US Paragliding Team - Bill Belcourt

Pilot Profile: Bill Belcourt

Height and Weight: 5'9", 155 pounds

Birthplace: Wallingford, Connecticut

Marital Status: Happily married to Mary Anne Karen, former paragliding Women's National Champion and member of the U.S. Paragliding World Team in 1997 and 1999.

Occupation: R&D, Black Diamond Equipment

Glider type: Advance Omega 7 26

Reserve: Metamorfosi 18

Harness type: Kortel Kannibal

First altitude flight: Owens Valley, California, 1992

Flying goals: To keep learning and having fun with my friends

I am sponsored by: SuperFly, Landcor

Top 5 Results

1st 2006 Wood Rat Open
2005 US National Champion
4th 2004 Rat Race
1st 2003 SoCal Open - Serial
3rd 2001 Chelan Nationals - Serial
2nd 2000 Snowbird XC
Utah state record and the longest foot-launched paraglider flight in North America: 154 miles, from Snowbird, Utah

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