Test harness AirDesign The Sock
As I announced at the beginning of November, I would like to test harnesses at regular intervals. The first harness in this series was the lightweight harness The Sock from AirDesign.
Criteria for a harness test
In the relevant specialist magazines, forums and blogs, harnesses tend to play a subordinate role. Reason enough for me to test harnesses regularly and publish a report on them here in this blog. But what are the criteria for a test that is as objective as possible?
XC Track – Tips and Tricks Part I
XC Track offers a very wide range of functions. I would therefore like to offer tips and tricks for XC Track in this series. I compiled the tips and tricks as part of an internal club seminar, but I have also included some tips from fellow club members.
Review harness Niviuk Arrow
I have been flying the Arrow harness from the Spanish manufacturer Niviuk for a year now. Time for a review of the harness. I have flown around 55 hours in various conditions. The longest flight lasted just over 5 hours, but there were also a few short glides.
Paragliding know how with ChatGPT
I use AI in my blog to translate German texts into English. This works quite well for the most part, but sometimes the meaning of the text is not recognised and translated incorrectly. Could AI answer my questions about paragliding in the various disciplines? Would it be conceivable to dispense with the knowledge in forums, YouTube, blogs, fellow pilots, books etc. and rely solely on text-based AI à la ChatGPT? I have asked one question from various category and checked ChatGPT's answer for accuracy.
Review & outlook June 2025
My review and outlook for June. The topics are: Airspace awareness; SERA avoidance rules - basic rule; The Möllvalley Triangle; The Hardest Route - From Crash to Comeback; XC GUIDE: The classic FAI triangle of the Northern Alps - Flying in the Karwendel and GoPro falls from 1100 metres over ground and keeps recording.
