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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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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.…
A pilot told me this anecdote when I tested with him the arguments of a new article. I was talking to him about the importance of not constantly…
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…
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…
In French they say “fourchette de poids” (weight fork) = weight range. The term “weight fork” refers to the weight range (take-off weight) for which a paraglider is…
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 !…
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…
I regularly have requests for the rental of old paragliders to fly at the Dune du Pilat. They are often pilots who are not used to strong wind,…
W as wagga Practice which consists in “scraping the ass” on the ground as quickly as possible by making turns and other jokes… to have fun flying, what…
The paraglider is in a spiral (descent rate greater than 6 m/s), the pilot has no action at the controls (hands at the level of the rollers), the…
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