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General Information
to the "Super Paragliding Testival 2012"
in Kössen Austria

Dates:17.-20. May 2012
Alternative Dates:26.-28. May 2012
On the basis of accurate forecasts on the expected weather developments, the organiazer may move the SPT in agreement with the PMA for security reasons to the alternative date at short notice. This will be promptly made known on this website. For the same reasons and by the same means, the SPT may - if necessary - be canceled entirely after the shift to the alternative date.
Host City:Town of Kössen, District of Kitzbühel, Tourism Region "Kaiserwinkl", State of Tyrol, Austria
Testival Location:Landeplatz Kössen/Fliegerbar
Thurnbühel 40, 6345 Kössen, Austria
Fliegerbar at Google Maps
Organzier:Flugschule Kössen GmbH in Cooperation with PMA and the Kössen Lift
Event Management:Sepp Himberger (A), Hans Bausenwein (PMA)
Public RelationsAir Sports - PMA
General - TVB Kaiserwinkl, Tirol Werbung, Kössen Lift
Event Concept: The members of the PMA provide their products free of costs to pilots for test flying. Instead of having several individual, time and money consuming test camps spread all over the world, all manufacturers offer their products at the beginning of the European flying season central in Europe in Kössen with its ideal infrastructure. For pilots keen to test several brands and to compare on site, this creates cheaper and timesaving possibilities to do so.
For this purpose the flying site in Kössen is ideal:
  • The flying site has a perfect infrastructure
  • The flying school Kössen GmbH can guarantee an ideal neutral stage for all participating brands to present their products equally
  • The north facing mountain slope is known for a soft convergence and mild thermals
  • It is also known as a most popular and safe flying site
  • It has a large landing field (3 ha) with a "Fliegerbar"
  • It is probably the flying site with the most flyable days per year in the Northern Alps and with the probaly highest flying frequency in the world (5.600 safe flights during SPT 2009)
  • 4 days seem to be a long enough period to allow all pilots to intensively test all products they want to test.
Conditions for pilots to test a glider:The pilot must prove by signature that he holds the appropriate flying license and also that he has received briefing about the flying site and the special landing approach.
Unfortunately no reservations for test flying paragliders can be done.
Tandem flights are not possible!
Flying Shows / Demos:To be able to do as many test flights as possible no official flying shows are scheduled so to keep the maximum airspace and flight time for testing. However on certain occasions exceptions can be organized upon agreement with the organizers.
Accommodation / Camping:Reservations via www.kaiserwinkl.com (make reservations early, because of the long weekend!) No overnight staying or Camping at the exhibition area or the landing field.
Preliminary Time Schedule:
Thursday 17. May 2012till 10.00 arrival and setup for exhibitors
10.00 - 19.00 Test flying
17.00 Official Welcome to the "Super Paragliding Testival 2012" at the "Fliegerbar".
Friday 18. May 201209.00 - 19.00 Test flying
19.00 - 22.00 SPT-Barbecue and Small-talk at the "Fliegerbar"
Saturday 19. May 201209.00 - 19.00 Test flying
Especially for non Pilots: "Kaiserwinkl Cheese Festival"
in Kössen Centre
17.00 "Paragliding Fashion Show" - Manufacturers present their collection 2012
17.00 AXA Party with Live Music - Cuban Grooves with "A buena Vista" by Christoph Burger
Sunday 20. May 201209.00 - 17.00 Test flying
10.00 Official Press Conference
16.00 "Good Bye Kössen"
17.00 - 20.00 clearing exhibition site
SPT in previous years:SPT 2009: Report on the PMA Homepage with Fotos
SPT 2009: General Information
Photos from the Super Paragliding Testival 2009
SPT 2010: General Information
SPT 2011: General Information
Photos from the Super Paragliding Testival 2011
Special Information:Please contact Sepp sepp@fly-koessen.at