Excellent pilots who have extraordinary stories to tell - the NOVA Pilots Team includes some of the best paragliders in the world. By and by we would like to introduce them to you.

Some of the worlds best cross-country pilots are in the NOVA Pilots Team - along with people like you & me. Together we have collected the 30 most important tips for successful cross-country flying. Tip #13 is about having a very powerful supporter on your side.

Some of the worlds best cross-country pilots are in the NOVA Pilots Team - along with people like you & me. Together we have collected the 30 most important tips for successful cross-country flying. Tip #12 tells about deepening your meteorology knowledge.

“High five! It’s the weekend!”, writes Toni Edelmayr in an email in response to our question how his phenomenal 60 km flight in the Austrian Tennen Mountains came about. You can tell right away that he is someone who is enthusiastic about mountaineering and paragliding. In the subsequent conversation, this first impression is readily confirmed.

Some of the worlds best cross-country pilots are in the NOVA Pilots Team - along with people like you & me. Together we have collected the 30 most important tips for successful cross-country flying. Tip #10 is about how to successfully connect the "easy" parts along your flight route.

Some of the worlds best cross-country pilots are in the NOVA Pilots Team - along with people like you & me. Together we have collected the 30 most important tips for successful cross-country flying. Tip #10 in short says: Fly high before you fly fast.

Since 2013 there have been annual autumnal NOVA Hike & Fly Days - a relaxed, friendly three-day paragliding event. The brains behind the operation is NOVA team pilot Vera Polaschegg, who plans and organises the event. We asked Vera about this project, which is so close to her heart.

Some of the worlds best cross-country pilots are in the NOVA Pilots Team - along with people like you & me. Together we have collected the 30 most important tips for successful cross-country flying. Tip #9 is about feeling more like yea or nay.

Some of the worlds best cross-country pilots are in the NOVA Pilots Team - along with people like you & me. Together we have collected the 30 most important tips for successful cross-country flying. Tip #8 has the importance of drinking enough and the resulting body needs for a theme.

Some of the worlds best cross-country pilots are in the NOVA Pilots Team - along with people like you & me. Together we have collected the 30 most important tips for successful cross-country flying. Today we present to you tip #7, which is always good to remember.

Some of the worlds best cross-country pilots are in the NOVA Pilots Team - along with people like you & me. Together we have collected the 30 most important tips for successful cross-country flying. Tip #6 "Keep a log book – analyse your flights" is one you can start with right away.

After being approached by many top para-alpinists regarding our ultralight EN A wing DOUBLESKIN and the high-performance miniwing BANTAM (EN D), we decided to add a new sub-team to the existing NOVA Pilots Team (which is more focused on XC flying). We proudly present the NOVA Climb & Fly Team. 

Some of the worlds best cross-country pilots are in the NOVA Pilots Team - along with people like you & me. Together we have collected the 30 most important tips for successful cross-country flying. Tip #5 "Think positive!" explains, why your brain will always be your best flight computer.

Some of the worlds best cross-country pilots are in the NOVA Pilots Team - along with people like you & me. Together we have collected the 30 most important tips for successful cross-country flying. Tip #4 "Have more than a Plan B" comes with a tangible example: the Hochfelln triangle.

Some of the worlds best cross-country pilots are in the NOVA Pilots Team - along with people like you & me. Together we have collected the 30 most important tips for successful cross-country flying. Tip #3 "Be patient" is an especially good one. For paragliding and in general.

French pilot Alexis Richard recently decided to switch from the A-class to EN/LTF B. After a test flight with the ION 6 he landed with a bunch of amazing pictures, a big smile and the following statement: “She is magic!”. At this point, it was the right time for him to quit the A and go with the B.

Some of the worlds best cross-country pilots are in the NOVA Pilots Team - along with people like you & me. Together we have collected the 30 most important tips for successful cross-country flying. Tip #2 "Bombard other pilots with questions!" is even important in more than one way...

The ELOWIN, a battery operated electric towing winch, combines the mobility of classic winches with the excellent towing characteristics of electric winches and enables new towing concepts up to self towing.

Since years, Rolf von Arx is a very successful Swiss cross-country pilot within the B-class. Out of sheer curiosity, he tried our high-A wing AONIC – and was completely astonished. Rolf calls it “The AONIC experience”.

First choppy weather conditions, then restrictions on outdoor activities – this spring XC-pilots experienced a lot of spare time for planning their cross country flights while waiting for the flying season to start. Not to mention a healthy dose of anticipation. The patience now payed off though for Ukrainian pilot Bogdan Baziuk (50 yeard old /...

Bojan Gaberšek is a member of the Slovenian paragliding national team, world record holder – and he sent us a compliment on our DOUBLESKIN.

Regarding the corona virus crisis, which also affects all paragliders, we would like to inform you that NOVA is still at your service - even if only by e-mail, phone or social media.