Finally the flying season started
We had the worst spring than ever… eventually we had the first great flying day on July the 1st 4280m in the Ecrin mountain range 🙂 The second attempt was the right one: it only became good after 4pm The…
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l'autre manière de voler: sécurité, sobriété énergétique, zéro CO2 avec le Dispositif d'Envol Electrique
We had the worst spring than ever… eventually we had the first great flying day on July the 1st 4280m in the Ecrin mountain range 🙂 The second attempt was the right one: it only became good after 4pm The…
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On June the 29th, Marc, Formiga and Jac had a nice flight around Aspres and the Pic de Bure. A GoPro camera was installed just behind the head of the pilot on the right side of Jac’s Swiftlight, and here…
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Géraldine came from Switzerland to learn flying ultralight glider, instructed by Philippe. She made her first solo flight in an electric powered Arcaeopteryx, allowing much easier taking off than aerotowed. She is the first lady to make her first solo flight on an…
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Yesterday “Formiga” from Brazil has just completed his advanced training course on the Swiftlight. Then today he made his first solo flight on an electric powered Archeoptéryx. Here is a short vidéo of that event: And just after this first flight,…
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Pilots come from far away for the ADPUL Swiftlight training course: Evgeny from Russia, Douglas from the USA, and now “Formiga” from Brazil 🙂 June the 19th he made his first solo flight. Here is a video, just after his landing: And…
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After years of development work, Phil Lardner completed the building of his Carbon Dragon which he modified, replacing most of the wooden parts by carbon ones designed by himself. Here are his first trials, launching with a bungee from a…
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While, due to the bad spring weather we had in France and in the Alps, the flying activity is lower than ever this year, in Ireland Ken had good flights, taking off with the bungee. Here is a video of his bungee launch…
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