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Phil est venu d’Irlande pour effectuer les premiers vols du Carbon Dragon qu’il a mis 5 ans à construire lui même. Il a fait beaucoup de modifications qu’il a toutes calculées et testées, notamment en utilisant beaucoup plus de composite…
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We could fly 5 tasks in 7 days, not so big tasks as during the past 3 years’ competitions, due to the weather which didn’t cooperate so much: often bad east of Durance and in Oisan, and some thunderstorms at…
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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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Today Louis made his 1st flight on ADPUL’s Swiftlight, here are his comments: Congratulations Louis, welcome to the club 🙂 The vidéo of his last bungee launch:

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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Organized by ADPUL member Joseph in Grabenstetten near Ulm, this Swiftlight meeting was granted by a great weather: 5 days of flying out of 6 🙂 Better than words, have a loock at the vidéo