Landing in strong winds can be scary, but it doesn’t need to be dangerous. In this article we’ll get you prepared. We’ll share techniques for a safe landing setup and provide the best methods to kill the power and disable the wing.
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Gin BONANZA 2 (Paraglider Review)
The Gin BONANZA 2 makes it clear, it’s aiming for Sports Class, and the EN C rating leaves no room for misunderstanding: it’s only suitable for experienced pilots. It looks especially clean, high aspect and racy. Is it too hot? Carlo Borsattino tests the wing in a range of conditions in Tenerife and the UK to analyse the handling and features.
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Safety Note: Advance LIGHTNESS 3
This safety notice only applies to the first LIGHTNESS 3s which were delivered in 2018. If your LIGHTNESS 3 has a white label which says “LIGHTNESS 3” on the base of the reserve handle your harness is not affected by this announcement. To check this you only have to carefully ease the handle base a little way out of its pocket on the harness.
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Cross country skills: thermal search
Leaving the hill is the foundation of cross country flying, and the hardest part to learn. Join Flybubble Paragliding for a narrated tutorial guiding you through the slow process of leaving the hill. Search. Circle. Fly away.
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Naviter HYPER Review (Flight Instrument)
The Naviter Hyper is a light, compact flight instrument designed for everyday use and cross country pilots. The Hyper “gives you enough information to put you on track to your target, avoid airspace, accurately core and return to thermals, and make every thermal count”. When you can do many computing things on your phone, there is a question many minimalists will ask: is it worth forking out more money on another box?
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Gin ATLAS 2 (Paraglider review)
The original Gin ATLAS was released in 2013, and has been a hugely successful Progression wing offering ‘easy B’ handling and good performance. It still holds its own against newer wings.
Gin was clearly in no hurry to replace the Atlas. The Atlas 2 is a refined version, not a completely new development.
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Christmas gifts for lucky pilots
Not sure what to tell Santa when you sit on his knee this year? We proudly present, our new range of flight accessories, produced by Tryfly. We chose this gear because we like to use it ourselves.
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Paragliding site analysis (Mount Caburn)
Continuing our series on risk analysis at flying sites, we present Mount Caburn: a small hill often flown in strong wind. You might never fly at this particular site, but understanding the airflow will help you to analyse similar sites.
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Advance XI (Paraglider Review)
The Advance XI is an ultralight paraglider for pilots who want to explore. Does this extremely compact wing retain the safety of its sibling, the IOTA 2 (EN-B)? What is the XI’s character in the air? We examine the new ‘performance-intermediate’ designed for bivouac flying, hike & XC tours, travelling or discovering new routes in remote regions.
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Help us translate our videos!
We usually add subtitles to our instructional videos and reviews. This helps you get a basic translation in your own language by clicking the Settings icon on our videos (bottom right) and choosing Automatic Translation (to your language). Or click on English (UK) if you’d like to learn English, a free service provided by Flybubble 😉
Even if we have not yet provided a subtitle file, Youtube automatically generates subtitles that are pretty good (90%-95% correct) so you can already get a rough translation of everything on the Flybubble Channel.
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