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Cirrus Paragliding Club and the Swedish Paragliding Association have the pleasure to invite you to the 1997 years Open Nordic and Open Swedish Championships in Paragliding.
The competition well be held in Piedrahita, Spain the 26th of June to the first of July.
Welcome !
| DATE | COMPETITION | LOCATION | INFORMATION | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2-5 | FAI World HG Series | Korea | Jound, Byoung Woo: nlbrds@chollian.dacom.co.kr | HG |
| 13-18 | PWC Monte Cornizzolo | Monte Cornizzolo, Italy | Marcello Tessieri:
Club Scurbatt, Via Roma 1 22030 Suello, Italy. Fax:+39/ 31 655 576. | PG |
| 16-19 | Eger HG Cup | Eger, Hungary | Laszlo Kerekes, Hungarian Aeronautical Association, Fax: +36 1 21 77 222. | HG |
| 19-25 | French PG Championship | Combe de Savoie, France | Maison des Sports, 90 rue Oreiller, 73000 Chambéry, Tel: +33/479850909. | PG |
| DATE | COMPETITION | LOCATION | INFORMATION | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 - 7 | PWC Linzhou | Linzhou, China | Mrs Zhang Xuan: Aero Sports Fed.,9 Tiantan Neidongli, Beijing 100061, China. | PG |
| 7-14 | Sandia HG Cl assic | Albuquerque, New Mexico | Mike Gregg (+1 505 275 5978). | HG |
| 14-22 | Hungarian HG Nationals | Békéscsaba, Hungary | Laszlo Kerekes: Hungarian Aeronautical Association, Fax: +36 1 2177222. | HG |
| 15-21 | WHGS Greece | Mt. Kithereon | Lilian Leblanc: Fax : +30/1988 1121. | HG |
| 21-28 | King Mountain HG Open | G.W. Meadows | Fax: +1 919 480 0117. | HG |
| 29-5 Jul | WHGS Norway | Vaga | Nils Aage Henden: Fax : +47/61 232 178. | HG |
| DATE | COMPETITION | LOCATION | INFORMATION | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3-8 | PWC Piedrahita | Piedrahita, Spain | Centro de Vuelo, Plaza Julio de la Calle s/n 05500 Piedrahita, Avila, Spain. | PG |
| 9-13 | Alpen Open | Austria | Marcus Villinger Austria Fax +43/5223 43746. | HG |
| 9-26 | World PG Championships | Castejon de Sos | Fax: +34 74 553473. | PG |
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<2 Contact Person: Xcountry Magazine xcountry@planetb.fr Phone: Xcountry Magazine Information: AUSTRIA Austria was the only country to place a bid to hold the 1999 World Paragliding Championship at Pinzgau. The first Yahoi Mountain Festival, will be held in Zillertal on June 13-15, with paragliding contests, tandem flights, a "clear water contest", a "water jump contest", a circus and all kinds of music. For info by Hotline: +43 5282 21110, Fax: + 43 5282 21114; Postfach 8, Zillertal, Austria. In a very different style, a Gay Para-Delta Meeting is also scheduled to take place in Zillertal, Austria July 12-19th. The aim of the organiser, Dutchman Willem Meijs, is "to create a positive effect on the acceptance of gays and lesbians in sports in general and in the flying world in particular". For information call (in Holland) 031 492 510 120 or write: Willem Meijs Drechstraat 7, NL-5704 GX Helmond. Email: mannen_natuurlijk@compuserve.com. BELGIUM Roland Coddens is claiming a new microlight (weightshift trike) record: Time to climb 3000 m: 6 min 8 s. The microlight was an Air Creation Racer. BRAZIL The first Brazilian HG league took place in Governador Valadares with foreign participants from Germany, Switzerland, Paraguay and Spain. Six out of 7 tasks were flown in mediocre conditions but the excellent organization and Brazilian style fun made up for them. 1° Guido Gehrmann (Topless) 2° Carlos Niemeyer (Laminar) 3° Beto Schmitz (Laminar) 4° Zegala (Topless) 5° Olin Schotola (Bautek). CANADA The Canadian Paragliding Championship will be held as usual in Golden, BC, August 2-4th. And one week previous to the Nationals, The Golden Paragliding XC Challenge will take place. 50 % of the proceeds from this challenge will go to help support the Canadian Hang Gliding team. The remainder will be given for the upkeep and improvement of the site of Golden. Contact Randy for info at email: randy@keyinc.com; or tel: +1/ 403 256 6869. FRANCE The French National Paragliding team mourns the death of 27 year old team member Yann Espinasse who had a fatal accident on March 23rd. All the competition lines of his wing snapped while he was performing a series of tight 360°s. When he threw his emergency parachute the main strap burned from the force of pulling it from the harness strap. Yann was full of life and projects; he will be sorely missed. The 24th mascarading Icarus Cup and International Free Flying Film Festival will be held September 18-21, 1997 with the usual festive activities, second hand market and ever-growing trade fair. For film entries or exhibition stands contact: Office du Tourisme 38660 St. Hiliare du Touvet (Tel +33/(0)476083399 or Fax: +33/(0)476972056). The St André WHGS (7th- 17th August) will include both an XC and speed gliding format in St André les Alpes. The prize money pool so far amounts to 10,000 FF. The WHGS will be run jointly with the French National HG Championship. Entry fee of 1000 FF includes both the speed gliding and XC events. Contact Jean-Marc Lapo Contact Person: Tony Delaney airborne@btinternet.com Phone: 00 + 1422 834989 Information: Pro Flight Promotions present the Professinal Paraglide Grand Prix. Tenerife South. Application Forms for teams of 4 available from airborne@btinternet.com or snail mail Hey End Farm Luddendenfoot Halifax West Yorkshire HX2 6JN England Applications close August 15 1997. International event with large cash prize money. More details soon available on www.btinternet.com/~airborne/ Contact Person: anwar soerjomataram anwisata@cbn.net.id Phone: tel. *62 21 8841915 fax. *62 21 7970924 Information: fun & fly week in maninjau/west sumatra - indonesian 13 - 20 oktober 1997 http://flieg.com/indonesia/~sumatra.htm Contact Person: Airtek Paragliding Center sebas@airtekusa.com Phone: 619-450-6696 Information: Airtek Sundays. We at Airtek would like to invite any pilots, hang or paragliders, and their familys, friends, clubs, students, instructors etc. to come down to our house in La Salinas Mexico for a bbq on the first Sunday of every month. Come down and fly for the day, then drop by the best bach porch in Mexico, it's byob and food, we will provide the space and bbq. We can also provide tours for groups, schools, or clubs, so call us if the July/August cover of PG Magazine looks like fun to you, or you need directions to the party. Take'air, Sebastian. Big Air ParaGlidinghttp://www.bigairparagliding.com |