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Ozone Ozium 2

Ozone Ozium 2 safety notice

Ozone have issued a safety notice concerning Ozium 2 harnesses manufactured during 2017 and early 2018
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Honza Rejmanek in the Red Bull X-Alps 013. Photo: Vitek Ludvik / Red Bull Content Pool

’10 Years of What I Know about the Weather’

After 10 years Honza Rejmanek reveals his 10 weather concepts that pilots need to know - number nine will amaze you...
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Independence rescue container safety notice

Safety Notice: reserve deployment bags

Independence have issued a safety notice concerning their reserve parachute deployment bags
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Joanna Di Grigoli at the 2017 Paragliding World Championships in Italy

Ten tips for competition flying

A paragliding competition can be a wonderful game, an exhilarating challenge of skill pitted against the sky.
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Neo safety notice

Safety notice: Neo reserve container

Neo have issued a safety notice concerning their external reserve container, following incidents of the pin coming away from the handle
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In a heartbeat: The Free Flight Physiology Project

As my first instructor once told me: pilots crash, not paragliders. In other words, accidents aren’t due to equipment failure, they are due to human error
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Paragliding near rain. Photo: Martin Scheel

Why you shouldn’t fly a paraglider in the rain

‘Don’t fly in the rain’ is something we learn from day one. And with big leaps in design in paragliders and paramotor wings, that advice is more relevant than ever
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Matt Warren in Oman. Photo: Seth Royce

‘Let’s Dance’: Learning to paramotor in Oman

Matt Warren heads to Oman for a winter sun holiday with a difference – a conversion course from paragliding to paramotoring
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Paragliding in Iran. Photo: Nick Greece

Lifting the veil: An American pilot in Iran

Nick Greece was obsessed with the idea of flying paragliders in Iran, but as a US citizen it was almost impossible to visit. Then he got his chance
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How to Topland Safely

Landing on top of a ridge or even on the launch site is a useful skill for paraglider pilots, but the top of the ridge is usually the windiest place to land
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