Norwegian Hanggliding

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The Sunday before last we did some aerotowing from Trøgstad south-east of Oslo, good conditions but it’s clear that fall is here. The cludbase was at 1450 meters, and climbs were slow and quite far apart. I flew around the area using the cloudsuck, between the good glouds there was only sink. It was nice [...]

We are planning a beginner course in hanggliding in Oslo this fall, if you are interested, or know someone who is, please contact me by email for more information. oyvind@ellefsen.net
We will arrange a introduction day to try it out before the course starts.

It’s not been much flying lately, I’ve had a few nice flights from Brandbukampen north of Oslo. We have gone after work, and it’s been too late for really good conditions, but it’s been ridge soaring and weak thermals. The weather have been unstable, and it’s been good XC conditions some of the days I [...]

Last weekend we flew the Milslukern XC comp. The weather vas not the best, with overdevelopment and grey sky on Saturday, cancelled on Sunday. Frode Halse won by flying his Paraglider! 24 km to Garmo. Trond Olsen flew to Dombås and came second. Tor Erik Moen and Erik Bergseter on a split third. I rained [...]