Every pilot who wants to take part in air traffic is obliged to call up the current NOTAMs as part of their personal briefing before the flight. Paragliders tend to neglect this, but of course this obligation also applies to us, at least if you want to go on a flight. But what options are there for retrieving NOTAMs and what do you need to bear in mind? What are the advantages and disadvantages of these methods?
Acro pilots have special requirements for their favourite flying area. Getting up quickly, the highest possible working height, acro over water would not be bad either, to name just a few of the pilots' wishes. Gabi Fonck has taken the trouble to compile a table of acro paragliding areas that more or less fulfil these special requirements.
In this article I have already reported on the rescue throw training, which is organized and carried out by Bodenlos e.V.. But training without learning something from it doesn't really make sense. That's why I've summarized here once again the findings described by my club colleagues in the club's internal forum, most of whose texts I have taken over from the original. I have supplemented the texts with my own findings.
I'm actually a real safety training grouch, but since my last safety training was over 5 years ago, I still had enough holiday left, got the OK from my wife and the Flugschule Achensee still had places available at the beginning of October, I signed up there.
It is already becoming apparent that it was the right step to switch from an EN-C back to an EN-B. A flight report from me again after a long time.
Once again this year, almost a tradition for the Bodenlos e.V., rescue throwing training took place in a gym in Munich. However, there was not only a rescue throw training, but also various other activities. You can read about them in this article.