the other way of flying: safety, extreme low energy need, zero CO2 with the Electric Launch Device
While the heat wave is affecting Europe end of June and July, some privileged pilots were enjoying the cool air at above 4000m altitude: Didier ridge soaring on the NW face of the Mont Blanc in a 60km/h laminar wind Jac at 4700m the…
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On May the 28th, while flying a 343km FAI triangle with Philippe Bernard in his Archeopteryx, I passed the 1000 hours airtime with my Swiftlight 🙂 One thousand hours of pure happiness: 36793km XC, almost all closed triangles, more than…
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Many days with 4000m+ top of climb, and already 3 300km triangle. The pilots who benefited from these fantastic flying conditions: Patrick / Atos VR, Tonio / flexwing (4000+ in Oisan), Vianney / VR (big XC toward the nothern Alps), Franz / Archeopteryx (many…
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La Barre des Ecrins & le Glacier Blanc with blue thermals from d’Aspres. April the 14th, top of climb 4500m; and the 15th, 4000m while flying a 284km FAI triangle! Great :-). Watch the movie, it’s like you are sitting in a Swiftlight enjoying flying in…
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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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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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The day after his out and return to Chamonix, Jac improved his own FAI triangle personal record: leaving Aspres at 11:30, his progress was first slowed down in the Maurienne valley (unreliable thermals below 3500m) , then later by a NW…
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