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Nova Aonic paraglider

How to fly XC on an EN A paraglider

EN As climb as well – if not better – than other classes of wing, and I believe offer better ‘real’ performance for early pilots than any other.
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Understanding Chile's Coastal XC

Understanding Chile’s Coastal XC

Honza Rejmanek explains how it'sactually possible to free-fly 200km without ever getting higher than 1,200m ASL, while in the marine layer
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paraglider in stall

Brake Dynamics

Knowing the subtleties of when and how to use the brakes on a paraglider is an important factor in what separates a good pilot from the crowd. Bruce Goldsmith walks us through some of the finer details
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Advance Success 4: ‘A new level of harness safety’

Advance say it begins a new era of harness safety – with an additional spine protector above the main lumbar protection,
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Skew T diagram for Chile

Understanding the weather in coastal Chile

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How-to-thermal

How to find the core of a thermal

Thermalling well is all about mental mapping, staying alert to new information and exploration within the thermal. And lots of flying is the only way to collect the pieces of this jigsaw puzzle.
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Chalet-Card

Chalet Card: What to do in an emergency

Download your Chalet card here in two formats. One to save to your smartphone, or one to print out and put in your wallet or glider bag.
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Honza Rejmanek

Honza Rejmanek: Plotting the perfect day

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Chest-buckle safety notice affects ‘Tens of thousands’

Tens of thousands of paragliding and paramotoring harnesses have been potentially ruled un-airworthy following a safety notice
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Miso Soup thermalling theory

Honza Rejmanek: The Miso Soup Connection

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