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« Manuel du Pilote Vol à Voile »

In this occasion we offer the famous French Blue Book, very extended in France for Gliding initation. The French training has got a deserved reputation of methodical and well structured, being the great responsible this book, developed by three instructors of the SFACT ( Aeronautical Formation Service and Technical Control) Gabriel Chenevoy, Robert Prat and Jean-Michel Thellier under the supervision of René Hersen.

Presented in a blue cover together with a small Book of Progression, this manual is really attractive by the number of colorfull illustrations that help to assimilate all the offered information, organized and displayed in a really pedagogical way.

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New Releases in Giding Bookshop !!!

If you had the chance to fly a Duo Discus... I bet you fell in love with this beautiful glider. Revell gives us the opportunity to bring one of them at home, yet, at a 1:32 scale but with all kind of details. The model is based on the Duo Discus X and offers a choice between 2 different wing tips: winglets or extensions. The cabin is completely realistic and the glider once mounted has a wingspan of 62 cm. It's fantastic!

Bernard Eckey has taken notice of all the suggestions received after the publication of the first edition of his book and now presents Advanced Soaring Made Easy 2nd Edition. New chapters and high-quality photographs are added in this 2nd edition, so widely revised and expanded (it has twice as many pages as its predecessor), that it is practically a new book; where subjects such as mental preparation, flight analysis, competition, mountain wave flying, etc are deeply developed. If you liked the first edition, do not miss the reading of this new book!

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.

Save time and shipping cost with the Condor download version

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.