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Niviuk Hook 6Niviuk · EN A · Local24 pilots
Ozone Rush 6Ozone · EN B · Local15 pilots
Gin Atlas 2Gin · EN B · Local15 pilots
Advance Alpha 7Advance · EN A · Local15 pilots
Nova Mentor 7Nova · EN B · XC13 pilots
Skywalk Mescal 6Skywalk · EN A · Local13 pilots
Ozone Delta 4Ozone · EN C · XC9 pilots
Advance Iota 3Advance · EN B · XC5 pilots
Ozone Zeno 2Ozone · EN D · XC4 pilots
Ozone Alpina 4Ozone · EN C · XC4 pilotsThe community in numbers
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Coming up on 340 hours on the Mentor 7 and it is the reason I fly the distances I do. The glide is genuinely class-leading for a B and it keeps hunting lift when wings around me give up and sink out. It asks for an active pilot in the rough stuff and it will talk to you constantly, but everything it tells you is useful and it pays back every bit of attention. Not a first B, but if you want to commit to real cross-country on a wing that still has a B's recovery, nothing in the class touches it.
Sebastian
340h on it · Nova Mentor 7
Close to 280 hours on Klimber 3s flying the high launches around here. It is featherlight on your back for the walk up and a beautiful climber in thin alpine air, it will core a weak morning thermal that a heavier wing falls out of. But make no mistake, it is a D, you fly it actively every single second and it is unforgiving of a passenger. I fly it because I trust my hands on it, not because I would ever teach on it. Right pilot, no finer hike-and-fly wing. Wrong pilot, stay well away.
Beni Kälin
280h on it · Niviuk Klimber 3
Three full seasons and about 210 hours on the Atlas 2, and I am still not reaching for anything else. It is honest in the bumps, gives just enough feedback to teach you what the air is doing without ever turning twitchy, and it tidies itself the moment you get behind it. I have run 20 km out the front and sledged it in the evening glass-off, and it is happy doing both. If you are leaving an A and nervous about the jump, this is the one, it flatters you on the calm days and quietly looks after you on the rowdy ones.
Karin
210h on it · Gin Atlas 2
Around 190 hours on Hook 6s across the school fleet, and it is what I put every course pilot on. It rewards a clean launch and forgives a messy one, sits rock-solid through the first thermals a new pilot ever feels, and tidies itself up if they freeze. The performance is better than an A has any right to be, so pilots stay on it long enough to actually consolidate before they move up. The wing I trust with people on their first hundred flights.
Patrik
190h on it · Niviuk Hook 6