the other way of flying: safety, extreme low energy need, zero CO2 with the Electric Launch Device
Last Friday, Marc in his Swift, and Rob in his Swiftlight-E had the opportunity to fly with Jac from Aspres sur Buëch. The weather was fine, we took off at half past noon and met over the Aiguille de Serres…
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Roger Ruppert made 2 500km out and return attempts, one in the Alps, the other in the much lower Jura mountains. The 20th of June he took of from Münster in the upper Rhône valley, turned in Austria near the…
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We had the worst spring than ever… eventually we had the first great flying day on July the 1st 4280m in the Ecrin mountain range 🙂 The second attempt was the right one: it only became good after 4pm The…
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On June the 29th, Marc, Formiga and Jac had a nice flight around Aspres and the Pic de Bure. A GoPro camera was installed just behind the head of the pilot on the right side of Jac’s Swiftlight, and here…
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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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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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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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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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An unexpected head wind forced him to land 30km short of the goal in a 500km FAI triangle attempt in Australia the 6th of January… Congratulation to Peter 🙂 in his Archaeopteryx, he realized the best OLC score: 752 points! The…
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