Author Archive: jac
Peter Eicher, short of a great achievement
An unexpected head wind forced him to land 30km short of the goal in a 500km FAI triangle attempt in Australia the 6th of January… Congratulation to Peter 🙂 in his Archaeopteryx, he realized the best OLC score: 752 points! The…
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Winter flights in the french Alps
As new year present, Didier Givois offered us this nice movie of flights realized in his Swiftlight PAS, mainly in December, in ridge soaring, with Eric Serrat in his old Pswift, from Challes les Eaux in the french Nothern Alps….
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Fall Swiftlight training courses in Aspres
The weather allowed us to train 7 student pilots between October the 21st and November the 5th: The bungee launch system run near maximum capacity for Pierre, Yves, Vincent, Patrick, Jacques and Alain. Yves, Vincent and Jacques had their first…
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Great late flying season in the western Alps
August the 26th A 305km flat triangle in Archaeopteryx from Münster in high Wallis in Switzerland, from where Roger Ruppert took off thanks to the electric engine installed in his Archaeopteryx: he went all around Wallis and extended his circuit till Passy in France west of Chamonix,…
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Cross-country “light” week
Alex, Cornelia & Peter came for a flying week in Aspres sur Buech airfield with their Archaeopteryx. Peter already flew an out & return to the Mont Ventoux. Ultralight glider flying is now a significant part of the airfield traffic….
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A 6th pilot made his first solo flight with the Swiftlight
Evgeny came from Russie for the Swiftlight training course delivered by ADPUL in Aspres sur Buech: Thirsday: flight check in an Ask13 tandem glider Friday morning and Saturday morning: bungee initial training course Sunday: first solo flight in the morning (aerotowed), then a 2:20 hours flight during…
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Training courses resumed
Training courses by ADPUL resumed at Aspres sur Buëch airfield. The bungee launch system is running at full capacity since August the 15th: Stephane, Patrick, Marc, Serge et Evgeny were the first to benefit. Please pay attention: the training courses will…
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Still 4000+ top of climbs
This year, the weather was rather bad for XC pilots addicted to big closed circuits: Almost always bad in the northern french Alps, and heterogenous in the south. But the Aspres – Oisan route never worked so good, with top…
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