460km ??

There is a rumour of a 460km flight from Copperton in South Africa in the last few days. If true one of the longest flights ever completed...watch this space

Update:

Essayez avec cette orthographe : French pilot Stephan flew 420 kms from Merridale, landing between Middelburg and Steynsberg. He is intent on coming back next year with a crew of Super Pilots and breaking Nevil Huletts 502km World Record.

Parapente Magazine 133

A bit of news from the competition! The Nova Mentor 2 has just been tested by Parapente Magazine and they have measured the glide at 9.5, and a min sink of 1.05m/s. Amazing performance for an EnB glider and almost as good as the Ozone Delta (EnC). So what does an EnD give you thats extra...the Gradient Avax XC3 had an extra 0.8 on the glide, 0.06m/s min sink, 1kph trim speed and 4kph top speed. 2011 should be a very exciting year with further advances in performance and stability.

Is this the new face of footlaunched paragliding in the flat lands?

Electric Ascent aids, the Charly Scott-E and the Skywalk E-Walk