317Km FAI triangle Vanoise Ubaye from Aspres
By Jac with his Swiftlight the 8th of June in heterogenous air masses, but good cloud base
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340Km triangle in Germany
After a 300km triangle in April, Wolly flew this great flat triangle with his Swiftlight the 20th of May Il est regrettable que la FAI ait refusé l’inscription de cet excellent pilote au championnat du monde 🙁
First 300 of the season
first 300 of the flying season for Jac in Swiftlight in the southern Alps 😀 It was the 18th of May, weather eventually cooperated…
Aerotow release’s airtightness
I taped a thin piece of neoprene on it with a short cut in the middle, throughout which the hook of the release goes to the outside. So, the cold air leak that was on my feet when flying at…
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Aerotow release’s safety
Aeriane’s release system, as it was delivered, had a safety issue : one time while being aerotowed, the towline was released from the tow trike (due to a false hooking) ; when back over the airfield I wanted to release the towline before…
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almost a 500Km triangle
The biggest triangle ever flown by a hangglider Only 24km to match the 500km triangle mark in Swiftlight ! by Jac December 29th in Namibia, easy, with 5600m cloud base in the converging line ! He also made a 350km FAI triangle the…
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The Archeopteryx 5km short of the 500Km mark
Only 5km were missing to brake the 500km in (allmost) straight line in Archeopterix! By Peter Eicher the 25th of October in Australia, with a cloud base of only 2100m And the same Archeopterix , the 17th of November, with…
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Welcome
Welcome on this new website I created in order to promote Ultra Light Gliders. It’s still in the creation process, all the pages are expected to be available in english within a few monthes from now…. I hope to see…
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