{"id":28385,"date":"2017-09-18T12:09:08","date_gmt":"2017-09-18T09:09:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paragliding.olympicwings.com\/?page_id=28385"},"modified":"2018-11-10T21:58:16","modified_gmt":"2018-11-10T18:58:16","slug":"2018-xc-seminar-with-michael-nesler","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/paragliding.olympicwings.com\/de\/2026-2\/events-2014-2022\/past-events-2018\/2018-xc-seminar-with-michael-nesler\/","title":{"rendered":"XC Seminar with Michael Nesler"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Long Distance Flying ..<\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">The ultimate Endeavor of the modern Pilot\u00a0<\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">02.06 \u00a0to \u00a009.06.2018 \u00a0 Mount Olympus \u00a0 Greece<br \/>\n Cross Country <span style=\"color: #003333;\">XC<\/span>\u00a0seminar for paragliding pilots\u00a0<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">with <span style=\"color: #003333;\">Michael Nesler &amp; Gudrun Oechsl<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-align: center;\">This XC seminar aims to allow the\u00a0<\/span><strong style=\"text-align: center;\">progression of paragliding pilots to perform better at long distance flying<\/strong><span style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"text-align: center;\">by receiving up-to-date knowledge and usefull guidance.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5>XC seminar topics: ngg_shortcode_0_placeholder\u00a0<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>Tips to help you climb fast and efficiently<\/li>\n<li>Tips &amp; guidance for take off techniques with stronger wind<\/li>\n<li>The importance of preparing your gear &amp; how to adjust your harness correctly<\/li>\n<li>Insights into paragliding design &#8211; What does the modern design features mean to the XC pilot<\/li>\n<li>In-depth guides to flying the flatlands and mountains<\/li>\n<li>Skills and tactics to help you fly bigger cross country distances<\/li>\n<li>Advice to keep you safe while flying near clouds and terrain<\/li>\n<li>Straight-forward illustrations to help you maximize flying conditions<\/li>\n<li>Simple explanations of diverse wind and thermal flow patterns and structures<\/li>\n<li>Psychological techniques to help you perform at your best<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5>Program:<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>Introduction and establishment of pilot levels<\/li>\n<li>Review of pilot equipment<\/li>\n<li>Area briefing and weather<\/li>\n<li>Daily tasks and group flights with radio<\/li>\n<li>Daily debrief on individual and group basis<\/li>\n<li>Final assessment and summary<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5>about Michael Nesler &amp; Gudrun Oechsl:<\/h5>\n<p><strong>ngg_shortcode_1_placeholder<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Michael Nesler, <\/strong>born in Italy, a\u00a0<strong>paragliding instructor since 1987<\/strong> further an <strong>SIV<\/strong> instructor, a well known<strong> acrobatics pilot<\/strong> and also a <strong>pioneer glider designer<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Designer for : AFM, Bicla, Edel, Eiffel, Freestyle, Icaro, Independence, Firebird, Fun-Air, Kimfly, Perch\u00e9, Profly, Wings of Change and more.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Till this day he passed over 250 homologation tests successfully, designed and tested by himself over 1000 glider prototypes!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gudrun Oechsl<\/strong> is a <strong>paragliding and SIV instructor<\/strong>, test- and <strong>approval pilot for DHV the german paragliding authority<\/strong>, photographer, author and marketing specialist.<\/p>\n<p>Michael and Gudrun are active members of the PROFLY &#8211; <strong>Professional Flying Team<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; with Michael as the founder of this venture in 2002. Together with a team of very capable instructors they offer exclusive and individual permormance flying camps and safety trainings for advanced pilots.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>ngg_shortcode_2_placeholder<\/strong>They have published significant\u00a0<strong>books on paragliding<\/strong> as well as several articles in the international paragliding press.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Most important<\/strong> Michael is a gifted computer programmer who has custom written and developed 3-D modeling and manufacturing software for flexible membrane structures, such as paragliders and parachutes. He has designed ram air inflated wings ranging <strong>from student canopies to award-winning competition paragliders<\/strong>, and holds several patents of ram-air wings.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A <strong>great contribution to paragliding<\/strong> among his achievements <strong>is the computer program he developed specifically for paraglider design<\/strong>. It was initially created in 1986 on an IBM 8086 and had been continuously developed since then. It is the most used computer program for paraglider design, available now for Silicon Graphics platforms and for balloon and foil-kite development. <br \/>\n <strong>Some of the companies known to be using this software are: Area, Swing, Madreiter, SOL, Edel, UP Europe, AFM, Paratech, Independence, Perche, and Atair Aerodynamics<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\n ngg_shortcode_3_placeholderngg_shortcode_4_placeholder<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>We are excited to see them in Greece, at Mount Olympus, flying with us and sharing their knowledge and experience with us in a refreshing way that will motivate us to fly better &amp; further.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h5>\u00a0<\/h5>\n<h5>Location:<\/h5>\n<p><strong>ngg_shortcode_5_placeholderMount Olympus<\/strong> is the highest mountain range in Greece with its highest peak Mytikas at 2.917 m. The south western area of the mountain has fantastic cross country and thermalling conditions. The large <strong>flatland area of Thessaly<\/strong> towards the south offers a big potential for open distance and triangle XC flights. A challenging flight is the cross country towards the Aegean Sea on the eastern side of Olympus with a beach landing. \u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>main take-off<\/strong> for the XC seminar is located on the western side of Mount Olympus, on top of the village <strong>Kalivia<\/strong>. It is called <strong>Tourtofolia<\/strong> and provides take-off directions towards west, south and east at a height of 1.250 m. Several paragliding and hanggliding competitions up to world cup level have been organized here already. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Alternative take-offs nearby are <strong>KEOAX, Elassona, Kalipefki<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0 <p>Invalid Displayed Gallery<\/p> \u00a0<\/p>\n<h5>Organization:<\/h5>\n<p><strong>Olympic Wings<\/strong> organizes the XC seminar at Mount Olympus and offers <strong>accommodation<\/strong> and all <strong>transfers<\/strong> during the flying days for the pilots taking part at the seminar. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>All necessary <strong>retrievals<\/strong> from XC flights are <strong>included<\/strong> in the transfers. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The pilots <strong>accommodation<\/strong> is located in the area close to the flying site with short drives to the take-off. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>You can book the XC seminar together with your accommodation and transfers directly through Olympic Wings.<\/strong> \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5>\n For\u00a0bookings\u00a0and any further information please contact us. \u00a0<\/h5>\n<h3>Olympic Wings<br \/>\n Paragliding Center &amp; Paragliding Holidays in Greece<br \/>\n email:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:info@olympicwings.com\">info@olympicwings.com<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<br \/>\n tel.: +30-23520-41741 \u00a0<br \/>\n Stelios mobile: +30-6942215980 \u00a0 \u00a0<br \/>\n \u00a0<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Long Distance Flying .. The ultimate Endeavor of the modern Pilot\u00a0 02.06 \u00a0to \u00a009.06.2018 \u00a0 Mount Olympus \u00a0 Greece Cross Country XC\u00a0seminar for paragliding pilots\u00a0 with Michael Nesler &amp; Gudrun Oechsl &nbsp; This XC seminar aims to allow the\u00a0progression of paragliding pilots to perform better at long distance flying\u00a0by receiving up-to-date knowledge and usefull guidance. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"parent":29832,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-28385","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>XC Seminar with Michael Nesler - Paragliding Greece<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/paragliding.olympicwings.com\/2026-2\/events-2014-2022\/past-events-2018\/2018-xc-seminar-with-michael-nesler\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"de_DE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"XC Seminar with Michael Nesler - Paragliding Greece\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Long Distance Flying .. The ultimate Endeavor of the modern Pilot\u00a0 02.06 \u00a0to \u00a009.06.2018 \u00a0 Mount Olympus \u00a0 Greece Cross Country XC\u00a0seminar for paragliding pilots\u00a0 with Michael Nesler &amp; Gudrun Oechsl &nbsp; This XC seminar aims to allow the\u00a0progression of paragliding pilots to perform better at long distance flying\u00a0by receiving up-to-date knowledge and usefull guidance. [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/paragliding.olympicwings.com\/2026-2\/events-2014-2022\/past-events-2018\/2018-xc-seminar-with-michael-nesler\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Paragliding Greece\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/olympicwingsparaglidingingreece\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2018-11-10T18:58:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/paragliding.olympicwings.com\/nextgen-attach_to_post\/preview\/id--2258\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Gesch\u00e4tzte Lesezeit\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"4\u00a0Minuten\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/paragliding.olympicwings.com\\\/2026-2\\\/events-2014-2022\\\/past-events-2018\\\/2018-xc-seminar-with-michael-nesler\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/paragliding.olympicwings.com\\\/2026-2\\\/events-2014-2022\\\/past-events-2018\\\/2018-xc-seminar-with-michael-nesler\\\/\",\"name\":\"XC Seminar with Michael Nesler - Paragliding Greece\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/paragliding.olympicwings.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/paragliding.olympicwings.com\\\/2026-2\\\/events-2014-2022\\\/past-events-2018\\\/2018-xc-seminar-with-michael-nesler\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/paragliding.olympicwings.com\\\/2026-2\\\/events-2014-2022\\\/past-events-2018\\\/2018-xc-seminar-with-michael-nesler\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/paragliding.olympicwings.com\\\/nextgen-attach_to_post\\\/preview\\\/id--2258\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-09-18T09:09:08+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-11-10T18:58:16+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/paragliding.olympicwings.com\\\/2026-2\\\/events-2014-2022\\\/past-events-2018\\\/2018-xc-seminar-with-michael-nesler\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"de\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/paragliding.olympicwings.com\\\/2026-2\\\/events-2014-2022\\\/past-events-2018\\\/2018-xc-seminar-with-michael-nesler\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"de\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/paragliding.olympicwings.com\\\/2026-2\\\/events-2014-2022\\\/past-events-2018\\\/2018-xc-seminar-with-michael-nesler\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/paragliding.olympicwings.com\\\/nextgen-attach_to_post\\\/preview\\\/id--2258\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/paragliding.olympicwings.com\\\/nextgen-attach_to_post\\\/preview\\\/id--2258\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/paragliding.olympicwings.com\\\/2026-2\\\/events-2014-2022\\\/past-events-2018\\\/2018-xc-seminar-with-michael-nesler\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/paragliding.olympicwings.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"2026\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/paragliding.olympicwings.com\\\/2026-2\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"events 2014 &#8211; 2025\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/paragliding.olympicwings.com\\\/2026-2\\\/events-2014-2022\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":4,\"name\":\"past events 2018\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/paragliding.olympicwings.com\\\/2026-2\\\/events-2014-2022\\\/past-events-2018\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":5,\"name\":\"XC Seminar with Michael Nesler\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/paragliding.olympicwings.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/paragliding.olympicwings.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"Paragliding Greece\",\"description\":\"Gleitschirmurlaub &amp; Seminare &amp; Tandemfl\u00fcge\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/paragliding.olympicwings.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"de\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"XC Seminar with Michael Nesler - Paragliding Greece","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/paragliding.olympicwings.com\/2026-2\/events-2014-2022\/past-events-2018\/2018-xc-seminar-with-michael-nesler\/","og_locale":"de_DE","og_type":"article","og_title":"XC Seminar with Michael Nesler - Paragliding Greece","og_description":"Long Distance Flying .. The ultimate Endeavor of the modern Pilot\u00a0 02.06 \u00a0to \u00a009.06.2018 \u00a0 Mount Olympus \u00a0 Greece Cross Country XC\u00a0seminar for paragliding pilots\u00a0 with Michael Nesler &amp; Gudrun Oechsl &nbsp; This XC seminar aims to allow the\u00a0progression of paragliding pilots to perform better at long distance flying\u00a0by receiving up-to-date knowledge and usefull guidance. [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/paragliding.olympicwings.com\/2026-2\/events-2014-2022\/past-events-2018\/2018-xc-seminar-with-michael-nesler\/","og_site_name":"Paragliding Greece","article_publisher":"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/olympicwingsparaglidingingreece","article_modified_time":"2018-11-10T18:58:16+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/paragliding.olympicwings.com\/nextgen-attach_to_post\/preview\/id--2258","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Gesch\u00e4tzte Lesezeit":"4\u00a0Minuten"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/paragliding.olympicwings.com\/2026-2\/events-2014-2022\/past-events-2018\/2018-xc-seminar-with-michael-nesler\/","url":"https:\/\/paragliding.olympicwings.com\/2026-2\/events-2014-2022\/past-events-2018\/2018-xc-seminar-with-michael-nesler\/","name":"XC Seminar with Michael Nesler - Paragliding Greece","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/paragliding.olympicwings.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/paragliding.olympicwings.com\/2026-2\/events-2014-2022\/past-events-2018\/2018-xc-seminar-with-michael-nesler\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/paragliding.olympicwings.com\/2026-2\/events-2014-2022\/past-events-2018\/2018-xc-seminar-with-michael-nesler\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/paragliding.olympicwings.com\/nextgen-attach_to_post\/preview\/id--2258","datePublished":"2017-09-18T09:09:08+00:00","dateModified":"2018-11-10T18:58:16+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/paragliding.olympicwings.com\/2026-2\/events-2014-2022\/past-events-2018\/2018-xc-seminar-with-michael-nesler\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"de","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/paragliding.olympicwings.com\/2026-2\/events-2014-2022\/past-events-2018\/2018-xc-seminar-with-michael-nesler\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"de","@id":"https:\/\/paragliding.olympicwings.com\/2026-2\/events-2014-2022\/past-events-2018\/2018-xc-seminar-with-michael-nesler\/#primaryimage","url":"http:\/\/paragliding.olympicwings.com\/nextgen-attach_to_post\/preview\/id--2258","contentUrl":"http:\/\/paragliding.olympicwings.com\/nextgen-attach_to_post\/preview\/id--2258"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/paragliding.olympicwings.com\/2026-2\/events-2014-2022\/past-events-2018\/2018-xc-seminar-with-michael-nesler\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/paragliding.olympicwings.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"2026","item":"https:\/\/paragliding.olympicwings.com\/2026-2\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"events 2014 &#8211; 2025","item":"https:\/\/paragliding.olympicwings.com\/2026-2\/events-2014-2022\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"past events 2018","item":"https:\/\/paragliding.olympicwings.com\/2026-2\/events-2014-2022\/past-events-2018\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":5,"name":"XC Seminar with Michael Nesler"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/paragliding.olympicwings.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/paragliding.olympicwings.com\/","name":"Paragliding Greece","description":"Gleitschirmurlaub &amp; Seminare &amp; Tandemfl\u00fcge","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/paragliding.olympicwings.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"de"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paragliding.olympicwings.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28385","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paragliding.olympicwings.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paragliding.olympicwings.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paragliding.olympicwings.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paragliding.olympicwings.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28385"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/paragliding.olympicwings.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28385\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29840,"href":"https:\/\/paragliding.olympicwings.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28385\/revisions\/29840"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paragliding.olympicwings.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29832"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paragliding.olympicwings.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}