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New Cross Country Hitching Signs in the XC Shop Cross Country Magazine – In the Core since 1988 d M Y  The XC Retrieve Sign will significantly increase your chances of getting home quickly. Basically, it explains that you’re a stranded paraglider pilot and not Norman Bates from Psycho. Invaluable! In tests we’ve found a lot of drivers have picked pilots up who wouldn’t normally stop for hitchhikers, and the sign has made the difference. The […] Περισσότερα... |
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Julian Robinson wins first round of British PG Championships 2017 Cross Country Magazine – In the Core since 1988 d M Y Julian Robinson won the first round of the 2017 British Paragliding Championships 2017. The competition was held over the week of 22-28 July and based at Tewkesbury in the UK. The British weather was not kind, and only one valid task was managed. The scores, with only one task, were very close, a single point […] Περισσότερα... |
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Manfred Ruhmer wins Class 2 World Championships Cross Country Magazine – In the Core since 1988 d M Y Manfred Ruhmer has won the Class 2 Hang Gliding World Championships for a record seventh time. The 20th FAI World Hang Gliding Class 2 Championships was held in Aspres-sur-Buech, France, from 26 July to 6 August 2017. Eight pilots took part in the Class 2 competition, which was battled out over eight long tasks of […] Περισσότερα... |
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Apco have unleashed the NRG Pro II, their new slalom racing PPG wing. “It’s the rebel brother of the NRG XC II”, they say. It was designed to be fast and manoeuvrable, and to be flown aggressively for racing round pylons. The NRG Pro II is a full-reflex wing with 2-D steering and HIT […] Περισσότερα... |
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Sky’s latest tandem, the Apollo Bi, is an EN-C glider for cross-country pilots. It’s part of Sky’s Sport-Line of wings, and is intended for the recreational rather than the commercial market, so the design priorities were different than for the Metis 3. Designer Alexandre Paux explains: “Traditionally, when I create a tandem glider, I pay a […] Περισσότερα... |
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Adventures’s Pluma foot-launch PPG is made from carbon fibre and weighs just 2.65kg, including mobile swinging arms and cage. Manufactured with technologies used by the aerospace industry, using high-performance lasercut Prepreg (pre-impregnated) carbon fibre processed in an autoclave for a guarantee of quality and strength. The Pluma has passed the resistance test (EAPR) at 15G […] Περισσότερα... |
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21st Hang Gliding World Championships: 10-20 Aug 2017 Cross Country Magazine – In the Core since 1988 d M Y The Hang Gliding World Championships are on in Brasilia, Brazil, from 10-20 August 2017, with 130 of the world’s best pilots competing for the title. After five good +100km tasks in week 1, Alex Ploner (IT) is leading the pack, just 20 points ahead of France’s Mario Alonzi. Christian Ciech (IT) is in third. Follow […] Περισσότερα... |
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Free flight is all about living in the moment – and in Cross Country 183 (September 2017) we bring you some of the best moments from this amazing season so far. The ‘X’ in the Red Bull X-Alps could stand for any number of things. Exciting. Exhilarating. Excruciating. But the 2017 edition was the most […] Περισσότερα... |
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To sky.gr από το 2000 είναι το μεγαλύτερο ελληνικό site με θέμα το αλεξίπτωτο πλαγιάς (paragliding, parapente). Λειτουργεί σε συνεργασία με την Ελληνική Αεραθλητική Ομοσπονδία και απευθύνεται αποκλειστικά σε πιλότους. Είναι καθαρά μη κερδοσκοπικό και βασίζεται στην εθελοντική συμβολή των διαχειριστών του.
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