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Sunday, June 08, 2008
X-Scotia 2008 Videos Part 3
Labels: 2008, event, May, paraglider, paragliding, paragliding event 2008 scotland, Scottish, videos, x-scotia
Sunday, May 11, 2008
X-Scotia Pack weights more information ...
Just a bit of fun but I took the previously posted data on X-Scotia pilots and their pack weights and generated this - interesting ?.

Labels: pack, paraglider, paragliding, scotland, weight, x-scotia
X-Scotia Winners..
Steve only just managed to get a flight in from the Tarmachan with what sounds like the very last chance before the weather closed in...
Paul it seems may have had the longest flight of the competition .. all to be confirmed with the GPS / picture data tomorrow...
Labels: 2008, competition, paraglider, paragliding, Paul Myerscough, SHPF, Steve Nash, winner, x-scotia
Saturday, May 10, 2008
X-Scotia 2008 Who is carrying how much --kg
Early this morning prior to race start there was a fun competition to find glider weights for the participating paragliding pilots to the X-Scotia event. Here are the results of the pilots who agreed to be weighed and in no particular order ...
All up weight Kg / Without Paraglider / Paraglider + kit weight Kg / Name
92.5 / 73.0 / 19.5 / Andy106.5 / 82.5 / 24.0 / Paddy
112.0 / 87.5 / 24.5 / Gordon
106.5 / 82.5 / 24.0 / Ian Wall
109.5 / 84.0 / 25.5 / Peter
115.0 / 91.5 / 23.5 / Dave Hutchinson,
94.0 / 77.0 / 17.0 / Dave Thomson
114.0 / 99.5 / 14.5 / Julian Robinson
80.0 / 63.0 / 17.0 / Scott
96.5 / 81.5 / 15.0 / Paul M
92.5 / 72.0 / 20.5 / Jitka
82.0 / 64.0 / 18.0 / Johann
109.5 / 87.0 / 22.5 / Crawford
114.0 / 91.5 / 22.5 / John - 5
89.0 / 78.5 / 10.5 / Steve Nash
109.5 / 89.5 / 20.0 / Adrian Smith
101.576.5 / 25.0 / Matt Church
83.5 / 63.5 / 20.0 / Helen
Labels: paraglider, scotland, weight, x-scotia