The pilots blog
Remarkable Patagonian XC flights for Pablo Pontoriero and his Volt 5 #speedmachine
Our Argentine ambassador Pablo Pontoriero recently flew the biggest distance from Chapelco take-off, stepping on the 200km mark. And right before this beautiful free-distance flight, Pablo made an amazing FAI triangle from which he wrote the following account:
The Lightness of Steepness: “Climb and Fly” by Marlies & Andi
According to our Austrian team pilots, “Climb&Fly is more than just a sport – it’s a mindset, a way of approaching the mountains with a sense of lightness, freedom and adventure”. Here is a tale about lightness, verticality and some Samurai, by Marlies Czerny and Andreas Lattner.
What a crop of trophies for Francesca & her Volt 5 during the pre-PWC in Tenerife!
Our team pilot Francesca Mugianesi made her mark at the Pre-world cup in Tenerife in December by winning no less than 4 trophies.
« North face of the Grandes Jorasses and Flight » by Kilian Moni
The anticyclone of this incredible autumn will have made some pilots and mountaineers very happy... And one of them is our French team pilot Kilian Moni who tells us everything about his fantastic adventure. Thrills guaranteed!
Andreas Schwartz finished 3rd of the sport class in the Austrian Paragliding League
After placing second in 2023 with his Volt 4, Andreas Schwartz alias Blacky stepped again on the podium at the 3rd place in the Austria Cup in the sport class with his Volt 5. He tells us more about his successful but quite wet season ;-(
Hugo Heneault won the first edition of the Chartreuse X-Plouf
One month ago, the "Chartreuse X-plouf" took place in the heart of the Chartreuse massif, behind the famous ridges of Saint-Hilaire.
