Ultralight Glider Worldchampionship
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One week to go
Next week is the world championship organized by ADPUL in Aspres sur Buëch, in the french southern Alps. From monday the 24th training flights, Wednesday the 26th at 10am opening ceremony, The 27th practice task, The 28th arrival of the class 5…
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The Archaeopteryx pilots definitely set the XC standard at 400km
Not only in Australia, see Marlies & Peter Eicher’s flights, and in Switzerland, see Roger Ruppert’s flights, but also in Austria, Italy and Slovenia: Here are Franz Pacheiner’s great flights (start and end time are GMT, you have to add 2 hours; click on…
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Temporary closure of Aspres sur Buëch airfield
We just learned by NOTAM that the airfield is closed Friday the 9th and Saturday the 10th June 2017: a music festival will take place on the runway… Wednesday the 7th and Thursday the 8th the North-South runway we use…
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And 2 days later, he went back home
Despite not such good flying conditions, Roger successfully came back home, thanks to the electric engine which allowed him to escape from a severe low point at 7pm near Luzern’s lake, short from goal. His summary of the flight: The perfect Cross Country…
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He came to Aspres by air
Roger Ruppert wanted to come to Aspres for flying since Easter, but the weather didn’t cooperate till this week. And the flying window was very narrow: only 3 days. He needs one full day to drive to Aspres, and another one…
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World championship & 3rd Southern Alps Big Tasks Competition
We expect the 22 best international pilots of the classes 2 & 5 to fly in our competition from the 24th of July till the 6th of August. Weather permitting we will launch 300km+ tasks over the great scenic high…
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Altitude 5625m in the wave!
Great season start for Jacques, April the 20th; here is his report of what is probably the highest altitude reached in free flight in Europe: Take off 11:05 for my first XC flight of the year, aero-towed by a pilot…
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New Swiftlight pilots trained by ADPUL
From April the 7th till the 12th, Louis, Alain, Marc and Krzysztof came in Aspres sur Buech for learning to fly the Swiftlight. They all started with the initial bungee training course: Then Marc and Alain were able to continue…
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First flight of a Swiftlight-E registered in France
March the 28th, in Burgundy, Michel Paté had his first flight with his electric powered Swiftlight-E. He was able to take off from the short model-airplane concrete runway, and fly in the weak early spring thermals. Here Michel’s France is relatively…
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