Mr. Takanobu Tsukahara the Japan National champion
21. October, 2016
Mr. Takanobu Tsukahara won the Paragliding Accuracy Japan championship 2016 using the glider DECK. His result was 9 rounds with 26 points. His comment on the DECK is that it is very easy to handle because of the good the pitch stability of the glider. Congratulations to Mr. Takanobu for a great result!
Tim-Patrick wins the Sport class XC-Cup 2016
17. October, 2016
Our Team-Pilot Tim-Patrick Meyer has won the Sports Class of the German XC-Cup 2016 on his Rook 2. The XC-Cup is a regional online competition in the western part of Germany with more than 650 registered pilots this year. Flights have to be launched inside a defined area of 300 x 300 km (roughly the size of Portugal) and the best three flights of the season count for the final result.
Hugh Miller wins the UK XC contest
7. October, 2016
Hugh Miller, a well-known pilot who tests the wings for Cross Country magazine, had a pleasure to have the King for this season. While testing its limits for the review that he made, he was able to make some astonishing flights in the UK. Avoiding all the CTR's, UK XC flying is really technical, yet Hugh made some flights of even over 200 km.
Adam and the King win the Polish XC contest
3. October, 2016
An outstanding season is behind Adam Grzech, a team pilot of Triple Seven gliders. He was one of the first to receive the King, just in time for his trip to Brasil. It was matter of days when first 400 km flight was done from Quixada. He managed to cross this mark two times leaving Brasil with breaking three Polish record flights.
Alex Happacher wins the Italian XContest
3. October, 2016
With the end of September, we get the winners of the XContest around the globe. Pilots winning the XC contests need to have special skills to overcome the fatigue of long flights, keep concentrated for long hours and take the best out of the day. Alex Happacher found his solution with the King and won the XContest in Italy with his great flights from Antholz.
Kings on the podium in XContest Austria
28. September, 2016
The XC season is coming to an end here in the northern hemisphere and the first podiums are already being occupied with the pilots flying the King gliders. In Austria, the first place was taken by a well-known pilot in his area, Peter Wallner who has been able to make three big triangles measuring from 227 km to 268 km.
Johannes on the podium with the King
29. August, 2016
The last edition of DHV newcomer challenge took place in famous Tolmin area. 47 pilots were able to fly three days in Soča valley, some of them learning new skills, some of them flying pulley to pulley to the goal. Amazing performance by Johannes Baumgarten, who flew the King for the first time in this race.
Ambrož wins the Junior challenge
31. May, 2016
Young and long time Triple Seven team pilot, has been devoting his life in past years strictly to our loving sport. In winter he is flying tandems in Nepal and in summer he is competing around Europe visiting podiums on many occasions. This year, he switched to the King just two weeks before the Junior
Alex Happacher leading the XContest in Italy
30. May, 2016
Our team pilot Alex Hapacher is leading the OLC contest in Italy with his King. Amazing flights being done in northern Italy made his way to astonishing 100 points lead before the second place. His flights stretch from 246 km to 285 km showing the potential of the King as an XC machine. We would
King and Debu breaking records in India
11. May, 2016
Debu Choudhury, a famous and great pilot from India decided to fly best EN/LTF D class wing at this moment and he already broke few records in India with it.
The longest flight ever made from Bir Billing take-off took him on a long journey of 253 km.
