Fieldwork / 27 March 2026

PHYSPAR: understanding paraglider physics with École Polytechnique.

Supporting Esteban Valdecasa and the LadHyX team with high-precision flight instrumentation to study spiral behaviour.

PHYSPAR — Esteban Valdecasa. Numerical spiral behaviour compared with observations in flight.

We’re proud to support Esteban Valdecasa and the PHYSPAR project at École Polytechnique Paris.

PHYSPAR aims to better understand the physics of paragliders, with a focus on improving both safety and performance.

As part of this collaboration, we helped the LadHyX team deploy high-precision instrumentation on the gliders. This allows researchers to better analyze, understand, and ultimately predict spiral behavior in real flight conditions.

Bridging field measurements with advanced modeling is essential to making paragliding safer and more predictable. We’re excited to contribute to this mission, at the very core of FAIR AERO’s purpose.

Thank you to the whole team: Michael Benzaquen, Elizabeth Gregorio, PhD, Marc Vacher and Caroline Cohen.

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