Plenty of news from Advance this year, provided to us courtesy of Valery Chapuis, including the PROGRESS 3 reversible harness, PI BI lightweight double-surface tandem wing, OMEGA XALPS 2 hike-&-fly racing wing, IOTA 2 cross country (XC) wing, Companion SQR Light 'square-round' reserve, and some fab new clothing…
A whole Flybubble gaggle flew over to France to catch up on all the new products at the Coupe Icare in St Hilaire, and got to spend time with some of the industry’s top product designers and people; Gin Seok Song of Gin, Hannes Papesh of new brand Phi, Clement Latour of Supair, Philippe Medicus of Nova, Andrej Kolar of Naviter and Flytec, Urs Haari of High Adventure, Vincent Del Medico of Syride, Arne Wehrlin of Skywalk, Joerg Ewald at Volirium, Bruce Goldsmith of BGD, Denis Cortella of Kortel, and many more...
ADVANCE at the Coupe Icare 2016 Carlo met Valery, Greg, Roland, Peter, Vincent and other Advance staff. SUCCESS 4 The latest harness from Advance is a refinement of the SUCCESS 3. The back protector reaches higher and is made in...
Syride at the Coupe Icare 2016 Carlo met Vincent Del Medico, Marion Roche, Anthony and Yann. The current range is very successful so there are no plans to change any of these in the near future. Of course the software...
Supair at the Coupe Icare 2016 Carlo met the friendly Supair team and chatted with them about products in development. SKYPPER 2 On the stand was an early proto of this deluxe XC harness, also suitable for competition flying. It...
Carlo chatted to Arne Wehrlin, head of Skywalk and one of the founding partners. CHILI4 Combining climb and glide performance with balanced handling is a big challenge. The new CHILI4 promises more precise feedback through the brake lines and more...
Kortel Design at the Coupe Icare 2016 Carlo met the team at Kortel Design. He chatted with Guillaume, who shared their latest design innovations. K-FLEX This is a basic school and tandem passenger harness that is very innovative! It is...
Ozone at the Coupe Icare 2016 Carlo met with Russell Ogden, David Dagault, Honorin Hamard and Mike Cavanagh (not pictured). As usual, there's a lot happening at this powerhouse brand. ANGEL SQ Square reserve, coming soon. Two solo sizes first...
Carlo met the united Naviter and Flytec teams, including the business owners Andrej Kolar and Joerg Ewald. Yes, in case you hadn't heard the news already, they've joined forces! Naviter + Flytec = awesome instruments coming your way soon. Flytec...
Nova and High Adventure (Coupe Icare 2016) Carlo met Mik Broschart, Kristin Lamm and Andrea Heerd (Nova) and Urs Haari (High Adventure). PHANTOM Pre-orders of the new concept high performance Progression wing have been very encouraging. The S size has...
