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FREE FLIGHT 2003

At this year’s a Free Flight the weather was an absolute novelty …

Normally, the weather was stormy during this fair and there were snow flurries,
but this year there were three days of brilliant sunshine. On Friday, it was rather windy, but on Saturday and Sunday there were clusters of paragliders above Mount Wank and Mount Osterfelder. Quite a number of regulars at the fair had never seen them before …. ;o)

Mad Mike had a lot of fun during his daily helicopter jumps above the exhibition site. Mike usually hangs from the helicopter for his jumps, but he was not allowed to do this this time. So an assistant was in charge of the packsack inside the helicopter and Mike climbed out on to one of the skids before he did his backward jump. This was another special kick for Mike.

The glider opened without any troubles each time he jumped. Mike ignited a smoke cartridge and performed his AcroShow above the exhibition site. Because of favourable winds he was able to touch down in front of the spectators in the morning, but in the afternoon he landed flying backwards looking over his shoulder.

The Free Flight Film Award was an exiting attraction the second time running. Mike’s www.madmikekueng.com was awarded a special prize for “Best Promotion Site". Thanks and congratulations to our webmaster, Frank Arendt.

Three of Mike’s films were enrolled for the Free Flight Film Award. The jury and the public liked „Riding the Wind“ (camera Hans Bausenwein , cut Alex Kaiser) best. This film won first prize in both categories. „EXIT“ (camera und cut Alex Kaiser) won the award “Best Camera”. You can order the latest video clips in our shop. (Trailer)

The organisers of Free Flight 2003 were perfect again. Hats off to Christa Vogel, Thomas Neff, Skadi Neff and the whole Free Flight team.

Report about Free Flight on B-TV

Free Style Magazine on B-TV gave viewers a chance to watch 26 minutes of Free Flight. Günter Daubermann’s report about the exhibition was most informative, and he showed spectacular pictures of Mad Mike’s helicopter jumps. You didn’t catch it on TV? Never mind ! You can see the report on the Internet.

(streaming video / real-player format for ISDN and DSL)


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Many thanks to www.tv2001.de

Here you can find more reports, videos and photos:

www.dhv.de/deutsch/news/index.htm
www.gleitschirm-faq.de/News/FreeFlight2003
www.windclimber.de/news/030323_freeflight.htm