Hey guys, my name is Matt Stanford and I am the new Team Pilot from New Zealand. Now that our season has wrapped up down here, (sob and jealous looks at the Northern Hemisphere!), it is time to get around to all those ideas you…
Early 2012 we announced on our website, Facebook, the NOVA-Newsletter, and in press releases that we have slots for three new Junior Pilots in our team, as some of our current “Juniors” will turn “Seniors” rather soon. (We consider young folks up to 25 years…
I am very excited to announce that I am the newest member of the Nova Pilots Team. I’m thrilled to be joining such a fantastic group of pilots and I really appreciate how welcome you’ve made me feel already. After months of flying tandems here…
NOVA-Teampilots meets in Chile Every Year at the first weekend in January is the FAI-2 competition Open-Santiago in Chile. Two Nova Team-pilots were also on the list. We could fly every 4 Days of the comp and it was exciting till the last minute in…
Hello guys! This season I tried to focus more on my studies (microbiology) which I’m in the final stadium now. Believe me, I had a hard time, trying not to fly too much and spend more time in the lab and behind the desk. Anyway,…
Although it’s been a long way to drive to Gnadenwald near Innsbruck for my kids and back to Graz the other day (special thanks to the DVD player in the car), I couldn’t stay at home, knowing that the colleagues will step up and down…
In this picture you see my friend Volker with a Mentor 2 over the megacity San Salvador (2.1 million inhabitants). It is the first flight ever over this town and nobody ever thought this flight would be possible. The landing was a little bit tricky…
Hi Guys, In the Netherlands the preliminary’s for the Dutch Championships have started sinds beginning of April. We had already 7 tasks. Because of restrictions and flatland possibilities distances are not all that big but until now Chavert and me are satisfied. Under this link…
I’ve been training hard over the winter, but now the flying is coming good over here in the UK. This short YouTube movie shows a fantastic, if tough, training ground in one of the disused slate quarries in the heart of the Snowdonia Mountains. I…
Skitour across the Ennstal/Austria with Paraglider. At the beginning of winter I went on a tour with a friend across Tauplitz/Salzkammergut, taking my touring skis and a paraglider. That day was an amazing experience and we enjoyed a very special atmosphere – this >magic moment<…