Turkey

Paragliding World Cup 2011 in Turkey. British PWC pilot Craig Morgan blogs on task 1

British Champion Craig Morgan blogs from the PWC in Bayramoren

On 3 July Turkish paraglider pilot Hakan Akcalar broke Turkey's cross country record with a 255.5km flight from Denizli on an R10.2.

The Oludeniz Air Games festival takes place at the Turkish resort from 26 – 30 October 2011.

Pal Takats wins the Acro World Cup in Olu Deniz

The sixth Bogazici Paragliding festival takes place in Sakarya, Turkey this July.

Last night got pretty hectic, what with packing, showering and eating all at once, then waiting for Elena and Pal to come back from their cool long flights.

FINALLY I got to make a really nice flight in Turkey :-) It wasn't super far, it didn't take forever, and it wasn't even particularly scary - it was just a nice, quite difficult flight with a few low saves, and an efficient public transport retrieve thanks to the everpresent SUPER friendly locals that make Turkey special.

Saturday was the last day in Karaman, and Trias outflew everyone to land in Cappadocia. The rest of the group went there by bus the following day en route for the next stop, Beysehir.

Tasks of 62.6 km and 107.6 km were set for Friday and Saturday in Denizli, with Sunday being a rest day. Seiko Fukuoka Naville continued her domination of the women, winning both of the tasks to make it four out of four so far. Joachim Oberhauser (IT) and Alex Hofer (CH) won overall in tasks three and four, both on Ozone R10.2s.