On top of the overall ranking of a competition for the first time. It happended last weekend at the Swiss Cup in Frutigen. Nadia, Regula, me, Henri, David, Michi The task was set as an elapsed time race over 46 km. The flight was not exactly what I would call fun: 3 1/2 hour in weak, bumpy and quite often…
Kategorie: fliegen
The Triangle
Forecast for May 7th: blue thermals up to 2600-3000 m, wind 20 km/h at 2000 m, 30 km/h at 3000 m and 40 km/h at 4000 m, wind direction turning from NW over W to SW during the day. So what moron would choose a triangle with its longest leg reaching from east to west? Exactly. The one who’s writing…
Fast SLO
Last weekend at the Swiss League Open (SLO) we flew two out of three tasks. Speeding around Interlaken – that definetely was fun. On the first day it worked out fine, I came 9th into goal. In the second task, my position after 2/3 of the course was even better… but then … I chose the wrong route. What I…
Bye SIV, hello SLO
You don’t understand what I’m writing about? Yeah, to hell with all acronyms! Last weekend a special training of extreme flying situations (French: „Simulation d’Incident en Vol“) was planned for the pilots of the Swiss League. The course was to take place around Interlaken, our designated trainer being no other than the current World Champion Andy Aebi. However, the weather,…
The One-Glider-Per-Year Average
Already glider number nine in less than ten years! I can hardly believe it. In 2001 I bought my first paragliding equipment. It lasted quite a while. But when I seriously got into cross-country and competition flying, the permanent change started: adapting and improving all parts constantly. The illustration below shows all models I have used or still use. Evolution…
Once upon a time in Greece
„Tell about your first XC,“ is a thread on the paragliding forum. Here’s my story. Greece, Olymp, 4th of October 2001. Early afternoon on a warm and sunny day. It’s the 16th flight since I got my licence. After two hours in the air on my Paratech P25 full of joy spiraling, wingovering and climbing the house thermals again and…
Mein Bruder, der Albatros
„Albatrosse sind bekannt dafür, dass sie zwar sehr gute Flieger sind, jedoch grosse Probleme mit Start und Landung haben,“ steht in der Wikipedia. In Mexiko war die Welt noch in Ordnung. Ein ideal geneigter Starthang und konstanter thermischer Aufwind bescherten mir 18 Bilderbuchstarts. Noch nie hatte ich an einem Wettkampf weniger Schwierigkeiten mit dem Starten. Das erste Albatros-Erlebnis stellte sich…
Season kicks off in Crans Montana
No XC flying since Mexico – hopefully this will change tomorrow. The weather forecast for the weekend in Switzerland is quite complicated. Martin Scheel, our Swiss League team leader, did his best to pick a place with possible good flights for Saturday and Sunday. His decision will lead us, the pilots of the Swiss League, to Crans Montana, a place…
XC Killer Application
Wow! This is a tool, I’ve been waiting for… Today I got an email from Tom Payne, Britain’s X-Alps competitor, and paragliding forum moderator: „… by the way: I’ve just created a little tool to help you plan your FAI triangles: http://www.paraglidingforum.com/xcplanner/„. It’s easy to use, and does exactly what you think it should do. Just drag the turnpoint to…
Something completely different
Not XC but acro. My recommendation: check it out! www.adrenalineandturbulence.com