SPORT 4 – highly increased production in full swing
To fulfill the demand on our new Intermediate glider we had to boost production capacities in a big scale. This is now running great and large numbers of gliders are arriving twice a week. Delivery times are coming down !
George Macak a professional test pilot for Paramotor wings test flew the Sport 4 with Paramotor „ Launch is smooth and steady, the climb rate is very good with nice Handing. The glide and sinkrate hands up with throttle down is exceptional good. A great glider when you want to combine Paramotor with thermal flying – and great fun“
Initial feedback from customers on the Sport4 has exceeded all our expectations. We have been literally inundated by orders and as a result the delivery time has gone up significantly.
The moment the Sport4 was certified we ordered as many stock gliders as possible but demand has been so high that all our stock sold immediately and we were getting backordered over 200 gliders at the worst point . We have already highly increased production capacities and the weighting list came down significantely. Do not miss out on the pleasure to fly this great glider and order as early as possible.
SPORT 4 - RELEASED - the best Sport we ever built (1-2)
Using new technology fed down from our World Champion winning competition wings we managed to create an intermediate glider with siginficantely higher performance. Improved pitch and roll stability make this extra performance easy to use – it literally floats to the top of the stack with minimal inputs and glides away from the pack.
Airwave has always been closely linked to competition sponsorship and success, and this close relationship was underlined when Bruce was crowned World paragliding Champion in Manilla. It is no coincidence that this makes an incredible seven times that Airwave has won the World Championships in both Hang gliding and Paragliding.
To consolidate this success Airwave would like to increase the strength of our competition team worldwide and encourage top pilots around the globe to fly Airwave in 2008.
Airwave has decided to make a special offer to National Paragliding Champions worldwide. If you are the official 2007 paragliding champion of your country, either male or female then Airwave would like to offer you our special ‘World Champion sponsorship opportunity’. We will offer any National Champion a 50% discount on the retail price of a new Airwave paraglider of your choice.
We are hoping that pilots will fly competition with their new Airwave wing in 2008 and enjoy the improved safety, handling and performance that our comes from our new wings. This offer applies to our compete range of wings, not just competition gliders, so you may want to get an acro wing, or a lightweight glider or even a speed riding wing as a second glider, so that you can enjoy paraglider from another related discipline. This offer is valid for orders placed before the 15th March 2008, and must be justified with official documentation from the National Accociation to authenticate the claim.
Wishing you a great flying season for 2008.
AIRWAVE - the choice of champions
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The Stubai Cup January 18–20
AIRWAVE will have a stand at the Stubai Cup in Austria not far from Innsbruck and only a few kilometers away from the new Airwave factory. Our brand new intermediate, the SPORT 4 (class 1-2) will be shown for the first time. Also you can see our new beginner glider GECKO, the mountain gliders ALPINE and ALPINE extreme as well as the new Acro wing SLINGSHOT and of course all of our current models. You can also see prototypes of our new competition wings and last but not least our latest Speedriding wing CARVE.
Would be nice to see you there
The AIRWAVE Team
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Friday, 21.12.2007 13:49
We would like to thank you for your cooperation and wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 2008!
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Monday, 03.12.2007 14:35
Magic Bag is now available in size XL!
The Magic bag XL - the fastest and easiest way of packing your glider – now protects your Tandem glider. The length of the bag is 400 cm. Of course sizes S (230 cm) and L (300 cm) are still available. Check our online shop or contact your next Airwave-dealer.
We are excited to announce the release of the ALPINE which recently passed certification in the sizes S, M and L. These are exciting new mountain gliders designed in the Austrian and French Alps for pilots who like to combine flying with a physical workout while enjoying nature when walking up to takeoff or combine Trekking with Flying.
The ALPINE is the ideal choice for the exciting Sport of ‘Para Trekking’, due to its convenient small size and light weight. It is also an ideal second glider, and does not get in your way when travelling or if you want to keep it tucked away permanently in your car for those unexpected flying occasions. It weighs only 3,9 kg in the medium size but due to ist 3rd generation Hybrid Sail we had it load tested to an amazing 1300kg which is exceptionally strong even for a standard glider.
The flight characteristics are forgiving so it can be happily flown by not so experienced pilots, besides this it is supereasy to take off and land and has a impressive performance
The FR3 is now in evidence in Brazil! At the end of the Brazilian it was obvious to be a special glider.
There is still a doubt of which one is the best pilot, but everybody now knows that the best glider is the FR3!
Best regards,
André Modelo"
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Wednesday, 17.10.2007 12:16
Double Airwave victory at the Canungra Cup
Congratulations to Craig Donnell and Harmony Gaw for taking all the top places at the competition flying Airwave wings. Craig won the Canungra Cup Open Class flying his FR3, and to Harmony Gaw was the 1st Woman on her Magic 4 as well as 1st New Zealander. It was the first time that a woman won the New Zealand League. The Canungra Cup is the first competition in the Australian and New Zealand Leagues this year, and 3 successful tasks were flown. For more information and results visit the competition web site at: http://www.canungracup.org/results2007/index.html
Congratulations to Klaus Heimhofer on his Magic 4 for his victory in the AIRWAVE Challenge 2007. Again we saw the high level of pilots participating in the Airwave Challenge as Klaus Heimhofer also won the tough Austrian XC Nationals in 2007
Furthermore there are 6 Airwave pilots in the top ten! Once again the Magic 4 and FR3 show that they are the most successful competition gliders today. Congratulations to all pilots!
Double Dutch for Airwave at the British & Dutch Open 2007
Jolanda de Zeeuw and Marcel Bourgondien both won their National Dutch Paragliding titles last week in strong but perfect XC conditions in Saint André les Alpes. Five tasks where completed over a seven days event. Marcel Bourgondien said about his Airwave Magic FR3; ‘to fly my glider in such strong conditions, for which St. André les Alpes is well known, worried me a bit at first but it turned out to be wonderful, how a high AR glider like this is so easy to handle in rough, sharp edged climbs up to 9 m/s just amazes me’. Since Jolanda and Marcel are a couple they take home the men’s and women’s gold medal! Airwave would like to congratulate both of them for winning their national championships. Besides winning the national title Jolanda did fly her Airwave Magic 4 to win the womens event of the British Open woman’s ranking in St. André also!
The SLINGSHOT is Airwaves latest acro wing following on from the successful BURN, BURN Extreme acro wings. This new acro wing is the most energetic and dynamic glider we have ever designed but still remains safe and stays open when other Acro gliders would be collapsing it is also the perfect step up from the BURN. The Slingshot offers more dynamic, reacts more directly and willingly to any steering inputs from the pilot and is more agile in the overall handling. Special trimming and a new profile ensure the success of radically vertical manoeuvres it has the necessary pendulum effect for big tumbles, and the speed and energy for the rest. With the SLINGSHOT pilots can do all at present known acro-manoeuvres, whereas the advantages in the dynamics will take them to new levels of Acro flying.
The early days in the sport are for every pilot in many ways the most important. This is why dedicated so much time to developing a new, better beginner glider incorporating all the paraglider design technology available today. Even features we learned and built into the World Champion gliders were used in the Gecko. This makes the Gecko to an extremely safe and easy to fly wing which performs nicely and is always fun to fly. Also only the best and highest quality materials which are available today were used. The Gecko has a hybrid sail which is stronger, more UV resistant but also lighter than other gliders of its class. The Gecko has passed the new stringent CEN tests, the strictest level of certification currently in existence (23A,1B).
Congratulations to Gil Navalho for flying his FR3 to victory at the Portuguese Nationals. The competition was spread over 4 events and overall 9 tasks were completed. Gil won with a comfortable margin over the rest of the field.
Airwave is represented by Gerald Ameseder in the Red Bull X Alps. Gerald is flying a specially prepared lightweight Magic FR3-24 for the event. Gerald is from Lienz in Eastern Austria and the start of the race flew past his home flying area. Gerald is now in 3rd place overall and the Airwave team are all following his progress closely as he walks and flies across the alps. We wish him all the best on the way to Monaco.
Congratulations to Simone, Riccardo and Sergio for coming 1st, 2nd and 3rd flying standard Magic4’s in on of the most important Italian Regional competition at Emilia Romagna. The field of competitors included among others the 2007 Italian Champion and 3 of the top 20 of the top ranked Italian pilots, so competition was fierce. Two good tasks were completed in the event the first of 36km and the second of 35km. Congratulations to all concerned.
Airwave wins the Pre-European Championships in Serbia
The Pre-European Championships were held from July 2nd to 7th in near the town of Nis, Serbia at the same site as the PWC was held two years ago. Congratulations to RACZ, Balazs from Hungary who won the competition on his Airwave Magic4.
Airwave dominates the International Petzen Open in all classes!
The international Petzen OPEN was also an official Austrian League meet held in Bleiburg / Austria. Open class was won Ceglar Matej from Slovenia on his Magic FR3. Serial class was won by the Austrian Gruber Stefan on his Magic 4. Slunka Marion from Austria won the women's ranking and also won the title of 'Champion of Karinthia' on her Magic 4 Airwave would like to congratulate all these winners !!
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Jolanda de Zeeuw wins the British Open on her Airwave Magic 4
Congratulations to Jolanda de Zeeuw from the Netherlands for becoming first lady in the British Open womans ranking which just finished in Piedrahita, Spain. Further congratulations to Nia Harland (Airwave Mustang) who got in 3rd.
Innes Powell just lost the British Open in Piedraheita flying his FR3-28. Innes outflew the whole field and would have won the competition with a lead of over 100 points had he not had a GPS error on the best task of the event. The task was the 2nd task which was a 154km flight to goal to the football pitch in Arcones. Innes got to goal 15 minutes ahead of the rest of the field and landed in the football pitch highly elated at his victory. However the GPS coordinates of the goal were not the football pitch itself but were 416m from the football pitch, meaning that Innes was not awarded the goal, because he did not cross the 400m line even though he had tons of height to be able to do so. This lost him the competition and he finished 9th instead. Congratultion to Innes for his great flying, and his moral victory.
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Tuesday, 26.06.2007 10:04
Airwave WORLD CHAMPIONS again!
Congratulations to Matjaz Feraric for his first place at the "Paragliding Accuracy World Championships" flying an Airwave WAVE and to Rafael Kerin for his second place on a SPORT.
Airwave gliders are designed to handle very well at slow speeds with good handling at low speeds and plenty of warning before the stall. The stall speed of the Wave is exceptionally low at just 20km/h. These forgiving flying characteristics are exactly the features that make the Wave an extremely good glider both for low airtime pilots as well as for professionals in accuracy flying.
In addition to pilots flying Airwave gliders getting first and second places at the World Championships, AIRWAVE gliders are also ranked first and second place in the PAWC (Paragliding Accuracy World Cup).
Airwave would like to congratulations all pilots for their excellent achievements.
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Monday, 18.06.2007 12:26
Airwave AIRSTREME SPORT Jacket
Introducing the Airwave Mountain Jacket, a technical soft-shell, wind stopper jacket for use in the mountains, the sky or the everyday life. We wanted to build a multi-use jacket that we were as comfortable in whether we were fl ying, walking or popping down to the shops. The answer lay in this close fi tting, stretchable jacket that’s wind proof, water resistant and lightweight with it. The Airwave Mountain Jacket is available in four sizes, is subtly branded with the famous Airwave fl ash and competitively priced at a recommended retail price of €95 excluding local taxes.
FEATURES • Windproof • Water resistant • Stretchable soft-shell fabric - 95% Polyester, 5% Elastane • Two zipped hand pockets • Two inside pockets • Breast pocket • Zipped underarm ventilation • Snug fi t • Sizes S-XL
Airwave wins ALPEN OPEN in both OPEN and SERIAL Class
The ALPEN OPEN is known as one of the toughest paraglider events as it takes place right in the middle of the alps. Pilots from several European countries participated and it also counts for the Austrian League. Airwave pilots dominated in OPEN class as well as in SERIAL Class. Gerald Ameseder won the Open class on his FR 3 - 26 and Herbert Holaus won Serial Class on his Magic 4 ML. Congratulations !
The 98 competitors from Germany, Belgium, Holland, USA and Poland had to give their best in the very weak conditions during a four days XC event. The ladies title was taken by Jolanda de Zeeuw from Holland on her Airwave Magic 4. Belgiums Philipe Broers flew his Airwave Magic FR3 to the victory.
FR3 wins German and Austrian League meet in Greifenburg
Congratulationes to Rudi Untermoser for his Victory in the international Greifenburg Open which was a joint German and Austrian league meet. Over 150 Pilots flew 3 tasks in „sporty“ conditions with strong thermals and turbulent gusty northerly winds.
The first task was a FAI triangle with 139 km and was the longest task ever done in the German or Austrian league. Not bad for Udi Untermoser's second flight on his Airwave Magic FR 3 ...
Airwave would like to offer their congratulations to Anne and Pierre Yves who got married on Saturday. We wish them every happiness in their future life together.
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Friday, 20.04.2007 09:36
ALPINE EXTREME
The mountainglider with no compromises
The ALPINE EXTREME weighing only 2,7 kg with high speed and fast handling is the ideal glider for pilots who want the llightest equipment possible combined with good penetration against the wind. With only 17,6 m2 (15,5 projected) it requires an experienced pilot when flown in the higher weight range. This makes it one of the lightest real mountain gliders on the market today. The ALPINE EXTREME is easy to launch with a short take-off even in nil wind conditions.
For pilots with only 40 – 60 kg the ALPINE EXTREME is ideal even for training or as an easy intermediate glider. However we are not planning to certify the ALPINE EXTREME unless there is a huge demand for this wing.
We are working on the ALPINE which will be a more conservative mountain glider, easy to fly (also for heavy pilots) but still very light weight. The standard ALPINE will be certified.
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Friday, 20.04.2007 09:34
FR 3 – performs like a hang glider ?!
Kelly Farina received his new FR3 a few weeks ago. He recently started using “Seeyou” for flight analysis software and entered his first XC flight in the Zillertal valley. However when he uploaded the track to Seeyou it put him as a hang glider! He emailed Andrej from Seeyou and he said "You must have flown too fast and SeeYou thought you were in a Hang glider ".
Now he has to manually enter himself as a paraglider each time he uploads a flight to Seeyou ?
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Thursday, 12.04.2007 00:00
Igor – FR3 Breaks the Macedonian Open XC record
Igor Todevski takes up the story: ’I broke old Macedonian record, which was 98km. and the new one is around 150km. This was the hardest xc flight in my country(the most inhospitable environment) and many national and international pilots has tryed before...no one made it. This was my 3th flight on my FR3 and I have to say that the glider is crazy. And on the end I have to mention that I have to stop my flight because there was border with Albania and this is max that someone can go in Macedonia. I started my flight from Skopje the capitol of Macedonia and finished on the end of Ohrid lake. Unfortunately there was the border with Albania and I had to go for a landing, although the sky was still crowded with nice clouds. On the way I had few problems with Bruce Lee Side because of the periodically strong wind and a big mountains that I had to jump. I had a big problem with low temperatures and frozen fingers. One problem with nowhere to lend, but fortunately I found good thermal to get me out of there. Just to mention it was a national park with a lot of wild animals inside. After this my FR3 was going nice and smooth in very strong and narrow thermals. ...and that was my flight...’
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Tuesday, 10.04.2007 17:20
FR3 on top in strong conditions at Bassano.
Bassano is the first major European paragliding competition every year. This year it was held on the 7-9th April and 3 great tasks were completed in the three days, and an impressive 250 competitors, 100 on hang gliders and 150 on paragliders. Conditions were strong racing conditions with strong wind on the second day as well. In fact the conditions were the exact opposite of the conditions in Australia at the World Championships. Bruce Goldsmith won the best and final task of 80km with a full 40 seconds ahead of Christian Biasi who just took the overall event from Bruce in second place. Congatulations to both pilots. At Airwave we are particularly happy that this shows the FR3 performs equally well in strong as well as weak condition.
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Thursday, 15.03.2007 10:53
AIRWAVE IS NEW WORLD CHAMPION
Congratulations to Bruce Goldsmith for becoming World Champion at the World Paragliding Championships 2007 which just finished in Manilla, Australia. Further congratulations to Harmony Gaw who got 3rd in the womans ranking on her Magic 4.
Five tough xc tasks were flown over the two weeks of the event and Bruce won by being the only pilot out of the 150 competitors to get to goal every single day.
This is the first time that a paraglider pilot has won a World Championships on a glider he has designed himself. The FR3 that Bruce was flying is actually the standard model, not a special proto and the exceptional performance of this wing certainly helped Bruce on the way to victory. Ideas that often spring from the competition wings influence the complete Airwave range, from school glider to tandem, producing a range of Airwave gliders that always strive to break new ground. That is why success at top level means more than just success at top level.
After the success of the Airwave Challenge in 2006 we will be running the Airwave challenge again in 2007. First price will be an Airwave Paraglider. Every Airwave pilot can compete from across the world. Scoring will be via the OLC and there will be a handicap factor according the class of the glider. This gives pilots with intermediate wings a real chance to win the challenge.
Congratulations to Alfred Riederer for winning the Airwave challenge in 2006
Von Mühlenbrock wins the OPEN SANTIAGO 2007 on an FR2
Congratrulationes to Eitel Von Muehlenbrock for his victory at the OPEN SANTIAGO 2007. This was a FAI Class 2 competition with several international pilots. Von Mühlenbrock won the event flying his FR 2 in tough tasks ranging from 60 – 90 km. Von Mühlenbrock is the only pilot from Chile who will participate in the worlds this year.
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Friday, 19.01.2007, 13:20
Mustang 2 XL - certified - up to 140 kg !
we are happy to inform you that we have the DHV2 certification now also for heavy pilots up to 140kg ! (all up weight) on the Mustang XL . This means that the Mustang 2 is now certified in S, M, L and XL
New british distance record on Airwave MUSTANG – 338 km
first flight over 300 km of a british pilot
On Wednesday Dec 13th 2006 Simon Headford flew 338.2kms on an Airwave Mustang from Vosberg to Burgersdorp in South Africa becoming the first British pilot to fly more than 300kms a solo paraglider. Simon’s flight took just over 7 hours at an average speed of 48kph. He also managed a personal height record of 5750m during the same flight
Airwave is now launching a range of speed riding gliders in 3 sizes, 10, 13 and 16 sq m. The 16 size is espescially designed as an easy speed riding glider, which can be easily footlaunched as well, making this the perfect introduction to speed riding. As it is small and lightweight it can also be used as a mountain glider. Even the standard version wieghts in at just 3,2 kg (around 2 kg in the light cloth version), and with possible double use this glider is creating a lot of interest. The Skima is already load tested.
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Wednesday, 13.12.2006, 09:34
Mustang 2 - Light
Soon after the certification of the Mustang2 we had some requests from pilots to make a Mustang2 Light. This glider is made entirely from Porcher cloth with a hybrid sail using the new very lightweight 27gm porcher for the main sail and with a hybrid leading edge using 40gm cloth for the first colour on the top surface. Microlines and light weight risers bring the overall weight of this glider down from 6kg in the standard configuration to just over 4kg in the lightweight version. Currently the Mustang2 light is sold uncertified, but if demand proves strong Airwave will consider certifying this wing.
Furthermore we consider a Sport-3 Light Version
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Wednesday, 15.11.2006, 15:39
MUSTANG 2 released - designed for adventure
The Mustang2 has now passed the DHV2 certification in 3 sizes, S,M and L. The Mustang2 shares the same dynamic handling and feel as the original Mustang, but now has better performance in every part of the flight envelope The glider is more floaty at low speeds with a lower stall speed and lower sink rate. At top speed the wing is more stable. The best glide is also better with less lines and thinner diameters used thoughout the wing. Despite the thinner lines the Mustang2 acheived a top load of 8 x 186kg in the load test, which represents 12.5g for the Large !!
Gerald Ameseder sets new distance record for Chile on his FR-2
Again a victory for Gerald Ameseder and his FR-2 in only a few days. Shortly before he had to fly back to Austria Gerald was able to set a new distance record for Chile with 203,4 km in his FR-2. Congratulations again !
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Thursday, 09.11.2006, 09:56
1st 2nd and 3rd place for FR-2 in Iquique – CHILE
65 pilots from 15 Nations, 4 Tasks up to 90 km
Another great victory for Airwave FR-2 pilots at the Nationals in Chile. It was a good competition wth strong pilots from 15 different Nations
1st Eitel Von Mühlenbrock (CHL) Airwave FR-2 2nd Gerald Ameseder (AUT) Airwave FR-2 3rd Gil Navalho (PRT) Airwave FR-2
the words of a competition pilot again seem to be true “better fly with with then against the Fr-2…”
currently we have FR-2 in different sizes in stock
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Sunday, 17.09.2006, 17:54
BURN wins speed gliding at Dolomitenmann 2006
The BURN our Freestyle and Acro glider is also an outstanding Speed Glider. The excellent high speed glide of the Burn combined with the pilot skills of Peer proved to be the winning combination.
Congratulation to Lorenz Peer for his 1st Place in the Dolomitenmann 2006 in the amateur class against very strong competition from 90 other pilots.
The BURN has also showed itself to be a good Paramotor wing for experienced Paramotor pilots who want REAL speed.
The third and final leg of the British Championships was held last week in Ager, Spain. The weather was excellent and 5 good tasks were completed, with the best distance flown being a 90km flight to goal. The event was a great success for Airwave with pilots flying Airwave wings winning both the open and the serial class events. Congratulations to Adrian Thomas on the new Proto MAGIC FR3 who became the British champion (Open Class), and Steve Ham who won the serial class flying a Magic4.
The Scenic earned a very good reputation amoungst professionals as well as XC pilots.
His successor, the new Scenic 2 is even better than the original Scenic with all the new technology that is built into the latest wings from the Airwave stable.
Click on >>> more info to get all informations about the new Scenic2
Slovenian Open Magic 4 wins again 1st, 2nd and 3rd place
At the Slovenian Open Airwave Magic 4 proofed once more that it is a winning glider. Congratulation to CRETNIK Damjan for the first place 2nd Place DURKOVIC Dušan and 3rd MICHIELSEN Olivier !
Last week at the British Open in Portugal the Magic4 continued to to stay on top of the Serial Class as well as leading the Open Class in the British Nationals. Steve Ham is leading the British Championships in Open class and Serial Class on his standard Magic4.
The Sizes S,M and L of the Kiss have now sucessfully passed the DHV tests and are available in the standard colours ´Sunset´, ´Time´ and ´Slide´. The Kiss is perfect for pilots leaving school or in fact any pilot searching for a wing, which inspires confidence, but at the same time delivers the handling and performance to fly high and far. Test the new Kiss at your local paragliding school or at an offical Airwave test center near you. If you want to get more informations about the new Kiss, please click on >>> more info
Airwave´s Test- and Freestylepilot Chris Geist has measured his Burn after one year of hard flying. With an outstanding result: Despite the hard use, the trimming of the glider was exactly the same as the original Burn. This is a fantastic result for a Freestyle wing and is a sign for Airwave´s great production quality and choice of the used materials.
Chris: „ We wanted to make a freestyle wing, which is also for the less experienced freestyle beginner. The Burn will not overstrain the pilot to much. We also wanted a wing, that lasts longer than other freestyle wings, cause not every pilot has the money to buy a new set of lines after a short time.“
Airwave although recommends, to check the glider after one year at Airwave/ Stubaital or a Airwave Offical Checkcenter.
If you want to get more informations about the Burn, please click on >>> more info
Airwave Teampilot reached 2nd place at the Crossalps 2006 with a Magic4
Take-off of the Crossalps Open Paragliding Contest 2006 was Hochries (Germany). Adi Geisegger (Airwave Teampilot) reached the goal (Schmittenhöhe, Austria) as the second participant after two exhausting days of flying and walking.
Adi was very happy, flying a brand new Magic4 which he also used as a sleeping bag at night.
Airwave congratulates Adi for this outstanding success.
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Wednesday, 28.06.2006, 18:24
First place on Magic FR2 at the Mirandela open in Portugal
After 3 flown task Gil Navalho won the comp. on his Magic FR2 the Mirandela open in Portugal. Congratulations to Gil for his first place.
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Tuesday, 27.06.2006, 18:25
Victory for Steve Ham on his Magic4.
Steve Ham flew his Magic4 to win the serial class of the British Open in Wales last weekend. The conditions were very weak with two tasks completed over the four day event in largely grey skies and light winds, but on both tasks Steve made it to goal with an excellent time. The goal on the second day was the impressive Raglan castle and the photo shows Adrian Thomas crossing the goal line on his Magic FR2. Steve Ham took 1st place in the serial class and 2nd place in the overall scoring flying a completely standard Magic4. It was actually the same wing that he won the Serial Class of the Pre-worlds in Manilla, Australia earlier this year. Airwave would like to congratulate Steve for his impressive performance.
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Monday, 19.06.2006, 17:19
New distance record on a Airwave Mustang in Turkey
David Selcuk Erkek (Airwave Turkiye Team member) did a new turkish distance record on his Mustang S. David flew 126km.
Airwave congratulates David for this great flight.
Click on >>> more info to get all the informations about the Mustang
- Bruce comes 2nd in the competition. - Airwave sponsors the event. - Safety and competition seminars from Bruce.
This is the 4th years the Rat Race has been held at Woodrat Mountain, Oregan, USA. This year Markus, Bruce and Martin from Airwave all attended the meet and Bruce participated in the competition as well as taking part in the seminars that is an integral part of the Rat Race Competition. The Rat Race was conceived by Mike Haley to improve the standing of US pilots in the World competition scene, and so experienced pilots are paired with new comers to competition. This year we had good weather as well as bad. The first task was the longest task in the history of the Rat Race. 78km with more than 50 pilots in goal. Then the weather turned bad 3 days of rain. The final task was also a great task with 30 pilots in goal.
Security and performance for the discerning new pilot looking to spread their wings or the wise who consider comfort and safety to be their top priority.
THE NEW INTERMEDIATE FOR NEW AND RECREATIONAL PILOTS
The Kiss is a secure step in to the intermediate class of Paraglider. Aimed at recreational pilots who want maximum security and comfort in the DHV 1-2 class, this glider is designed to make soaring stress free and effortless. An ideal wing for pilots to gain their early cross country experience on, or experienced intermediate pilots who simply want stability and peace of mind in their flights.
For more informations about the new Kiss, please click on >>> more info
At the end of the season (15th of September 2006) we will find out the best Airwave pilot by multiplying the OLC points with the handicap factor (depends on the glider) an get the final AC points (Airwave Challenge Points).
Is the Sport3 the best DHV 1-2 on the market ? Read what the media says!
The feedback we are getting back from the pilots at the moment is quite amazing. Several people in the paragliding industry are saying, that the Sport3 is the most popular DHV 1-2 glider at the moment.
In the french magazine ´´Vol Libre´´ the well respected and independent glider reviewer Noel Betrand wrote a detailed test report about the Sport3.
The Sport3 is also a great paramotor wing and is also available with Airwave´s special paramotor risers with trimmers and DULV certification.
Congratulations to Steve Ham, David Chaumet and Mike Aston for their great performances on Airwave gliders at the Pre-worlds in Australia. Steve Ham won the Serial Class on his standard Magic4 medium. David Chaumet came 2nd in the Open Class flying a Magic FR2-21.5. Mike Aston won the first task of the Pre-Worlds on the Magic 4. This is an astounding acheivement especially considering we only had two Magic4's flying in the competition.
Steve Ham said about his Magic4 'I have never happily used the speed range on a glider like i have on this one, so am confident of the stability of it.' Mike Aston said 'I am very pleased with the Magic 4. I was very stable at speed, I never had a front collapse and it only buckled in the centre slightly and with plenty of time to let off the speed bar. The thermalling is precise and effective. At trim speed the glide was equal to all the comp wings but at full speed the proto's had the edge.'
Steve Ham wins the serial class of the Australian Nationals with a Magic4
Steve Ham, pilot of the British National Team, won the Australian Nationals 2006 with his brand new Magic4. He became 8th overall and 1st in the serial class.
Steve was really excited about handling and performance of this glider - and could even overtake some top open class gliders with the Magic´s amazing glide performance and speed.
The first production of Magic4 mediums have rolled off the production line, and two have been snapped up by pilots of the British National Team, to fly with at the Pre-worlds in Manilla in Australia.
Steve Ham, who lives in Piedraheita, moved from a competition glider to the Magic4 because it gave the same performance with a higher level of safety. Mike Aston is the other British Team member to choose a Magic4 for the Pre-Worlds and we wish them both the best of luck.
Click on >>> more info to get all the information about the new Magic4 and read new pilot comments about Airwave´s new high performance glider.
During the test flying of the Medium and the Large Magic4's in Gourdon we found that the wing felt the nicest when it is flown in the top half of the weight range.
Our testpilots found, that they could happily fly the Medium or the Small, however the same could not be said of the Medium and the Large. We found that there was a significant weight range where the glider did not give the optimum feel. For this reason we have decided to release a fourth size of the Magic4, the ML.
The ML will be best flown in the weight range of 105-115kg and should suit many pilots with a body weight of 80-90kg. The ML is expected to be certified in March 2006, with the first production gliders being available in April.
Two more sizes of the Magic4 have just passed the DHV flight tests. The Large and the small, both received the same classification as the medium, DHV2/3.
Click on >>> more info to get more information about the Magic4
Due to the popularlty of our Acro glider, the Burn, we are proud to announce the release of the new Burn Extreme Edition. The Burn XE has a special configuration designed to be a sweet compromise between acro flying and freestlye.
The extra small area combined with superb handling allow the pilot a new level in extreme flying. Experience Extreme Acro...experience the Burn XE.
The Sport3 has had great reviews since its release at St Hilaire in Sept 2005. We are now happy to annonce that the Sport3 is now certified in XS and XL sizes.
Cross Country recently reviewed the glider and concluded 'A great balancing act between fun and XC performance. If you cannot get to the top of the stack on this wing you need to get some training in'. The Sport3 is as popular with paramotor pilots as the Sport2 and is also available with paramotor risers with trimmers which has DULV certification.
For more information on the Sport3 click the following link.
The Magic4 medium has just passed the DHV flight tests in Roquebrune at the combined DHV/SHV flight test session. The Magic4 is the first true "3 line glider" ever to be certified by the DHV and the Medium easily passed DHV2/3. We will be introducing the Magic4 at the Stubai-Cup 2006, where the amazing glide and performance at speed will be on show.
It sets the new standard for DHV 2-3 gliders in performance, safety and handling and is the only DHV 2-3 glider with just 3 rows of lines all the way from the glider down to the risers. This gives the glider a significant boost in performance, especially at speed.
The Magic4 includes many of the technical innovations from the FR2, our successful competition glider.
Click on >>> more info, to get the technical details of the Magic4
The Airwave R&D team has been working like crazy on the new Magic4 for the last year, and this design project is now nearing completion. We have tried several different design concepts using input from the Magic FR2 as well as some completely new design features, and the results have produced some very exciting new gliders.
Our three pronged approach to design has been at the core of the Magic 4 project.
The use of full scale testing, theoretical modelling (CFD, performance calculater and Aerofoil design programs), and verification using wind tunnel testing.
Our new 3D model of the wing including the accurate inflation of every single panel of the glider has been analysed in the CFD analysis program giving ever more accurate results.
We are getting close to certification now and with a wing that has a very good level of safety as well as top end performance.
We look forward to introduce you the new Magic 4 on the Stubai-Cup 2006 in January.
Sport3 - State of the Art DHV 1-2 by Bruce Goldsmith
The Sport 2 has been one of the most successful selling gliders in the History of Airwave. Over the two years since its release it has gained a superb reputation for being both easy to launch and fly with top level performance.
The Sport 3 is directly evolved from the Sport 2 and incorporates a hybrid sail and a complete redesign of the sail, giving a lighter and smoother wing which improves on its predecessor in every way with better performance, handling, pitchstability and take off.
Read everything about the new Sport3. Click on >>> more info
Airwave at the world´s biggest Free Flight Show in St. Hilaire du Touvet
The Coupe Icare in France is one of the highlights in the paragliding scene.
Over 70.000 spectators came and watched the show. Airwave´s french Importer Alixa built a very smpressing stand, made of bamboo which looked like a huge paraglider.
The Airwave Team introduced the new Sport3 (DHV 1-2). First Feedback on this new glider were very positive: “ easy take-off”, “very good in thermals”, “amazingly safe” , “ very good feedback from the glider though the brakes”.
We also had a proto of the Magic4 flying. The expected completion date for this wing is the end of the year.
Read everything about the new Sport3. Click on >>> more info
Burn- The new freestyle wing from Airwave is now available!
The Burn is a fantastic mixture between acro and freestyle glider.
Despite the small surface area this glider is also great for flying thermals... let it BURN! Dynamic SAT, Coconut, MC Twist, Tumbling - or simply flying thermals - freestyling has never been as much fun!
The Burn is for ambitious acro and freestyle pilots, and pilots who want to fly competitions. The glider is trimmed by Chris Geist who made it suitable for flying aerobatics.
Read everything about our new freestyle wing... Click on >>> more info
This weekend, Airwave is moving to its new factory. This 500 sqm building was build for Markus Villinger specifically for Airwave. Our new location is close to the beginning of the Stubaital valley in Austria near Innsbruck.
The new address is: Firma Airwave, Villinger GmbH Gewerbepark 6A-6142 Mieders Tel. 0043/ (0)5225 – 64455 Fax 0043/ (0)5225 – 6445566
If our phone is not working correctly the next few days, please send us a mail to sales@airwave-gliders.com
Flite S and L with DHV 1 homologation - Easy is hot!
Easier???... Impossible!!!
The Flite is the choice for all pilotes who put safety first, for beginners and for those who simply want to fly relaxed yet don't want to miss fantastic handling combined with great performance. No tricks!
Test-fly the new Flite at one of our competent Airwave partners and you will notice that it has never been easier to enjoy flying.
Mustang (DHV 2) now also with DULV homologation for paramotors
Paramotor pilotes were so enthralled by our successful glider Mustang (DHV 2) that we decided to apply for the DULV (German ultralight association).
Flying the Mustang with a paramotor is great fun! It is very easy to turn and with the help of our special paramotor risers it is possible to get the most out of the Mustang.
The Magic FR2 - Airwave's top of the range competition paraglider
Airwave is at the cutting edge of competition glider design, and the last 18 months have seen a huge step forward in paraglider design making the FR2 is a radically different glider from the original Magic FR.
It represents the culmination of hundreds of hours of intensive flying and testing both in and outside competitions.
The development of competition gliders over the last year has been huge and the FR is one of the very few of the new generation of competition gliders that is available for the general public to buy off the shelf. ..
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