Last week we were riding the waves, this week we ride the thermals with a video from Robbie (Depecherob) showing why Oludeniz is regarded as paragliding paradise. Oludeniz (Fethiye-Antalya) is on the Southwest coast of Turkey and I believe that the launch site, Babadag Mountain is the highest mountain in Turkey.
There's also plenty of activities on the ground and tourists frequently say it is the best holiday that they have ever had.
Hundreds of pilots from more than 35 countries and countless non-flying family members and friends, will be gathering in Fethiye, south west Turkey, on October 15, 2008 for demonstrations of paragliding, skydiving, base-jumping, hangliding, para-motor flights, remote control plane shows, microlites, hard core acrobatic competitions and accuracy landing competitions,
The four-day International Ölüdeniz Air Games Festival runs October 15 through 19 and expects 5,000 paragliders to participate in the free flight from Babadag to Ölüdeniz during the festival, making it a major world paragliding event, second only to the French festival.
