Author Archive: jac
Classe 2 FAI triangle world record broken again
By a woman! guess who? 🙂 With her Archeopteryx! who still questions the potential of the ultralight gliders? A free 416km FAI triangle, by Marlies Eicher in Australia, the 20th of February! congratulations 🙂 Unfortunately no record claim was addressed to…
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Swift pilots forum
All Swift pilots are kindly invited to share their experience flying this great ultralight glider on this new forum. The Swiftlight is already the best proven foot launchable ultralight glider, but it can still be improved. You can push forward by reporting…
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Classe 2 FAI triangle world record broken
Peter Eicher had a good Christmass time with his Archeopteryx in Australia: The 17th, 395km in Victoria State, NW of Melbourne The 21st, 365km over Victoria and New South Wales, S of Hay The 28th, 391km, same area We hope…
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1st Open classe 2 des Alpes du sud
Chers pilotes des “classe 2” L’organisation de l’Open classe 2 des Alpes du Sud est lancée. Où? à Aspres ou à Serres 8km au sud. Quand? du 1er au 9 Août 2015. Pourquoi? pour tourner les plus grandes manches jamais réalisées en Vol Libre. Pour qui?…
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Aspres 2014 ultralight glider activity report
Aspres 2014 activity report 17 pilots came during the relatively short periods of time when aerotowing was provided; some of them from far away: Australia, Ireland, Portugal, England, Germany, Belgium, Switzerland & France. They discovered an airfield and an area…
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ADPUL – 2015 goals
2015 goals for the Ultralight Glider Development Association Organise the Ultralight Gliders flight operations on an airfield in the french southern Alps: – daily aerotow availability for Ultralight Gliders, so as for hanggliders and rigid wings, – training courses for…
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