the other way of flying: safety, extreme low energy need, zero CO2 with the Electric Launch Device
The biggest Free Flight task* ever launched in the world a 349km task, with 100% pilots at goal 🙂 But due to a flight instrument’s failure, Pavel came back without turning the last 2 waypoints. Cumulonimbus developments were forecasted in Ecrins, Queraz, Ubaye and Haut…
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The very good flying conditions which prevailed in the french Alps from end of June till mid July allowed Jac to fly 5 more than 300km triangles from Aspres with his Swiftlight Date Triangle km km/h Début Fin Durée 2015-07-16 Plat…
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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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The 28th of June, Didier Givois in his motorized Swiftlight and Jacques Bott in his pure glider Swiftlight had the opportunity to compare these 2 versions of the Swiftlight during an 8 hour flight in the french nothern Alps. Each…
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The 28th of June at Challes les Eaux french northern Alps we had the opportunity to test aerotowing by a Phoenix UL motorglider. It was very positive: stable, easy to follow at 85km/h, at full power the rate of climb…
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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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It is not necessary to have its ultralight glider equipped with an auxiliary engine to takeoff, especially in flat land: there are many airfield where aerotow is available. Please, let us know the missing aerotow possibilities so as we can…
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On Ask13, a light and slow wood and fabric glider, whose flying domain is near that of the ultralight gliders, With the new team of Association Aéronautique d’Aspres, our association has organized, to the benefit of its members, a special twin…
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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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