Index	What is new ? / Quoi de neuf ?
Technique Flying skills / Talents de pilotage Aerology / Aérologie Launch / Décollage Maneuvers / Manoeuvres Reserve parachute / Parachute de secours Safety / Sécurité Repairs / Réparation Test / Essai Weekly news / Nouvelles hebdomadaires Image Video / Vidéo Certification Aerodynamics / Aérodynamique Wing manufacturer / Fabricant d'aile Association Handbook / Manuel Discussion Flying site / Site de vol Reality check / Retour à la réalité Humor / Humour Miscellaneous / Divers	My school. Forecast: Soboba Today. July 2012: President of Soboba Soaring. Best regular harness (2011). Best airbag harness (2011). Best reversible airbag harness (2011). Improving Tips for Paraglider Pilots. Considering laser eye surgery? Review: Nova / Mentor. Right-of-Way Rules for Paragliders. Paraglider Airspeed Converter. The value of a test flight. Video: Glass-off at Soboba. Video: Torrey Pines - Pier to Park. J-Rod speedbar: Now available.
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Technique

• Flying skills / Talents de pilotage :
  1. Tips for Paraglider Pilots / Conseils pour Parapentistes
  2. Active Flying by Karl Slezak (Source).
         Spanish version, translated by Hermenegildo (Blog).
  3. Will Gadd :
     • Thermals : Part 1 - Collectors, Wicks and Triggers, Part 2 - Thermals and Clouds, Part 3 - Thermalling Technique.
     • Cross-Country Flying 101.
  4. Bob Drury :
     • Zen and the art of circles : Part 1, Part 2.
  5. Air Lore by Greg Hamerton.
  6. Competition:
     • Common beginner mistakes in competition by Josh Cohn.
     • Tips from competition pilots, a compilation by Tim O'Neill.
  7. Mark Thompson, aka Bomber (E-mail) :
     • Tips & Tricks for Your First Competition.
     • Thermalling in a Headwind.
     • Ten Tips to Get You There.
     • Speed to Fly.
     • Flying Height Bands.
     • Natural Thermalling - What is it ?.
  8. Instructional paragliding articles by Jeff Greenbaum.
  9. Guidelines for intending competition pilots by Jenny Ganderton.
  10. Wing Tips by Claude Fiset.
  11. Jay Rebbeck : Thermals : Part 1 - How to Thermal Better, Part 2 - Getting Up to Speed.
  12. Useful technical solutions by Jiri Stipek.
  13. Thermalling Tips by James Freeman.
  14. How to survive thermalling in crowds by Joe Greblo.
  15. Rob Whittall : Flying Tips, Dealing with deflations.
  16. How To Avoid Cloud Suck by Steve Roti.
  17. XC retrieval tips by Andre Odinius.
  18. Performance airspeeds for the soaring challenged by Jim D. Burch.
  19. Soaring in a Thermal: Bank Angle, Speed, and Radius by Larry Bogan.
• Aerology / Aérologie :
  • Articles on weather and flying pointers by Dixon White.
  • Peter Gray :
    • Cooling Some Thermal Superstitions.
             Dennis Pagen's response.
    • More about the Role of Water Vapor.
    • Do Thermals Spin ?
  • Recognizing a convergence by Gary Brock.
  • Anatomy of Thermals : Thermal Bubble by Peter Gasparovic.
  • Thermal Lore by Dennis Pagen.
• Launch / Décollage :
  • Mitsos launch by Bruce Goldsmith.
  • Cobra launch by Jeff Greenbaum.
• Maneuvers / Manoeuvres :
  • Aerobatic tricks by Acromania.
  • just acro.
  • Wing-Overs by Gabriel Jebb.
• Reserve parachute / Parachute de secours :
  • Basic parachute use... A practical perspective for paraglider pilots by Betty Pfeiffer.
  • Packing / Pliage :
    • English : Apco / Mayday : User manual.
    • English + Français : Parachute de secours : Pliage / Reserve chute : Folding par/by Sup'Air.
    • Français : Pliage des Parachutes de Secours TREKKING série F et AP par Jean-Gabriel Thillard.
  • Operating and packing instructions by Metamorfosi.
  • Reserve usage simulation by Ola Sakshaug.
• Safety / Sécurité :
  • Tree rescue / Débranchage :
    • "Let me Down" tree self rescue kit.
    • Tree Rescue for Paraglider Pilots.
    • Tree Self-Rescue for Paraglider Pilots.
  • Wilderness survival / Survie en nature :
    • Nice harness! What’s in it besides your butt? Or, survival for the adventurous pilot, by Tim O'Neill.
  • Attitude : Reality check / Retour à la réalité.
• Repairs / Réparation :
  • Rip in wing / Déchirure de l'aile :
    • Ozone info: English / Français / Italiano.
  • Line / Suspente :
    • Broken Line Sheathing / Gaine de Suspente Brisée.
    • Finger trap loop (for unsheathed lines):
      • Line Splicing Tips and Techniques by Stu Caruk.
      • Single Braid Splice by berkeley point.

Test / Essai

• Wing / Aile
  • Thermik Magazine L/D measurements + Old snapshot
  • Paraglider Performance Comparison / Comparaison de Performance Parapente
  • Max L/D source comparison
  • Wing Articles / Articles sur les Ailes
  • DHV: Plastic rods, yes or no?
  • If I had to buy a wing today
  • The value of a test flight
  • Be a better buyer / Sois un meilleur acheteur
  • Who reviewed this wing ? / Qui a essayé cette aile ?
• Accessories / Accessoires
  • Articles on Accessories / Articles sur les Accessoires
  • Best reversible airbag harness (2011).
  • Best regular harness (2011).
  • Best airbag harness (2011).
  • Best regular harness (2005).
  • Best Video Software. Excel document.
  • Best Camera. Excel document.

Weekly news / Nouvelles hebdomadaires

1. Paragliding News - Product oriented / Nouvelles Parapente - Orienté équipement .
2. Paraglide.be.
3. The Oz Report. Mostly HG stuff, but sometimes news for us too.
4. Para2000 - Recent Wings.
5. Rough English translation of DHV - News (in German). English version (may not have the latest info).
6. Ojovolador : Flying World, and Reader News.
7. Rough English translation of DHV - Latest Safety Notes (in German). English version (All Notes) (may not have the latest info).

Image

• My collection / Ma collection
• Believe it or not / Crois-le ou pas .

High quality / Haute qualité - By order of preference / Par ordre de préférence :

1. Xavier Murillo.
2. SHV/FSVL.
3. Nova.
4. Swing.
5. Ojovolador : The best pictures of 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003.

Collection - By order of preference / Par ordre de préférence :

1. Gallery from the Free Fly Foundation.
2. Andy Stocker.
3. Olivier Montel: Albums et Vol Libre et autre.
4. The ultimate paragliding pictures gallery.
5. Vol Passion.
6. Bertrand Gabolde.
7. The flyin' frog.

Video / Vidéo

Free / Gratuit :

• Tips for Paraglider Pilots - Video / Conseils pour Parapentistes - Vidéo.
• My collection / Ma collection.
• Other/Autres collections (by order of preference / par ordre de préférence):
  • Paragliding TV. Audio only in French.
  • Paragliding channel HD on Vimeo.
  • ParaTeam.
  • Alexander Caravitis: Incidents and accidents.
  • MMK. Edessa (38.9 MB) is an animation must-see, showing an accelerated competion task. Educational.
  • Marcin Kostur.
  • Zero-P.
  • Para Film Production.
  • Andy Stocker.
  • International Gadgeteers Incorpserated.
  • Mac Para Technology - Video Gallery.
• Para2000 web links / Liens www Para2000.

Certification

Wing / Aile

• German / Allemande : DHV. See also DHV rating comments. Reports :
  • Last 3 months
  • Last 6 months
  • Last 12 months
• French / Française :
  • List of certified wings / Liste des ailes homologuées : FFVL (See bottom of page / Regarde au bas de la page), SHV/FSVL .
  • Test description : Big Air
  • AFNOR vs DHV : Sky Systems , Big Air
• European / Européenne (EN) : Summary, Air Turquoise, Articles.

Aerodynamics / Aérodynamique

• Advanced Topics in Aerodynamics. Click the "Quick Guide".
• Flight Theory guide by Fly Light.
• Apprendre, par Olivier Caldara.
• Wing Loading by Adrian Thomas.
• See How It Flies, Airfoils and Airflow, Flow Around an Airfoil, by Marco Colombini and John S. Denker.
• How Airplanes Fly: A Physical Description of Lift by/de David Anderson & Scott Eberhardt.
  See also / voir aussi : Critique of "How Airplanes Fly".
• Wind tunnel testing / Essai en soufflerie.
• Dynamic soaring (how to recover energy from the wind gradient) / Comment récupérer l'énergie du gradient de vent.
• Paraglider airfoils, JavaFoil. by Martin Hepperle.
• AirSpeed Indicator Types.
• Paraglider Airspeed Converter.

I you want a simpler explanation of Lift, see : Lift demons. ;-)

Wing manufacturer / Fabricant d'aile

General / Général :

• Para2000 : Data for all wings / Données pour toutes les ailes

Comparing specifications / Comparaison de spécifications :

• Para2000
• Bogvetra.
  • In Slovanian. Type a wing name in empty field and click "najdi". When you get results, click "[pr.]" on right side from glider model. If you want to compare more gliders just repeat the above steps.
  • En Slovaque. Entre le nom de l'aile dans le champs vide et clique "najdi". Quand tu obtiens le résultat, clique "[pr.]" à droite du nom de l'aile. Si tu veux comparer avec d'autres ailes, répète les étapes précédentes.

Individual / Individuel :

• Advance
• Aeros
• AirCross
• AirDesign
• Air-Pol
• Airwave
• Apco
• Axis
• Bio Air-Technologies
• Blue Phoenix
• Dudek
• Edel
• Escape Gliders
• Firebird
• Flight Design
• Fly Products
• Flying Planet
• freeX
• Gin Gliders
• Gradient
• Hawk Wings
• Icaro
• Independence
• ITV
• KimFly
• Mac Para Technology
• Nervures
• Niviuk
• Nova
• Ozone
• ParAAvis
• ParaDelta (in French)
• Paratech
• Pro-Design
• Reflex Wings
• Sky Paragliders
• Skyline Flight Gear
• Skywalk
• Sol
• Sun gliders
• Swing
• Trekking
• U-Turn
• UP
• Windtech
• Wings of Change
• XIX

Association

• Australia / Australie : HGFA (Hang Gliding Federation of Australia)
• Belgium / Belgique : FBVL (Fédération Belge de Vol Libre)
• Canada : HPAC (Hang gliding and Paragliding Association of Canada)
• France : FFVL (Fédération Française de Vol Libre)
• Germany / Allemagne : DHV (Deutscher Hängegleiter Verband e.V.)
• Hong Kong : HKPA (Hong Kong Paragliding Association)
• International : FAI (Fédération Aéronautique Internationale)
• Ireland / Irlande : IHPA (Irish Hang-Gliding and Paragliding Association)
• Italy / Italie : FIVL (Federazione Italiana Volo Libero)
• Korea / Corée : KPGA (Korea Paragliding Association)
• Netherlands / Pays-Bas : KNVvL (Royal Netherlands Aeronautical Association, department of paragliding)
• New Zealand / Nouvelle Zélande : NZHGPA (New Zealand Hang Gliding & Paragliding Association)
• Poland / Pologne : Paralotnie (A popular site)
• Portugal : FPVL (Federação Portuguesa de Voo Livre)
• Slovenia / Slovénie : SFFA (Slovene Free Flying Association)
• South Africa / Afrique du Sud : SAHPA (South African Hang gliding and Paragliding Association)
• Sweden / Suède : SSFF (Svenska Skärmflygförbundet)
• Switzerland / Suisse : SHV (Schweizerischer Hängegleiter-Verband)
• UK / Royaume-Uni : BHPA (British Hang-Gliding and Paragliding Association)
• USA / Etats-Unis d'Amérique : USHPA (United States Hang gliding and Paragliding Association), USPPA (United States Powered Paragliding Association).
  • How it got its new name.
  • California: Orange County: Orange Thermal Club.

Handbook / Manuel
You can view this information on your computer at home, on the computers in the library, or through a computer rental.

• Basics / Notions de base :
  • English : Pocket Aviation by Panayiotis Kaniamos, is a complementary reference or course aid to qualified instruction.
  • English : Ultra Low Flying is a series of instructional videos focused on dune soaring by Mike Annear.
  • English + Français : Para2000 Book.
  • Français : Pages Techniques par WoP.
• Meteorology / Météorologie :
  • Français : Les Nuages par Marc Vial.
  • Français : Manuel Parapente
  • Français : Météo France
• Right-of-way / Priorités :
  • English : Right-of-Way Rules for Paragliders by Jérôme Daoust.
• Airspace / Règlementation aérienne :
  • English : Airspace tutorial by Rob McKenzie.
  • English : Reading Aviation Charts for PPG Pilots by Jeff Goin.

Discussion

• Written / Ecrit.
  
  • English.
    • Paragliding Forum is the Best.
    • For Towing : The Towing List.
  • Français. Je te recommande de joindre le Forum Francophone et de choisir le format "digest".
  • Deutsche (German). DHV Forum. On-line translation.
• Glossary :
  • Gliding Glossary by Wolds Gliding Club.
  • Petit lexique Français-Anglais / Small French-English glossary by Ligue de Nord Picardie de Vol Libre.
  • A comprehensive glossary of weather terms for storm spotters

Flying site / Site de vol

Ordered by personal preference / Ordonné par préférence personnelle :

1. Soboba (California, USA) is a thermalling and soaring site. C'est un site de vol thermique et dynamique.
2. Marshall (California, USA) is a thermalling site. C'est un site de vol thermique.
3. Elsinore (California, USA) is good for XC. C'est un bon site pour les XC.
4. Torrey Pines (California, USA) is a good ridge lift site by the ocean (see Hazards). C'est un bon site de bord de mer (voir Dangers).
5. Kagel (California, USA) is a good mountain site. C'est un bon site montagne.
6. Blackhawk (California, USA) is great for XC. C'est un excellent site pour les XC.

Guides to flying sites over the world, rated by order of preference (related discussion):

1. Paragliding Earth. Local: California.
2. Para2000.
3. Locations using Google Earth software:
   • World sites by Gerry "Scare" Grossnegger and the Oz Report. Contents of this network link will update itself as the editors add more sites. Includes links to local web pages. More info here and here.
   • USA sites by Wayne Clingingsmith.
   • Airspace by Lloyd Bailey.
4. FlightLog.org.
5. Leonardo / World Takeoffs.
6. Paraglider World.

Reality check / Retour à la réalité

Ordered by personal preference / Ordonné par préférence personnelle :

1. Paraglider Pilot Profiling .
2. X-Rays and Photographs of Paragliding Injuries by Brian Stipak.
3. Why Can't We Get A Handle On This Safety Thing ? by Mike Meier.
4. Doing It With Style by Paul Gazis.
5. Paragliders and Rowing Boats by Richard Grant.
6. Ground Effect by Pete Powell.
7. Warning - Unsafe Flying Conditions Ahead by Wills Wing.
8. What If by Lowell Skoog.
9. Listening to that Little Voice of Warning by Paul Gazis.
10. Competitors : Good for them !
11. It's cool to sink out by Chris Santacroce.
12. Stopping.
13. Death:
    • Death of a Star.
    • Grief by Lowell Skoog.
14. USA association : Annual accident summary articles (under "Paragliding Articles" at bottom of page).

Humor / Humour

• English:
  • Collection:
    • Mine: Jokes and Images.
  • Funny and serious by Rene Koster.
  • Nick Wisser:
    • Big Mouth, er, Big Ears
    • Eye on the Sky : An Interview with Andy Gravityboy
    • Glider Feedback
    • Cutting Through the Marketing Talk
  • Pie in the sky by Rod Bailey.
  • Warning by Les Sharp.
  • Dictionaries:
    • Paralingo by Ken Hudonjorgensen.
  • Frequently Asked Questions, and the Answers by Paul Gazis.
  • Hand Gliding in the March 2003 issue of the BCHPA.
  • Tim Parish:
    • Paraglidig? Anything like Paragliding?
    • Build own paraglider?
    • Children's literature
  • Mort by Greg Hamerton.
  • Penguin's paragliding proverbs.
• Français:
  • Scoops en l'Air.
  • Règles aériennes (par Benoit Trupin).
  • Dessins humoristiques, Ligue de Nord Picardie de Vol Libre.
  • Dessins humoristiques par Thierry Mainsart.
• Other/Autre:
  • Parapentolândia. A collection of funny images.

Miscellaneous / Divers

• My home page / Ma page web.
• Log book / Carnet de vol (Excel 97) :

  English	Metric	US
  French	Metric
  Spanish	Metric

  
  You can only download with IE ! With Netscape, the spreadsheet will report read errors upon opening.
  On peut seulement downloader avec IE ! Avec Netscape, le chiffrier indiquera des erreurs d'accès en lecture à son ouverture.
• Puzzle / Casse-tête from/de Gary Harold Taylor. It only works with IE / Ca fonctionne seulement avec IE.
• Dynamic Puzzle / Casse-tête dynamique from/de Yasunori Harada.
• Flight Club. A free gliding simulator / Un simulateur de vol libre gratuit.
• Landing accuracy game.