Sunday, July 19, 2009


It is july, almost august. Weather is guaranteed good, that's what Spain is famous for. And what do you need to fly paragliders. Good weather and a hill somewhere. Well, climate, weather is gauranteed, as we all know we have the best climate allround in Europe, summer and winter. What do we miss still ?
A hill, a ridge .... we have lots.
Today we just used the ridges near Santa Pola. With lots of visiting pilots from all over. It was fun, hours of flying for Marcus and Alfred. Tandems for Cecilia's family.

Local pilots just got a bit stressed by mistakes some not guided pilots made on our precious but fragile site. Coming in too far back to topland, disturbing the 'private' lives of our neighbours ....

July and August are a bit stressfull for us. Some visiting pilots, just come down and do their thing. Sometimes ok, but lots of times, just as if they want to prove something to us. Don't prove anything, just mingle with the locals, respect the site. Just don't come down and consume the site, collaborate with us saving the site for next generation pilots, for our kids.
Ask locals what to do, or read the information board put up lately at take off. If you do not want to pay the very democratic fee to a guide or a school, that's your right. But imagine once, we would come to your garden and use your trampoline.

Peace, love, kisses, flowers, hug from us local pilots ...
keep our sites hassle free please
we all hope you come along

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