Flying Culture

People, places and adventure

Paragliding the Pindari Glacier

Soaring the roof of India

Henry George joins Ben Kellett and Matt Johnston to fly the 7,000m giants of Trisul and Nanda Devi in India
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Letter From: A global free-flight utopia

Can we create a free-flight community for everyone? JP Summers says we can
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Chrigel Maurer in the 2026 X-Pyr

X-Pyr: “The dream comes true”

Chrigel Maurer had something to prove and he did – storming to victory in X-Pyr. He tells all
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BLAST FROM THE PAST

Pierre-Yves Alloix gives us a history lesson in old wings at a local fête du club in the south of France
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Stephan Morgenthaler

My Flying Life: Stephan Morgenthaler

The XC, competition and tandem pilot Stephan Morgenthaler shares some of the highs and lows from his flying career
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short-pack hang gliding in Cape Verde

Adventures with my short-pack

As a paragliding instructor, I want to share my favourite flights from the past year – all of them under my short-pack hang glider.
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Dune soaring in the Netherlands

Generation Dune

“It’s horizontal speedflying.” Jack Sheard embeds with the Dutch dune-soarers to find the limits
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paragliding travels in Japan

Going big in Japan

“Magical and freezing.” Jérôme Maupoint reconnects with old friends for a journey to Japan
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Stéphane Grégoire

COUPE ICARE 2026: THE MAN BEHIND THE MAGIC

“It’s all about trust.” The Coupe Icare’s chief flight director Stéphane Grégoire tells us how he does it
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Romy Sweda hike and fly champion

On launch with: Romy Sweda

The Austrian-Swiss pilot Romy Sweda is a hike-and-fly champion and recent winner of Red Bull X-Alps Challenger. She shares her flying story.
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