Today we start things here at Flypiedrahita. Unfortunately, not starting with the best weather for the next few days though. Below a selection of our tracking equipment. The larger units on the right are an experiment with Airwhere. Each is a stand alone unit with batter, GPS and radio reciever which works independently of internet […]
Saturday gave us tremendous conditions with strong climbs to around 3800m, light winds and great potential. Phillip did his PB with an FAI triangle of around 70km. Aron, Thomas and myself also went round, with Aron extending to around 100km but falling 5km short of arriving back in Piedrahita due to his batteries failing on […]
Here are a few designs I have developed for possible T shirts. The 3rd one, Busy Thermal, is currently being printed. Using direct digital printing now allows us to do shorter runs of high quality without having to get expensive plates made up for each colour for screen printing. The latter always needed large […]
This is an excellent article written by Nigel Page for the Derbyshire Club visit. Nigel Has been visiting us for over a decade and has had heaps of airtime and distance here. He is also the Author of 50km or Bust. Piedrahita PG Tips – Nigel Page This is a quickly written draft of a […]
I suppose we all try to get as much enjoyment from each flight as possible, but getting 100km, 200km or 300km are important objectives for many of us who enjoy flying XC on paragliders. Plenty of flights over 200km have been achieved from Piedrahita’s take off, and even one of 300km. However, since the introduction […]
Perhaps the key role of the XC fly guide is to keep track of the progress of clients at all times, to offer advice and assistance when needed and to ensure that when clients land the retrieve vehicle gets to them as soon as possible. To carry this out, the guide must not bomb out, […]
Here is a little article by Nigel who went back a few weeks ago: Flying with Steve Ham and Puri Almansa at Piedrahita is always fun. I probably fly there too much but I have a problem with UV and the service Steve and Puri provide enables me to fly without fear of having to […]