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Pat Dower Paragliding: 3 days of rain then classic!
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Fly higher, further, better, faster - no glass ceilings. Club nights and Talks. 3 days of rain then classic! Now at 9th in the over ranking, I am looking to fly a similar way on the last task. Conditions look great again and with a stronger SW wind in should be quick. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Subscribe to Pat's Blog via email. Enter your email address:. An Emerging Star wins the Nordic Open. 3 days of rain then classic! Spanish Champs Day 2. SIV on Advance Iota and UP Summit XC3. My review of ...
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Pat Dower Paragliding: Coaching & Courses
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Fly higher, further, better, faster - no glass ceilings. Club nights and Talks. Approaching Weymouth - 220km from The Lawley! At a glance guide. Introduction to cross country. Developing cross country skills. Advanced cross country skills. Competition prep and masterclass. Developing Cross Country Skills. Saturday 7th November 2015. Wingbeat Club, Selkirk. Group Development Days 2016:. Pilot development in Derbyshire. Photo Simon Ford. For more details click here. Cross Country Development Workshops.
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Pat Dower Paragliding: An Emerging Star wins the Nordic Open
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Fly higher, further, better, faster - no glass ceilings. Club nights and Talks. An Emerging Star wins the Nordic Open. Pedro Bernardo on the South side of the Sierra Gredos in central Spain delivered 7 tasks out of a possible 7. Not that the flying was easy and many good pilots found consistency eluded them. Pilots taking the first option spoke of needing 6:1 for goal and getting nowhere near. Manuel crushed the opposition, winning the task and the event. Salut young man! Subscribe to Pat's Blog via email.
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Pat Dower Paragliding: December 2014
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Fly higher, further, better, faster - no glass ceilings. Club nights and Talks. As well as having some beautiful scenic flying on clear winter's days, this is good time of year to practice skills. For example: why not do a few exercises to improve your gliding ability by developing your rear-riser control? Fly the full length of the ridge holding the rear risers. Fly several beats including the turns using rear risers only. Small rear riser movements have a big effect compared to brakes. The ability to c...
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Pat Dower Paragliding: SIV on Advance Iota and UP Summit XC3
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Fly higher, further, better, faster - no glass ceilings. Club nights and Talks. SIV on Advance Iota and UP Summit XC3. A few days in the sun in January for Cross Country Magazine gave me first chance to try the high EN B gliders from UP and Advance. At Cross Country we are always looking for new ways to explore the gliders we fly. A day over the water at Monaco under the watchful eye of Russ Ogden gave us a really interesting perspective on these two fine wings. My first stall on the Summit XC3. A few da...
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Pat Dower Paragliding: Articles & Guidance
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Fly higher, further, better, faster - no glass ceilings. Club nights and Talks. Top 6 weather links for flying in the UK. Keep it simple click here. Useful web links for competitions and competitors here. Guidance: Elite performance and the mind: how the power of thought can make us better pilots - click here. Guidance: The 5 Thermalling Techniques; click here. XC Check list here:. Make sure that mind, body and soul are ready for some big days out. Oh, and your equipment. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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Pat Dower Paragliding: Gin Boomerang 10
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Fly higher, further, better, faster - no glass ceilings. Club nights and Talks. After much agonising and talking to as many World Championships pilots as I could, I finally opted for the Gin Boomerang 10 as my weapon of choice. Taking delivery of my first ever Gin wing was a pleasure! Early impressions of the launch characteristics. Can't wait for the next opportunity to get out! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Subscribe to Pat's Blog via email. Enter your email address:. Well, in my case: not partic...
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Pat Dower Paragliding: January 2014
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Fly higher, further, better, faster - no glass ceilings. Club nights and Talks. Beautiful video from Jean-Baptiste. Jean-Baptiste Chandelier has excelled himself again. This beautiful 5 minute video might be best bit of your whole day! Click here to view "Touch". Links to this post. A new way forward for competition gliders. Some progressive thinking has brought in a range of good ideas such as:. Flight tests based on but adapted from the EN tests: irrelevant maneuvers dropped, pilot intervention allowed...
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Pat Dower Paragliding: Happy flights and less happy flights
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Fly higher, further, better, faster - no glass ceilings. Club nights and Talks. Happy flights and less happy flights. A pilot I am helping told a tale of a. Recent where he just did not feel happy in the air and went to land. Other pilots continued to fly and seemed fine. He worried that he was losing his touch! I often tell pilots about the magic 1 hour. Stay in the air for at least 1 hour (as long as it is safe) and very often you settle into the flight and enjoy it more. Review to follow in Cross Coun...
