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Carlos Bravo is a gliding enthusiastic. Usual co-operator of the 'Avion Revue' magazine, he is an excellent communicator, whose passion is to transmit through the flying instruction, the experience he accumulates in its numerous flying hours and participation in regoinal and nacional championships.

In this, his second book, he approaches us to the world of towing. The reader will find numerous practical advices in the handling of airplanes with tail skid, as well as in the tow of gliders.

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CONDOR. The Competition Soaring Simulator

So, why don't you bring the flying field home? It's not a joke because the realism of this simulator is incredible. National Teams, as the French one, already uses it to have a first approach to the zone of championship in their training program. Condor is focused exclusively as a soaring simulator, reproducing with amazing detail and realism all the phases in the flight: tow airplane, winch, transitions with McCready, thermal, ridge , wave, approach, landing.... everything, absolutely everything.

But Condor is more than a simulator, it is a community of friends. A community where you will find diverse sceneries to download (Pyrenees, Alps, Rieti, etc), several languages (English, French, Spanish in progress), but mainly you will find pilots (up to 30 pilots flying simultaneously), leagues in different sceneries, championships, experiences, etc.

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2009 GLIDING CALENDAR ...GREAT !!!

Now available the just released 2009 Gliding Calendar with the most beautiful soaring images you had ever dreamed of. Even a quick look will leave you in ecstasy....

New Releases in Gliding Bookshop !!!

There is nothing like the mountain flight, and that is all about « Le Vol en Montagne eXpliqué au pilote ». The author covers in six chapters and several annexes the overflight of peaks, landing in mountain, col passage, etc. It is not a book focused to the motorless flight, but it will be extraordinarily useful for our activity in the mountains.

Newly arrived... The last edition of the mythical French Blue Book « Manuel du Pilote - Vol à Voile, 8ème édition » is already with us. This manual is world-wide well-known, so it is almost not necessary to say that it is one of the most sold guides in the market for soaring instruction. The French system of instruction is envied for being extremely progressive and structured; and this book is a faithful reflection of it.

For many months sold out, it is again available « La Météo du Vol à Voile et du Vol Libre ». Published in September 2007, the book gives an absolutely practical approach to meteo matters. The interpretation of soundings, satellite images and internet collected data will not be a secret for us. In order to identify the atmospheric situations that are exposed, the author uses real cases (soundings, meteosat, etc) that perfectly illustrate the knowledge that must be acquired to forecast flying conditions. Really a very remarkable book.

Glider Scale Models ...

Another recent element is the scale models of gliders we are trying to gather for you. Some are of special historical interest as they have flown in our country; like the Baby, Foka, Blanik, etc. and others are simply spectacular like the ASK-21 and the LS-8a, both with more than 50 cm. span.