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, climbing up to 4000m 🙂

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August the 27th

Roger climbed in ridge soaring up to 4600m in the Jungfrau and Aletsch glacier area and brought us those beautiful photos 🙂

August the 28th

305km foot launching from Verbier in Wallis, Phillipe Bernard landed his Archaeoptéryx 6 hours later at Saint Raphaël on the Côte d’Azur 🙂
He eventually won the challenge he launched a couple of years ago.

This great flight had a media coverage; very good to promote ultralight glider flying.

September the 2nd

A 335km closed circuit in Swiftlight in Septembre from Aspres sur Buëch!
That’s unusual and was permitted by the excellent airmass that was over the southern french Alps that day:
Taking of at half past noon only, Col de Cabre – Agneaux – Saint André des Alpes – Orcière – Col de Cabre, with a 4000m cloud base in the Ecrins; happy jac, who made it 🙂