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Archive: Sep 2003
Mike Kung crosses the English Channel by paraglider
Limits? What limits? Matt Gerdes shakes his head in disbelief at Mike Kung's latest feat: crossing the English Channel by paraglider
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Hang gliding and paragliding: Politics of insurance
Are we as hang glider and paraglider pilots an endangered species? Ian Blackmore investigates one of the main threats to our continued existence
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Hang gliding techniques: Fly faster
In the second part of his series on cross country and competition hang gliding, Christian Ciech lifts the veil on some of the strategies and techniques needed for flying faster
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