As Ferrari cars and KTM motorbikes have done before them, Paramania have decided to adopt a sole colour scheme, the much loved ‘nightshade’ colour of the Action GT, throughout their glider range. Mike Campbell-Jones says, “It is clear that pilots don’t buy our wings just because of the pretty colours. It is more because of [...]
Entitled The Dinner Party, Andrew Shepherd’s video, which can be seen here, http://vimeo.com/4025865, is an unstaged recording of the post-landing ‘adventure’ he and his friends had in a remote village in southern Thailand. Andrew says, “… After an amazing hour long flight over fantastic scenery, we found a large lake with a settlement of rural [...]
ITV would like to thank Fred Mallard for his latest video featuring their Lapoon, and to share it with you. If you are interested in the identity form for this wing, or for the details for the Dakota, Dakota Sport or Dolpo, you can now get these direct from ITV rather than having to approach [...]
Apco’s Karma SP beginner / intermediate wing, rated EN B, has been load tested for paramotor and small trike use for a maximum payload of 170 kg. In tests it actually withstood 275 kg! www.apcoaviation.com Discuss here
A Competition Practise weekend is to be held in Wantage, Oxfordshire, over the weekend of 16 – 17 May, five weeks before the Nationals. As with last year’s successful event, it is intended for pilots to share knowledge and improve their skills, in particular in the areas of successful launching, landing accuracy, full use of [...]
The German air navigation service provider, DFS, has released a new “Cross Border Information” publication, a handbook for VFR flights to Germany’s nine neighbouring countries: Denmark, Poland, the Czech Republic, Austria, Switzerland, France, Luxembourg, Belgium and the Netherlands. The book is intended to help pilots with their flight preparation.
The PAP 1400 E is the first electric paramotor to be DMSV (German paramotor association) tested and approved. The motor uses a brushless external rotor HPDirect 10 motor, developed by Germany’s Dr. Eck, and delivers 10.5 kW power and 55 kg thrust. It is compatible with the PAP Charriot Z Trike. The unit will be [...]
