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How to improve safety in paragliding? I have been flying for more than 40 years (since 1984!) and observing the behaviour of pilots on sites around the world.…
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Everything you always wanted to know about paragliding! All the questions you will ask yourself one day or another…
This section will also be updated in case of crazy questions, hence the subtitle !
How to improve safety in paragliding? I have been flying for more than 40 years (since 1984!) and observing the behaviour of pilots on sites around the world.…
Provoke yourself what you agree to undergo ! When flying by a paraglider, we need to be prepared for collapses. We have to prepare ourselves by provoking them…
Fly more efficiently! An ACTIVE pilot serves With a modern paraglider, it is useless and dangerous to fly while slightly (less than 10%) applying the brakes “to feel…
Fly more safely! Do not pull the controls a bit just to “feel” the canopy. With a modern paraglider, it is useless and dangerous to fly with a…
A landing technique for • reduce the risk • have more chance of making the target Mentally place a rugby goal close to the target. The technique consists…
All paragliders are subject to collapses! Even the EN-A school models! When the shear is too great and the pilot’s reaction too late or non-existent, it collapses !…
Not everyone has the same morphology, the same height, the same width at the waist (hips) and the same ratio between leg length and torso! This makes it…
To check the fabric of your paraglider, we hang it from the trailing edge. This allows us to take advantage of the opportunity to remove the impurities that…
If you look at your lines, you may notice a few bits of thread sticking out of the seams. It is tempting to want to “give a lighter…
It’s not their main concern. They are busy manufacturing very technical products, designing new models and passing them through demanding certification tests in a market where competition is…
Aging occurs gradually and we get used to it. It’s like when your eyesight is decreasing. One day, you realise that your eyesight is very poor. You put…
The lift is located at the front of the profile: this causes the A and B lines to be heavily loaded, while the C and D lines carry…
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