Louis tapper

My Flying Life: Louis Tapper
a good looking cloud in Pancas, Brazil

How to: get good at mapping lift
Dorenzo Dee

On launch with: Lorenzo Dee

Protecting your head
A haboob – a dust-laden gust front – in Tucson, Arizona Photo: Christopher Harris

Gust fronts from afar
John Dickenson, then 35, about to launch ahead of a succesful three-hour tow flight around Botany Bay on 12 April 1969. Photo: Tom Linsen / Sydney Morning Herald / John Dickenson Collection

I was just overwhelmed
having fun on the dune in Socota

My seven stages of mental growth
Smoke from Canadian wildfires reached Europe

The Long Game: ‘Frankly, it’s making me feel guilty’
pre-flight check

How to: Avoid accidents
Lean back and play with the wind and the glider – it’s what you’ve come to the dunes to do. Photo: Fabian Gasteiger

How to master flying at the dune