the other way of flying: safety, extreme low energy need, zero CO2 with the Electric Launch Device
Weak westerly wind, with higher cloud bases than yesterday, another good reason to go to the Ecrins again 😀 Task 289km: Start Col de Cabre 5km, Agneaux, Coupe (westerly from St André), Montagne de Queyrel and back to Aspres airfield….
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Weak North wind, but also weak blue thermals; cloud base in the Ecrin is expected high: it’s a day to go there 🙂 Task 208km:Start Col de Cabre 5km, Aujour, Pic de Bure, Agneaux (in the Ecrins), Beaumont, Montagne d’Oule…
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First task tuesday the 2nd of August Of course we hope to launch as many 300km+ tasks as we did last year during the first edition of our “Southern Alps Big Task Open” competition. But this year we are going to offer more:…
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We showed up at the “Fête de l’Air” at Aspres sur Buëch airfield, saturday July the 9th. We made aerotow as well as bungee launched demo flights with the Swiftlight On static display we had both a Swiftlight and a…
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With a weather improvement, Cornelia, Peter, Roger and Philippe came to fly in Aspres the last week of May with their Archaeopteryx. Some of them flew in the vicinity of the airfield, the others cross country guided by jac, and…
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Klemen came from Slovenia at the beginning of May: Paraglider pilot, he first made the twin-seat glider training course with the Aéroclub of Aspres, then in a one day bungee training course he was ready for his first solo flight. Unfortunately…
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May the 21st, Franz Pacheiner past the 500km triangle mark with his Archeoptéryx ! Unfortunately the flight cannot be registered as a world record in the FAI 2 category as the Archeopteryx was equipped with an auxiliary electric engine. Nevertheless, congratulation to Franz…
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A few flights after he completed his training course and first solo flight in his Swiftlight, thanks to a good weather window, Pascal could enjoy the breathtaking panorama of the Ecrins mountain range. He only had to follow Jac, who, as…
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5000m in the wave of “les Bans” in a laminar West-Northwest 45km/h wind blowing from Valgaudemar, great fun with the Swiftlight 🙂 Below, weak wind in the very cold convective air mass, very turbulent till 3200m (dry unstable air + big…
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