gecko fly parapente

'cling cling like a lizard to the ceiling
stick close to the side of heaven'
maori kite song

viernes, 31 de agosto de 2007

madroño sitio nuevo... casi!!


take off? could be lovely with a bit of cleaning!


finding a new site is not easy however we have a good
feeling about this one ! madroño
juan medico volunteers as wind dummy, or test pilot



looking sw ...

although the wind was a bit crossed
from the east
(its going to work best with a southerly
wind or pure thermal flying )
as you can see its definatly flyable
we have a soarable ridge no cables potentially
good take off, track almost to the top, and
large landing area....what else could we wish for ?


madroño

well we need permission ! for one, from the owner
who lives in Jaen, to clear the take off area
and more permission from the owner of the landing field
fingers crossed we can sort this out!


nice landing area!

we are always looking for new sites but this one
could be very special, suitable for all levels of pilots
including tandem flights
and not a electric cable in sight. Everytime I have been
up there I have seen vultures or imperial eagles, juan spotted
a eagle owl so we are in good company!
will keep you posted

lunes, 27 de agosto de 2007

aerial photo of the day!


landform seen near taberno :almeria

domingo, 26 de agosto de 2007

gecko fly parapente hits the front pages!


gecko fly aerial image of mojacar on
front cover of new online magazine
www.mojacarmagazine.com





last weeks costa almeria news; saw us on the front page
and an article on page 5

sábado, 25 de agosto de 2007

Paragliding Party!


Una fiesta mas!!
back by popular demand another chance to
chill out on the terrace , watch some excellent
flying all to specially selected 'flying tunes' d.jayed
by de bumble , eat drink, dance and marvel.
Bring your camera !
Sat ; Sept 1st 5pm onwards

miércoles, 22 de agosto de 2007

tandems cancelled !


Hugh instability, cumulus congestus, not to mention
cumulonimbus, mammus , rain and thunder, all conspired
against us today so we had to cancel the 3 tandem flights
we had booked today , we dont take risks with your safety
we will only fly when we are 100% sure of the conditions .
Great day for cloud watching instead : check out
http://www.cloudappreciationsociety.org/
above photo is not of today but this is what saliente
looks like from cortijo al viento (our home) when the clouds come down !!!

domingo, 19 de agosto de 2007

jay's tandem ride


Jay's a snowboarder, here he is going up not down! we think he liked his ride , and as a in-flight cameraman on his first flight he did well! lookforward to flying with you again j. and we will get kevin spain in to air soon !!

domingo, 12 de agosto de 2007

some of the local pilots we fly with


antonio flying his new gin rebel

chechu taking off on his niviuk icepeak

juanco on his niviuk artik

juaquin and his niviuk hook

juan medico with his axis pluto

martes, 7 de agosto de 2007

tandem flights - vuelos bi plaza


Experience the thrill of free flight! Vive la emocion del vuelo libre!

We fly from the Sierra de las Estancias, Los Filabres and other sites around southern spain.


Realizamos vuelos principalmente en, Sierra de las Estancias y Los Filabres, aunque estamos abiertos a otras posibilidades

para mas informacion contacte con nosotros: / more information


635243539 o 680358549


domingo, 5 de agosto de 2007

lorca's drawing


This is a drawing of someone paragliding
with a rat crawling up their leg !
lorca

jueves, 2 de agosto de 2007

learn to fly paramotor in spain

still a few places left on the paramotoring course this autumn- suitable for beginners and people with some paragliding experience - email us for more details geckofly1@hotmail.com

miércoles, 1 de agosto de 2007

paramotoring flight to los velez


crossing the pass of the sierra de las estancias
to enter the los velez valley looking ssw

church and town hall of velez rubio

velez blanco with its castle

i love these lines !

sheep and goats of bancalejo


Too much instability forcast for later on today so
no tandem work , getting in to the air for 7.45 am for a
nice smooth flight in to the valley of los velez, this high
pressure has given us a lot of haze, not brilliant for aerial shots
but got a few nice images on the way .

martes, 31 de julio de 2007

gecko fly merchandising


wow! gecko fly have their own t shirts
modeled here by the lovely trudy.
We also have ones for chicos as well as
chicas in different colours and stylies

kath catches a ride!


kath catches the saliente fly site 'house' thermal

this one was a nice 4m/s which took us all the way

up to the inversion at 1550M

edwin vuela!


Edwin antes su vuelo, despues tenia una sonrisa mas grande!

vuelos bi plazas / tandems Liz and Sandy



Liz and Sandy(from Scotland) both flew with Gecko Fly at the weekend, a bit heavier for having lunch at the Restaurant in the Santuario first!
Both fliers (sail planes) themselves they enjoyed the experience of paragliding with nothing between them and the air but a few strings and a bag of washing!
Sandy, apparently not normally given to over enthusiasms was heard to say "very good" when asked about his flight!
You can see more photos of A Fine Day Out at http://www.mossl.com/mossl/Spain/Saliente/saliente.htm#

viernes, 27 de julio de 2007

mucho volando


Its been a busy week for Gecko Fly - latest passengers to
fly Saliente were Luke, Nicky and Lynne (well, almost!).

Hopefully Lynne will be back for more soon and actually
get to fly next time!

Luke and Nicky, dont forget to send us some photos
of you both actually in the air -
we dont seem to have any!

tandem / vuelo biplaza con Kath

Kath missed out on her flight last week when her 72 year old father got priority but second time lucky this week she made it up to the take off again along with family friends and cold beers (salud!) Kath had a fab flight, spotted Dolly and landed light as a feather!

Holly, Daisy and friends!

lunes, 23 de julio de 2007

Alcala la Real (gecko goes bop!)


Off we went to Etnosur festival at Alcala la Real
in Jaen
for a dance, culture and some good tunes
mojitos from cane juice
and very little sleep
fab music especially Gocoo and GoRo y
Son de la frontera check it out!

http://www.etnosur.com/
above photo is of the fortaleza and
church in Alcala la Real. lovely smooth
flight above the town and then not
so nice landing in rotory air !

happy birthday alan!


Alan celebrated his 72 nd birthday by tandem flying with Gecko Fly Parapente - Alan has done over 20 parachute jumps so the take-off at Saliente held no fears for him!



And thanks to Alan's grandchildren, Daisy, Hollyand friends who volunteered their services building the wall!


viernes, 20 de julio de 2007


aerial shot of the Sierra las Estancias
1500M
our take off is just right of the centre
The Sierra maria 's are just visable through
the pass at 2020M high
 
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