Author Archive: jac
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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