World champion, Ramon Morillas, has beaten 3 possible records in 1 flight (altitude; time to climb to 3,000 m; time to climb to 6,000 m).

Morillas has always had great paramotoring ambitions, and the three high altitude flights he carried out during the last week of August and first days of September also served as part of his preparation to fly to the top of an 8,000 m giant in Pakistan.

The record flight took place from sea level on 2 September, from Motril beach in Granada. Flying an Advance Omega 7 with a PAP VR 200 with the air filter removed to retain power at altitude, Ramon passed 3,000 m after 25 minutes and 40 seconds, and 6,000 m after 1 hour 11 minutes. His maximum height of 6,740 m was reached in less than 2 hours. The motor was still fine, but, flying without oxygen, Ramon was aware that he had spent a while above 6,000 m and was feeling the effects of altitude, so decided to head down.

Congratulations Ramon, and good luck in Pakistan.

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Ramon Morillas at altitude

The “Cercal Raide ” is a 200km paramotor run, organised by the school at Santiago do Cacem, Portugal. A crowd of paramotorists gather to fly together, starting at Cercal, and then heading south before following the Portuguese coast north to finish 200 km away, at Santo Andre.

it is not a competition, but a gathering of people enjoying an experience together. The cost of 25 Euros covers hotel accommodation (two people), meals and a T-shirt.

For more information, see www.escoladevoo.com

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4th Cercal Raide

After the worst British summer weather on record, pilots of the Tip to Tip team finally landed at John O’Groats, Scotland at 11.07 on 13 August 2008.

After taking off at Land’s End, Cornwall, on 29 July, the planned 8 day flight was dogged by gales, rain and thunderstorms, sometimes lasting up to three days! (more…)

Paul Haxby has bcreated a video introduction to the guided paramotor holidays he runs in North Wales.

It is available on YouTube.

www.axbsports.com

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