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    Three-liner | 33 cells | 4.42 aspect ratio | weight 4.70 kg - size S | EN/LTF A

    PRION 5 – Fly safely

    The PRION 5 combines the globally tried and tested strengths of its predecessors - simple launch characteristics and good-natured handling - with improved roll damping and a new design. It can also boast of two innovations: the redesigned, even more comfortable NOVA Adjustable Handles and a colour gradient on the brake line that helps to correctly dose the brake travel.

    Certification: Three-liner | 33 cells | 4.42 aspect ratio | weight 4.70 kg - size S | EN/LTF A


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  • AONIC

    Three-liner | 49 cells | 5.17 aspect ratio | Weight 4.75 kg - Size S

    AONIC - Take your skills to “A” higher level

    The high-end EN A paraglider AONIC impresses with sportiness and performance, which is not usually found with EN A gliders - and is nevertheless suitable for instruction due to its high level of safety.

    Certification: EN/LTF A


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  • ION 6

    Three-liner | 51 cells | aspect ratio 5.19 | weight 4.7kg - size S

    ION 6 – Adventure awaits

    The fundamentally redesigned ION 6 (EN/LTF B) is the next generation of the popular ION series. The result: high passive safety, particularly precise handling and maximum performance to achieve personal XC goals.

    Certification: EN/LTF B


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  • ION 6 light

    Three-liner | cells: 51 cells | aspect ratio: 5.19 | weight: 3.9 kg - size S

    ION 6 Light – Always up for flying

    Now the only reason not to fly is the weather, because the ION 6 Light (EN/LTF B) is infinitely versatile. Whether you plan to hike & fly, local soaring or even an ambitious cross-country flight - as soon as the sun shines, this paraglider puts you right at the front and top. A high degree of passive safety comes as standard.

    Certification: EN/LTF B


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  • MENTOR 6

    High-Tech for the EN B Class

    MENTOR 6 - Extend your Range

    For many years the MENTOR series has been synonymous with top performance in the EN B class. The MENTOR 6 continues this tradition, complementing the strengths of its predecessors with innovations that enhance its performance even more. Broaden your horizons with the master in its class.

    Certification: EN/LTF B


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  • MENTOR 7 Light

    2.5-liner | 66 cells | Aspect ratio: 5.5 | Weight: 4.15 kg - size S

    MENTOR 7 Light – Hybrid 2.5-liner

    The MENTOR 7 Light is characterised by its completely new design as a "hybrid 2.5-liner" and carries the genes of the XENON. Thanks to the drastically increased performance, its cross-country potential sets new standards in the EN B class. With its intelligent lightweight design, we are meeting the great demand for light, durable XC gliders.

    Certification: EN/LTF B


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  • PHANTOM

    Top-end performance with low-end B pilot demand

    PHANTOM – a new era in paragliding

    The PHANTOM offers the safety of a basic intermediate with the performance of a top-end wing. This has been made possible through probably the most complex construction ever used in a serial-production wing.

    Certification: EN/LTF B


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  • SECTOR

    Certification: EN/LTF C

    SECTOR – For Your Perfect Day

    The SECTOR is a performance XC wing with comparatively low aspect ratio, with substantial, totally usable performance and excellent handling. Like the MENTOR in the standard class, the SECTOR is the mile-eater of the sports class.

    SECTOR - for your perfect XC day!

    Certification: Certification: EN/LTF C


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  • XENON

    Two-liner | cells: 65 | aspect ratio: 6.7 | weight: 3.15 kg - size 17 | EN/LTF D

    XENON – Pure racing spirit

    The XENON (EN/LTF D) is an ultralight two-liner for experienced pilots. Excellent glide performance, simple handling and a high degree of stability guarantee extensive XC miles without the risk of fatigue.

    Certification: Two-liner | cells: 65 | aspect ratio: 6.7 | weight: 3.15 kg - size 17 | EN/LTF D


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  • BANTAM

    Three-Liner | Cells: 33 | Aspect Ratio: 4.4 | Weight: 1.65 kg - Size 12

    BANTAM - Made for para-mountaineers.

    Small, compact, dynamic - the BANTAM is the perfect miniwing for all mountaineers who prefer a flight with plenty of speed to a descent on foot. Only 1.65 kg (size 12) makes the BANTAM the lightest certified non-single-surface wing on the market (as of October 2019).

    Certification: EN/LTF D


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  • DOUBLESKIN

    Three-Liner | Cells: 33 | Aspect Ratio: 4.4 | Weight: 2.1 kg - Size 17

    DOUBLESKIN - Minimalist hike & fly

    The DOUBLESKIN is the lightest paraglider in the world* with top and under surface (2.1 kg / size 17). It has a very small pack size and is a delight in the air thanks to better aerodynamics compared to a single-surface wing. With the DOUBLESKIN walking up is as enjoyable as flying and landing!

    (*by same flat surface area, with EN-certification, with the Ultralight Riser and without taking single-skin wings into account. As: 06/19)

    Certification: EN/LTF A


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  • BION 2

    Share the most beautiful moments

    BION 2 - flexibility and comfort

    Like its predecessor, the BION 2 excites professional tandem pilots as well as enthusiastic recreational pilots who want to share their most beautiful moments. Take off, enjoy, land safely: the BION 2 is a reliable partner which takes its responsibility seriously.  With maximum performance, it will never let you or your passenger down.

    Certification: EN/LTF B


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新闻&故事

Review of the German Flatlands Team Season 2021

Flying high above flat land

The German NOVA Flatlands Team has been around for a while now. Between Hamburg and the Bavarian Forest, the Black Forest and Altes Lager in eastern Germany, the pilots try to munch as many miles as they can, cruising over really flat land and the lower mountain ranges. Team Captain Thoralf Hase reviews the past season:

Not one, but two flatlanders were awarded "Pilots of the Year" by NOVA for the 2021 season. Congratulations to Andreas (Andi) Ziegler and Markus Kaup. Andi splits his paragliding life between the Black Forest at home and Brazil. Here, as well as there, he always achieves extraordinary flights. In Andi's case, becoming a Pilot of Year was mainly for his flying performance, especially his beautiful flights in Brazil in the winter of 2020/21. He also managed several extraordinary flights at home (especially from the Heue, a launch site in the Black Forest). With 144 hours, the SECTOR pilot recorded the most airtime in the flatland team.

Markus Kaup from Münster was not only honoured for his great flights, but also for his social media engagement. He lovingly maintains his own YouTube channel and his clips can often be found on the NOVA YouTube channel. Absolute highlights are his lecture on cross-country flying in the flatands as part of the online lecture series NOVA Insights (in German). On his SECTOR, he was also convincing in terms of flying: after 2020, he won the Varuscup again in 2021.

Equally successful was the other Flatland Marcus on, the one spelt with "c": Marcus Hartmann from the Rhön. Actually, you can call him “Mr. Efficiency”. Like so many of us, he doesn't get to fly as often as he would like to, but when he does, he does it with maximum success, achieving outstanding flights! He was able to win the XC-CUP in the Sport Class with his MENTOR 6 (EN B) as well as the Hessencup.

Johannes Jakobi is another example for efficiency (as always in the last years). With an average of 4.5 hours of airtime per flight and six flights over six hours, the Swabian was able to win the Albcup. Besides the MENTOR 6 pilot shot up to ninth place: 9th in German XC League in the Standard Class, 9th in the German Cup as well as 11th in the German Flatland ranking – always with an EN-B glider.

Stefan Weber from Regensburg came in 8th in the Sport Class in the East Bavaria Cup with his MENTOR 6. For his "neighbour" Rupert Kellnhofer from the Bavarian Forest, 2021 didn't go so well in terms of health and he didn't get to fly as much as he would have liked. But “Rupp” did a good job flying his SECTOR: 9th place in the Sport Class in the Bayerwald Cup.

Surely everyone has experienced their own emotional highlights during flights that don't appear in any of the rankings. For myself, there was one such flight in autumn. At the end of September, I first scratched along the slope in Laucha for about three hours. Then all of a sudden, thermals set up and quite unexpectedly I completed a very nice cross-country flight of a good 70 km. Those are the moments you will always remember.

Finally, I think the voluntary work done in the clubs is very important. In this respect I am really proud of "my" flatlanders! Some people, especially Ralf Böhm from the Mosel area, put a lot of time into it – quite often at the expense of their own enjoyment. Thank you for that on behalf of the entire paragliding community.

In 2022, if possible, we will hold another flatland team meeting. Let's see how the whole Covid mess develops and hope for the very best. Anyway, I'm already looking forward to the new season - and for now I've “disappeared” to Lanzarote.

Wishing everybody great flights and always happy landings,

Thoralf Hase

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