Sun Sea and Paramotoring!

Sunday the sea and then some flying with t'shirt
and shorts ....goes together well i think

We dont like going on endlessly about gear,
we like to fly more! but we do like Pap Paramotors
this is the Ross 100 :1400: smooth ,smooth,
power and control!

This isn't our van but it would be nice
if it was!

Instability

As paragliding pilots we love instability , that's
basically when the atmosphere is active and the
thermals we love to ride are produced, all this
is to a point! but with our wings we have to know
our limits, today a little too active for us , this
beautiful cumulus growing and growing above
Cortijo Al Viento this afternoon

Que Sorpresa! Mariné

high quality aerial photos, Almeria and beyond!

So! you have your spanish casa , villa or cortijo, its all looking
great! But how do you convey the extent of your new empire
to your friends and family back home?
Simple! give us a call and we will take stunning high quality
aerial photos of your place in Spain and present you with a framed
image, photos on a CD - even greeting cards are available.


These three images are of a recent commision
in Los Limoneros, but hey we fly, we can go (almost)
anywhere!

Get two other neighbours interested as well and you
can recieve a mounted print for as little as €60.
Forget Google Earth these images are high resoulution
unique photos that we can enlarge up to
A1 size if you like and even print them on to canvas.
But make sure you take your washing in first!

pajero con botas

Hoy, volando encima El Santuario del Saliente, dia del virgen 2007

Dia de virgin de saliente 2007

El santuario de saliente con la vista de
Sierra Maria detras

El camino sube por los peregrinos !

El Santuario con los primeros rayos de sol

peter and eileen

Peters flying , eileen's filming! we
hope peter was waving on the flypast
and not just too nervous
to let go!

oh larry how we flew that day!

Sunday at Saliente

Sunday was different! chechu, antonio, juan
and juaquin took off mid day . antonio and juan
landed in Oria and chechu flew on to make 30km
after getting over 800m above saliente.
Early eve they were back flying in smooth
restitution lift this is the view from the terrace of
the resturant at saliente, where we were sipping
a cool beer after flying larry


chechu big ear-ing in to land on the plaza



larry demonstrating how to run
with commitment! Woah !!! larry
we're not quite ready to fly yet

parawaiting

Sept 1st our flying fiesta ! the forcast was
levante (easterly winds) normaly not a problem
here in Saliente when we get alot of thermal heating
in the valley, but couple this with cloud cover
and you get alot of pilots waiting at takeoff until
a thunderstorm cloud started developing
behind takeoff and we all went for a beer instead!
4 of us flew earlier on in the day for well over an hour
having great flights but sods law when
everyone turned up to fly or watch it was pretty
much un flyable.What a difference a day makes!
sunday however was a different story!

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

aerial photo of the day!

landform seen near taberno :almeria

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

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

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 !!!

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 !!

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

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

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lorca's drawing

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

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