The huge Famara cliffs on Lanzarote have long been known to hang glider pilots, but few visiting pilots come to Lanzarote to explore the island’s XC potential – most head to nearby Tenerife instead, which allows flying in sites protected from the strong NE trade winds.
Lanzarote is a strip of desert, beach and volcanic rock 60km long and 25km wide and forms the easternmost part of the...