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Updates from around the paragliding and free-flying world

Airfer Mini Jet trike

Airfer Mini-Jet hang glider trike

Airfer's Mini Jet is a weightshift trike for hang gliding. It is light and robust, and offered with a range of engines and different seat options
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PWC 2021 Serbia men's podium

PWC 2021 Serbia: Simon Mettetal wins

Frenchman Simon Mettetal won the Serbia PWC 2021, with Brazilian Marcella Uchoa taking the women's title
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Bicho Carrera new Acro World Champion

Victor 'Bicho' Carrera is Paragliding Acro World Champion 2021. The 3rd FAI World Paragliding Acro Championships took place in Italy from 6-17 July
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Skywalk Chili 5

Skywalk release EN-B Chili 5

Skywalk have released the Chili 5, an EN-B XC wing with "maximum performance, uncomplicated handling and an adequate safety cushion"
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Coupe Icare 2021

Coupe Icare 2021: Changes announced

The Coupe Icare 2021 has been affected by new Covid restrictions – limiting activities and numbers and potentially restricting it to French pilots only.
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PWC 2021 Serbia

PWC 2021 SERBIA: DAY 5 “Stronger conditions”

Victor Boudet won the 83km task on day five of the PWC 2021 in Serbia, Meryl Delferriere was top woman
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PWC 2021 Serbia Day 4

PWC 2021 Serbia: Day 4 “weak thermals”

Despite difficult conditions a 59.5km task was called. The task was won by French team coach Julien Garcia.
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PWC 2021 Serbia

PWC 2021 Serbia: Day 3, “hot in every sense”

Day 3 of the PWC 2021 in Serbia heralded hot conditions and the country's longest ever competition task of 112km. Simon Mettetal and Meryl Delferrière won
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Honorin Hamard

PWC 2021 Serbia: Honorin Hamard wins task 1

Honorin Hamard won the first task of the Serbian round of the Paragliding World Cup, a fast race around a 60km triangle
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Paragliding World Cup in Serbia

PWC 2021: Serbia round starts 10 July

The world's top paragliding pilots will be converging on Kopaonik, Serbia from 10-17 July, for the second round of the PWC 2021
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