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Are you folding well?

Posted by Stuart, March 5th, 2010

  Do you always fold up your glider in exactly the same way? Something to do with how we fold our wings was brought to my attention recently after testing a relatively new zulu for  prosity. Ninety nine percent of the wing was in excellent condition, yet sadly one small part of the leading edge failed the test ...

Verbier….the perfect place to learn to fly

Posted by Stuart, September 11th, 2009

Learn to paraglide Verbier is quite literally the most ideal flying site that I have ever seen to learn to fly. We have two perfect training hills, a ridge that reliably works for ridge soaring and two top landing locations. Beginners can start with small hops and rapidly progress to longer flights. Our top to bottom ...

A site for novice XC pilots

Posted by Stuart, September 10th, 2009

Pilots who are looking to start experiencing XC flights can experience breath-taking Xc flights without ever leaving the safety and comfort of our valley. A typical flight like this will take a fairly low airtime pilot from green pastures to snow fields and over Alpine lakes and quite often up onto the stunning glacier….and always ...

Verbier….an XC site

Posted by Stuart, September 9th, 2009

Verbier was put on the World Flying Map in the early nineties when it was recognised by the PWC as an incredible Alpine XC site. But as well as being a good starting point for flying XC, Verbier is also a place that suitable for every kind of pilot. As well as great XC flights within ...

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