SIV / ACRO 2018 : To be living in a country home in a tiny hamlet atop a hill, 5 minutes walk from the Take Off & doing all kinds of gymnastics with your Glider is a heady mix of a very peaceful & a very high adrenaline holiday. SIV Courses as I have always […]
Bir/Billing Tour 2018 – Come October and it’s a festival of colours in the skies in Bir as hundreds of pilots from all over the world come to fly the Dhauladhar Ranges of the mighty Himalayas. TP has been getting student pilots to Bir for over a decade now and it’s always a pleasure & […]
The 2018 Asian Games was one of its kind as it was first time that this multi-sports extravaganza was split between two locations: the Indonesian capital, Jakarta and the South Sumatran capital, Palembang. In a game of many ‘firsts’, the headlines was snatched by Paragliding, which made it’s debut in Asiad for the first time since 1951. For the […]
SUPER TOUR BALI BLISS 2018 was all it promised & more – Tons of Flying, Pure joy, fun & laughter. TP Squadron in full force & numbers that exceeded our expectations. Our Stats this year – Total Tandem flights : 38 Total Tandem flying hrs : 13 hrs. Total solo flights : 193 Total solo flying […]
Interlaken is surrounded by some of the highest peaks in Europe – Jungfrau (4158mts), Monch (4107mts), Eiger (3970mts), Schreckhorn (4078mts) & Breithorn (3782mts). Some of the most popular sites are around Interlaken. The twin lakes of Thun & Brienz with their emerald blue waters are a sight to behold from the skies. Inflight Experience : Beautiful […]
It’s fascinating to look back at life & choose 10 songs that mark or highlight different aspects of your life as you grew into today.Thanks Nathalie Archer for interviewing me on your UK Radio program Apocalyose Nathshttps://apocalypsenathspodcast.com/LISTEN TO THE INTERVIEW HERE : Avi Malik is Nathalie’s survivor on Apocalypse Naths. Avi is together with his wife Anita […]
Day 2 & 3 – High Octane, High Adrenaline, Full Action & Drama. We did over 30 Full Stalls on day two, all with good exits & recovery save one splash in the lake. Shantanu just didn’t want to go into the water & he happened to be the first one. He didn’t deploy the Reserve either […]
Advance Safety & Skills Clinic : SIV Course, Bilaspur, Himachal Pradesh. DAY 1 – We started with Pitch Oscillations, Asymmetric Deflations & turns, Symmetric Collapses, B- Line Stalls, Progressive Spirals & Exits, Wing Overs & Rear riser landings. Big day as most pilots got three flights each on the first day. To learn to check […]
A beautiful day in the sky – On the main spine the cloud tops were reaching upto 3200 but in the back mountains I could reach 4000+ meters & more was possible. Fun flying with Jets & Sach and the Himalayan Griffin Vultures. Once I was with five in the back mountains, beautifully carving the […]
Season warm up for Sachin, Jitendra & Avi. It’s always beautiful in the mountains & it’s always a joy to be in the sky. We couldn’t be happier.. The Forecast & the Flying – High pressure in the mountains & Low pressure in the flats. Meteo forecast said no cloud development but there was plenty after 12 pm. Thermal […]
