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Martin Kroke

News:

  • new accomodation offer: Appartement in Tallard
  • photo-projekt: the little bit different gliding-photo ... we did a lot of nice ones during season 2011
  • Arcus E at Gap-Tallard: for charter and mountain-gliding familiarization: www.antares-charter.de
  • DG 800 B for charter at Gap-Tallard via www.frankundwaldenberger.de
  •  If you think about an own accommodation in Gap-Tallard: procurement of sale/parking sites of mobilhomes
  • Photo on the right: C-D Zink 
  • If you have Google-Earth you will find here the  airfield of Gap

 

Newsletter 2 – December 2011

 

Nice Appartement in the center of Tallard (2km close to the airfield):

Completely equipped kitchen together with living room, two bath room, two sleeping room (parents/children), big terrasse.

Price:

- 500 €/week main season

- 350 €/week off season

- 140 € cleaning

 

 

 

 Nice new photos during season 2011: the little bit different gliding-photo! With Michel Lebleux, retreated professional photographer of "Le Figaro", we had a lot of fun with creating new themes of gliding-photos - for smiling and to surprize and with a human touch! Michel is very passioned - he now is making more photos than during his professional life ... you can expect some nice ones! We will continue the project this season and will publish them in a calender or book! 

 

 

Season 2012:

Charter Arcus E in Gap-Tallard: more details on www.antares-charter.de

Prices: 280 €/day; 48 €/hour

Mountain-gliding familiarization with ARCUS E: Certainly we can use the Arcus E also for basic technique training for save mountain glider flights! Prices above plus flight instructor fee: 28 €/hour

 

 

DG 800 B at Gap-Tallard!

The german glider maintainance workshop "Frank und Waldenberger" www.frankundwaldenberger.de offers a DG 800 B for charter based at Gap-Tallard from the beginning of April 2011!

Prices: 175 €/day; from 7th day 155 €/day ; 1085 €/week; all prices include motor running; the pilot pays fuel/oil

Briefing in Gap: Alpine Gliding Services Martin Kroke - Gap Tallard

Photo: Claus-Dieter Zink

 

 

 

Your own homely accomodation close (approx. 5km) to airfield of Gap-Tallard? For all pilots coming to fly to south France regularly I arrange buying mobilehomes (size: 30 to 40 m2) inclusive yearly rented/own parking sites

If you are interested please send me an e-mail for more details: mail@martinkroke-gaptallard.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wingsuit versus Glider

click on "wingsuit vs glider" on top of the page

„Wingsuit versus Glider“ or the game with the performance

Sponsors: Red Bull, Salomon

Pilot Wingsuit: Loic Jean-Albert; www.flyyourbody.com

Flying together Wingsuit – Salto! We spend one week to try what is possible in the air and to get a maximum of nice images for Red Bull and Salomon. The project is located at Gap-Tallard with nice meteorological conditions and very good service for skydivers and glider pilots. The idea was born regarding wingsuit-flights, I mean really “flights”. If you see those flights from the ground, you can see a gliding-angel, performance 2,5!

So is it possible to fly together with this simple human glider and a real glider?!

        

First experiments have already been done in summer of 2005. Martin Kroke takes off with his Salto by air-tow  and climbs to the maximum altitude in  thermals. Loic Jean-Albert jumps out of the Pilatus Porter after taking position about 200 meters vertically over the Salto. Loic tries to come close to the glider witch fly with airbrakes and a small speed break parachute (drop). First experiences shows that the size of the small parachute is the most important. The first used drop is too small, the glider accelerates too much with the same descending angle as the wingsuit; the original parachute from the salto works also bad: he turns too much with the higher speed.

More experiments have been done one year later with better conditions: Loic got money from his sponsor Red Bull. We towed the Salto up to 4000 meters over the ground and Loic jumps out of the Pilatus like usual so we have more time to fly together. With the experience of last year we found the right size of the parachute soon. Flying together works very well now and Loic can play with his position to the glider like you can see in the video.