabre Open 2011 in Larange (by Hans & Chavert)

News from Chabre Open 2011 in Larange (by Hans & Chavert)

Hi everybody, here is the latest news from Chabre open; you all know that the weather is realy sh…! But on Saturday we could fly a test task. It was cancelled because of incoming CB. At that time i just started the final glide and…

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Annecy/Aiguille du Midi flights 2011 Paragliding

Annecy/Aiguille du Midi flights 2011 Paragliding

Annecy/Aiguille du Midi flights 2011 Paragliding

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Annecy Adventure (by Idris Birch)

Annecy Adventure (by Idris Birch)

After much planning and lots of anticipation I found myself on the way to Annecy with two friends in the beginning of April. The weather was poor to start with North East meteo wind blowing which makes it rough in the Annecy valley. Despite the…

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