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Profile: Nora Martiny
My name is...
Nora Martiny.
I've been flying since...
2011 paraglider and since 2021 also fixed-wing aircraft.
For me, paragliding means...
My life. There's not a day when I don't think about flying. When I'm in the air, everything else is forgotten.
My favorite flying area is...
The Altmühltal.
My most beautiful flying moments/highlights were...
There are so many beautiful moments. The long long-haul flights are certainly part of it. For example, a good 100 that I flew in Thailand; my first routes in Nepal; but also soaring on the coast or an unexpected evening thermal with friends in the low sun in summer are wonderful experiences.
My personal greatest successes are...
Paragliding: Bavarian Champion 2014; 1. At the Mosel Open 2018 (then first flight with the UP Meru); and every beautiful cross-country flight where I land on the ground with a smile. Otherwise, certainly my successful retraining from paragliding directly to the Atos (fixed-wingkite) this year.
I fly UP paragliders because...
they have the best handling for me. The mixture of high stability, direct feedback, tight yet flat circles, great climbing – all this makes UP for me and that is what I expect from a paraglider.
Currently, the models I fly...
Meru for most things and the Trango X-Race for Hike and Fly.
What I particularly like about the glider is...
In the end, everything I have already said in general for the UP gliders. And that every flight with him makes me happy. For me the perfect track wing :-)
