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1st Festival of the Air and Flight Equipment Fair (First and second-hand)
Sports Tent, Piedrahita,
18 to 19 September 2010, 12h-24h
The Club of the Ravens want to invite you to participate
in the 1st Festival of the Air and Material Fair Piedrahita flight...
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Fantastic Flight of Berli
On August 7 Jesus Berlanga, member of the Corneja Club, flew 197km from Peña Negra... |
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Hangglider Meeting August 14/15
Although we missed the Basque League, which decided at the last minute to go to Arcones, met about 30 hang... |
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Service at Peña Negra Bar
Finally they returned to open the bar in Peña Negra and also operates a toilet. Miguel gives us an excellent service for drinks, sandwiches, cakes, tea... |
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Bus service at takeoff Peña Negra
Since the beginning of August is running a bus service that goes the paragliders take off at 11:30 a.m. in the morning... |
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Pre World Championships Paragliding 2010 in Piedrahita
This year Piedrahita will celebrate two important competitions in the lead up to the World Championhsips next year in 2011. The FAI Pre World Championships... |
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There are colors to taste
This year we chose 5 colors with 3 diferent images for the shirts of the Club of Ravens of Gredos. Becoming a member of the club, you are supporting club activities which helps to consolidate and improve flight conditions in Piedrahita and the province of Avila... |
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Pre World Championships Paragliding 2010 in Piedrahita
This year Piedrahita will celebrate two important competitions in the lead up to the World Championhsips next year in 2011. The FAI Pre World Championships... |
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Congratulations to Carlos Puñet
by FAI World record
Category: rigid delta wing (class 5)
Pilot: Carlos Puñet, Spain
Distance: 356 km round trip... |
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“Pegarse un Piano (Bomb out) in Chile”
I did not expect that my business visit to Chile this Novembre would allow me to get three flights in. I went with a full work diary and no equipment and only had the telephone number of a Chilean pilot called Germán who I had contacted via the the web page... |
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The Fligth of the Saints,
or the flight of the big Avila Steak
The Day of the Saints, Pato and Gala took off from Peña Negra for a gentle late autumn flight. It was so satisfying that they ... |
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Join us on our next Southern Slovenia
hang gliding trip
Arrive Friday 26th March - Depart late on Saturday 03 April
8 flying days: Saturday 27 March - Saturday 03 April.
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The new take off at Peña Negra
Desde finales de junio está inaugurada la nueva pista en Peña Negra que ha aumentado mucho la seguridad de los pilotos. Está pendiente de rematar la superficie eliminando las piedras, echando tierra vegetal y sembrando hierba de monte para que... |
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The best flying week of my life
Towards the end of June was inaugurated the new take off at Peña Negra which has increased hugely the margins of safety for pilots flying there. The inclination needs some finishing and the surface cleared... |
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Andalucian and Basque league in Piedrahita
13th to 16th of August 2009-10-25
The south winds let only one task be flown on Friday
the 14th.
With NW wind at take off and a good Cu sky, it was thought that a classic task should be flown, the goals... |
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Piedrahíta Volar y Crecer
Talleres de teatro y creción de títeres gratuitos, todas las actividades son para todos los públicos. Las actividades se realizaran al aire libre... |
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Looking for Hangglider pilots to join us in Ager
At the end of August 2009, a group of eight British hang glider pilots
will be arriving at Ager for a week’s hang gliding. A retrieve service
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The Real Federación Aeronaútica Española (RFAE) cooperates with the OLC
The OLC team welcomes all glider pilots of the Real Federación Aeronaútica Española in our contest. Since
last week... |
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CORNEJAS MEETING
Last saturday August 8, the Club held a meeting in “La Ribera de Corneja” Rural Center at Navacepedilla de Corneja. Thirty members of the club met in order to handle in accounts and reports and discuss this... |
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Results of the Pre Europeans in Ager 11-18th
of July 2009-10-25
The FAI European Hangliding Championship of 2010 with be from the 10th to the 24th of... |
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IV Paragliding Festival
From July 23 until July 26 -coinciding with the 3rd Competition of the Portuguese League- it will be hold at Linhares da Beira (Portugal) the FAI International Open Category... |
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Come to the First Car Winch Meeting in Castelo Branco, Portugal
My friends: Past weekend Ricardo Costa and Pedro Sampaio have flown 205 and 113km from Castelo Branco taking off by our car winch system. Congratulations!!! |
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Improvements at take off
One of the priorities of the Corneja de Gredos Club is the improvent of the take off at Peña Negra. Erosion had effected considerably the gradient of the launch necessary for gaining correct and safe flying speed during our take offs. Obstacles such as the mountain broom and stones can cause collisions and turbulences near the ground with cause unnecessary risks... |
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OFFICIAL LANDING FIELD IN PIEDRAHITA FOR 2009
The town hall of Piedrahita has rented the landing field used for the events of 2008. This landing field will be used until the World Championships of 2011. |
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The FAI Paragliding World Championship for 2011 in Piedrahita
Steve Ham with a delegation from the Town hall of Piedrahita, the Provincial Government of Avila and Chris (Calvo) Burns presented a bid for the Worlds at the last CIVL Plenary meeting in Austria... |
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An infrastructure suitable for hang gliding and paragliding
The international flying club, La Corneja de Gredos produced a T-shit last year; orange with the logo of the club on the front and a demands for the improvement of launch The international flying club... |
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Piedrahita in the press due to the international events of 2008
During 2008 there were 2 international paragliding events (in 2007 there were 4), both of them in September... |
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Club web page
An ambitious plan underway
The international free flying Club LA CORNEJA DE GREDOS is working on this web page in conjunction with the publicity agency HELVETICA, specialists in developing web pages and graphic design... |
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Tandem record from Peña Negra
In September 2008 Steve Ham took a journalist from the Diario de Avila on a tandem flight with the intention of making some photographs over the city of Avila during the XC Open internacional competition which... |
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Congratulations!!!
We congratulate Jesús Berlanga, founding member of the Club La Corneja de Gredos, for his 19th place in the Hang Gliding Nationals in 2008. |
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The whole Swiss team, including Chrigel Maurer, wore their orange T-shirt to support us. |
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