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Alex Yaschenko will be on the ‘First plane home’

Injured Australian paraglider pilot Alex Yaschenko is due to be flown home to Melbourne in Australia from Pakistan later this week
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BGD Cure 2 : EN C

BGD have released the Cure 2, their "fast and accessible" EN-C replacement for the Cure though they say its structure and profile are closer to the Diva's
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Coupe Icare 2019: U-Turn’s BlackJack

Designer Martin Berliner from U-Turn shows off their first acro harness, the Blackjack, at the Coupe Icare in St Hilaire du Touvet in France
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Coupe Icare 2019: Supair’s AltiRando Lite

Clement Latour from Supair takes a seat to show off the new Supair Altirando Lite harness.
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Coupe Icare 2019: Parajet Maverick’s new electric start

Parajet have tweaked their famous Maverick paramotor, with an updated and bigger fuel tank (17 litres) and the addition of an electric start
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Coupe Icare 2019: The new Parus 2 from Icaro

Icaro Paragliders' new tandem paraglider the Parus 2 features a sharknose and lightweight materials.
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Alex Yaschenko injured in Pakistan

XC pilot Alex Yaschenko has been injured in a paragliding accident in Hunza, Pakistan
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Coupe Icare 2019: Skywalk’s new gear

Skywalk talk us through their new products at the Coupe Icare 2019 – from the Breeze harness to an X-Alps glider
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Coupe Icare 2019: New Kid on the Block

The Kido is the new tandem from Nervures and was on show at the Coupe Icare 2019. Production started one month ago and it's available now.
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Coupe Icare 2019: Niviuk’s Peak 5

Barney Woodhead from Niviuk talked us through the new Niviuk Peak 5 at the Coupe Icare – Niviuk’s new two-liner with "pretty big boots to fill"
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