Have paragliders reached their full potential?
Jörg Korner poses this somewhat provocative question on his blog. For paraglider manufacturers, this is a controversial issue, as marketing has, until now, consistently promised an improved glide ratio (and thus reduced sink rate) alongside increased safety with every new generation of paraglider. Jörg questions at least the claim of reduced sink rate, but what then becomes of the motivation for pilots to always buy the latest generation of paragliders?
