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<title>Skywings news RSS Feed</title><link>http://www.skywingsmag.com/index.html</link><description>hang gliding&#x2c; paragliding and paramotoring news from Skywings magazine</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:creator>colin@skywingsmag.com</dc:creator><dc:rights>Copyright 2009 Skywings magazine</dc:rights><dc:date>2010-06-29T08:59:10+02:00</dc:date><admin:generatorAgent rdf:resource="http://www.realmacsoftware.com/" />
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<lastBuildDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 13:50:46 +0100</lastBuildDate><item><title>July news</title><dc:creator>colin@skywingsmag.com</dc:creator><category>None</category><dc:date>2010-06-29T08:59:10+02:00</dc:date><link>http://www.skywingsmag.com/news/files/3047bcfab71c7666a2a61d483f567b5f-15.html#unique-entry-id-15</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.skywingsmag.com/news/files/3047bcfab71c7666a2a61d483f567b5f-15.html#unique-entry-id-15</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Exec members and staff have been exploring all options for new premises in the area, including the pros and cons of purchasing office space.   There is also a possibility of sharing office space with the British Gliding Association, also Leicester based and looking for new premises.   There are some economies of scale to be gained from such a set-up, plus further potential cost savings in the integration of services such as phones, copiers, meeting space and car parking. 

...BHPA member Idris Birch was on a roll in June with three good paraglider XC flights on three consecutive days. ...  On the same day Judith Mole set a personal best of 123km, narrowly failing to bag Judy Leden's 2004 women's UK record. ...  On June 17th, at Corndon again, XC League leader Kai Coleman had already left when Idris got going with Steve Parsons, Simon Burnell and partner Kath  and Martin Knight to land near Builth Wells for 55km &ldquo;It feels like the first good year there's been for paragliding since I started in 2007,&rdquo; reports Idris. ...  Three flights from the same site; the conditions have varied so much yet on all three days I pretty much followed the same route.&rdquo; 

...Ozone say that they expect the Delta to redefine the EN C class, and claim it has &ldquo;unprecedented&rdquo; glide performance and 33% less drag than the Addict 2, itself Ozone&rsquo;s &ldquo;cutting edge&rdquo; EN C wing. 

...Stolen from Airways Airsports at Darley Moor at the end of May: an Ozone Element S (stripes from front: maroon, white, scarlet), serial number K24E-001; an Ozone Element M (stripes from front: dark green, white, light green), serial number K25A-001; and a Woody Valley Bix tandem paragliding harness (dark grey and black) with Apco Mayday Bi tandem reserve.   If anyone is offered a cheap paraglider or harness matching these descriptions, please get in touch with Airways on 01335 344308 or 07751 297951. note that the Bix harness is extremely rare in the UK and is distinctive because of its wide seat plate.


...Flying a Mac Magus, France&rsquo;s Stephan Drouin clocked a 200km paragliding speed mark of 25.8km/h in May, beating Klaus Heimhofer&rsquo;s 2000 record of 23.50km/h.   Also in May, Italy&lsquo;s Nicole Fedele clocked a female paragliding 100km out-and-return speed record from Tolmin in Slovenia, crossing the Italian border and flying to Gemona before returning. 

...Nova Team pilot Michael Pohl completed a 200km triangle flight from Austria&rsquo;s Greifenburg on April 28th, pushing his Triton for over eight hours to achieve 200.27km.


...Jacques Bott&rsquo;s Class 2 hang glider out-and-return distance record of 337.4km, set in January from Burgsdorf in Namibia aboard an Aeriane Swift Light, has been ratified as a World Record. ]]></content:encoded></item></channel>
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