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Hello fellow pilots. Well i'm back from Morroco after a cracking week of sun and sand and many hours flying....with my newly signed off CP :) Get in! So I now have my mebership to NHPC in the post and sand in my rig. The plan is to get some air during the next weekend (weather permiting obviously ...

Hi all, Firstly I would really like to thank you all for the advice, offers of wings and suggestions to resolve my problems. I am now the proud owner of a full paragliding kit comprising: Apco mayday 16 reserve Swing arcus 4 80-105kg and........ a Sup air Altix harness! Oh and loads of other nylon ...

Hey up Colin, Yeah about that..... Geoff is selling the ML (85-110kg) not the SL (75-100kg ie bloody perfect!!!) Broke my heart it did! It was literally the last thing that i remeberd to ask about and it took me the night trying to think of ways to add 5kg or so!!!! Woe is me!!! Though Geoff has ...

Alright all, thanks for your comments and suggestions so far! First off I feel that its important to say that I acept that I have some reposnsibility for being in this prediciment (ie needing a wing with immediate effect) but unfortunatly the problem remains that I NEED a wind before I go out on ...

I think that i'm not going to get the infinity as there definatly seem to be better options out there (though these are both mid end DHV 1/2....) 1) Geoffs P44 (85-110kg! oh why not the 75 - 100kg!)which seems perfect....except that I am right on the absolute bottom of the weight range and maybe a ...

Ooo and as an aside....

I have just got my BHPA membership through....

Do I really need to stick that sticker on me helmet? Ta.

Hi Gary, Arrrrr, things never are black and white hey! Okay, so maybe its not that bad......That is actually quite reasuring! But I do rather fancy that P44! It does look like a bit of a steal as well! So maybe if I can get hold of Geoff, I could be looking at a complete rig/rack/pack, tommorrow ...

Cheers Colin! Think i'll look elsewhere.....

Hi Ali, Thanks for the info that sounds reasonable. Am I correct in my assumptions about price vs the test results? It is primarily the porosity that worries me, the results seem to really indicate that the wing is not going to last many more hours at all. Not having seen any other test reports ...

HI Guys and girls, you may remember me from the vamp debarcle! I am now possibly in desperate need of a beginners wing. I was looking at a u-turn infinity (mk1) for the princely sum of £1000.. I have just read the last arofix report (from may 08) and it has the following notes! Sticky repair to ...

Hello again all! Right I have just compiled a long and sensitive responce to all your comments....and thenm the silly f%£$ing computer did something unexpected, and I lost it! :x So apologies if this responce is a little brief (the misses is starting to want my company!) Okay, Thanks all for your ...

I'm certainly not disregaurding all the comments (though really, I guess I kind of am) but I will give it a try.... That is of course once my instructor has seen, inspected and helped me set up the harness. But I will be thinking about all that has been said and I think it will be a very little hop ...

Hi Guys. Well thanks for all the input………….though I have now got the above mentioned harness (Kitt was correct I went to get it yesterday). I did talk with my instructor about it before hand though and he said that it should be okay so…. I think that it is probably worth pointing out that it is not a ...

Hi Guys, I will definatly be along to the next club meet.........any excuse to get out and have a beer! It sounds like the infinity is a good choice then, it is a wing that my tutor has recommended but I was concerned about it only being a 1-2 when accelerated.........fairly typical optimisim with ...

Hello there fellow paragliders (to be) I'm Spencer and I am hopeing to complete my CP in the next couple of months (going to Morrocco in Nov!) As I am based in gateshead I will be wanting to join up to NHPC after I 'graduate' so thought i'd say hi now as I will likley be harassing all of you for ...