Hannes Papesh started to build paragliders more than 20 years ago. It all started with thepassion for flying and the fascinationfor designing. Hannes sew the first wings on his mothers sewing machine.It didn't take too long, untilNOVA was one of the biggestand most influencal brands on the market.

The focus has always been ongliders for recreational pilots, as wellas on highperformance wings, which couldraise the bar in terms of performance a couple of times.

Hannes is always looking fornew challenges, and therefore hestarted to design acro gliders which were performing quitewell from the very beginning.

"Quite well" is not good enough, and that's why Hannes was looking for a cooperation to build outstanding acro gliders. Finally it was no one less than Raul Rodriguez, who liked the idea of developing his own acro gliders together with Hannes Papesh.

hannes@nova-wings.com