It’s 4pm here in Changping and there are still some pilots in the air, among them Ramon Morillas and some of the top ones. The ‘Pure Economy’ task has been flown in strong thermal conditions which the pilots have used to stay in the air thanks to the natural lift, specially on the slope to […]

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Son las 4 de la tarde y aún hay pilotos en el aire, entre ellos el español Ramón Morillas y algunos de los “favoritos”. La manga de permanencia (”economía pura”) se ha desarrollado en condiciones térmicas fuertes que los pilotos han aprovechado para mantenerse en el aire gracias a las ascendencias naturales del aire, especialmente […]

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We have open a new RESULTS page to post the official results as soon as we can put our hands on them. Today the results of the first Task have been published. They are still provisional and at least the PL1 ranking has changed after a protest accepted in Daniel Crespo’s results, so the rankings could suffer […]

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UK’s champion Michel Carnet took the first position on the first task of the Worlds flown yesterday, after flying a total distance of 85km in 90 minutes. Second was Spain’s Juanjo Garcia (989 points), and third was World champion Mathieu Rouanet (981 points). After them: Paul Bailey (UK) 4th, Dave Hairs (UK) 5th, Pascal Vallee […]

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Daniel Crespo (”el Pana”, España) se quedó con la primera manga de navegación realizada ayer en categoría PL1 (trike), tras recorrer cerca de 80 km en 90 minutos. Las clasificaciones en principio le habían quitado una baliza por lo que se reclamó y finalmente se la dieron, así que aún no sabemos los puntajes finales de esta […]

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As expected, activities started later than schedulled at the airfield this morning although the teams were here by 4:45 am. The start of the competition was delayed to 9 am, and the first task was a navigation with unlimited fuel and 90 minutes time. The objective is to cover as many kms as possible in […]

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Según lo esperado, las actividades comenzaron más tarde de lo programado en el campo de vuelo esta mañana. El comienzo de la competición se retrasó hasta las 9, y la primera manga fue una navegación con combustible ilimitado y 90 minutos de tiempo. El objetivo es cubrir la mayor distancia posible (kms) en el tiempo […]

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The classical Nations parade was replaced by a flags display from paramotors to officially open the 5th FAI Paramotor World Championships at the airfield of Shi San Ling, this afternoon. The ceremony had the usual speeches, some words from the current world champion Mathieu Rouanet on behalf of the competing pilots, demonstrations of classical Chinese fighting […]

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Sin el clásico desfile de equipos pero con un desfile aéreo de las banderas participantes flameando desde los paramotores de un representante de cada país, se inauguró esta tarde el 5º Mundial FAI en el campo de Shi San Ling. El acto contó con discursos, unas palabras del actual campeón mundial Mathieu Rouanet en nombre de los pilotos, […]

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Yesterday was the last official training day; today is the opening of the World Championships in the afternoon and the pilots will not be allowed to fly -actually, there’s a welcome party schedulled in Changping town. Yesterday there were 3 training tasks, the most interesting of which was a navigation of 15-20 km with 3 turnpoints. The competitors […]

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