We’re currently in Tenerife reporting on this year’s Flypa event, based in Los Realjos at the northern end of the island. For the last few days the skies have been full of gliders. As well as free fliers and a host of acro stars there has been a lot of paramotoring going on. Ramon Morillas [...]

Ramon Morillas flew 1101 km on a single PPG flight while attempting to fly 1350 km without landing. Though he fell a bit short of his target, he still beat his previous world record by 150 km.

This morning, Gilo Cardozo flew his Parajet paramotor, powered by a supercharged Wankel rotary engine, to just over 20,000′ in sunny Wiltshire. Gilo was going through some last minute testing and tweaking of his engine before departing for Nepal, for his attempt to fly over Mount Everest. He reports an excellent climb rate, without having [...]

Monday 23 of April could be the date of the new world record that the Spanish pilot Ramon Morillas plans to set: a flight of 1350 km over the sea, from the south of Spain to the Canary island of Tenerife! The stormy weather in the area has delayed the departure date giving Ramon some [...]

In issue 1 of Paramotor Mag we reported on Ramon Morrilas’ plans to fly from the mainland of Spain to Tenerife as part of the build up to this year’s FYPA event. We’ve just heard from the Draco team that the website where you can follow his progress is now online at www.draconexion.com/latravesia We wish [...]

ITV have launched a new jacket. Made from 100% polyester the jacket has a 100% polyamide insulation and a fleeced neck. Available in 4 sizes, labelled on the arm sleeve “instructor” or “pilot”. RRP : 130 euros. www.itv.fr 

ITV Paragliders are the official sponsors of the Chinese Paramotoring team taking part in the fortcoming World Champiopnships taking place in Bejing in August. The entire team will be competing on ITV canopies and there is a rumour that  the team have also be asked to perform at the opening of the Bejing Olympics. www.itv.fr

Last winter Pascal Cambell-Jones and world champion Mattieu Rouanet went on a trip to Asia visiting Korea, Thailand and Cambodia. Check out the amazing shot of Pascal flying in downtown Daejon in our launch issue. During their visit they were invited to tour an orphange which runs the ‘art for rice’ scheme to raise money. [...]

French manufacturer Adventure have moved out of Paris, to new premises in Méré, in a western suburb of the capital city. It should be easier for Adventure from now on, to walk out and launch from some of the open fields near-by. Jean-Louis Lainé sends this picture of the factory taken from his homebuilt paratrike. [...]

The British Paramotor Nationals will take place in the Cotswolds near Nailsworth on June 8th-12th. Entry is open to everyone. Free flying is also allowed for non competitors. All details: www.flymicro.com/footnat07/