The first Festival of Spain dedicated to paragliding and flying, the International Air Festival of El Yelmo (FIA), will open its doors on 2 – 5 July to hundreds of pilots from all over the country and abroad, to celebrate its tenth anniversary with a program packed with activities and shows – all free for [...]
With only three weeks to go until the race start date, two of this year’s Red Bull X-Alps competitors, Thomas de Dorlodot (BE) and Ramon Morillas (ES) have been on a training mission in the Alps. As well as some cardio and stamina training, they been reccying the route – by paramotor, flying the length [...]
The UK paramotor nationals were held at Kerswell Green in Worcestershire from Saturday 20 June – Tuesday 23 June. After four full-on task days, Michel Carnet came out on top ahead of Pascal Campbell-Jones, with Tom Keene in third. Laura Turner was top female; Daid Muzellec (FR) took the First Guest Pilot award,and Dean Eldridge [...]
The Vista HP is APCO’s new high-end hybrid reflex® paramotor wing.
Adventurer, paramotor pilot and instructor Lu Marini is to fly 4000 km over the coast of Brazil in July. Starting in Rio Grande do Norte (North) and stopping in Rio grande do Sul (South), flying over 12 states in about 40 days, he will be followed by a production team who will film and photograph [...]
Issue 13 is out now! GLOSSY FEATURES Packed with fantastic photography FLY ME TO THE MOON Jan and Till Middelhauve visit South America and Chile’s Lake District in search of solitude, stunning scenery and volcanic adventures LOOPING LONDON Laura Turner reports on her two day adventure with Michel Carnet and friends as they battle strong [...]
The 10th International Air Festival of El Yelmo takes place from 2 – 5 July 2009 in Cortijos Nuevos, Jaen – Andalusia, Spain. The event will include the 2nd Freestyle Paramoor Open, 10th Air Films Festival, photo contest, acrobatic displays with Mathieu Rouanet & Ramon Morillas (PPG), SAT team, Acrotwinz, etc; 2nd Para-Mountain Race, demonstrations [...]
Karen Skinner set three new paramotor world records at the Flypa Festival in Teneriffe. The Brit, now living in Spain, first cracked the women’s altitude record of 4030 metres, on 1 May. In the same flight she also set a new 3000m time-to-climb world record, reaching this height in 29 minutes. A day later she [...]
