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How To: Manage an Incident on the Hill

The first people to a free-flight incident are generally fellow pilots. Dr Matt Wilkes explains the key to survival
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Flying 3,000km in wave at night

They connected with wave after climbing just 1,100m – then started flying laps up and down the Sierra Nevada
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Masterclass: How to fly Colombia with Seb Ospina and Lucho Jimenez

Seb Ospina and Lucho Jimenez take a deep dive into the knowledge you need to fly well in the Cauca Valley, Colombia
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Paragliding in Europe

How to rack up the hours in Europe

Travelling from site to site and devoting all he has to the sport, Théo de Blic explains how to maximise your flying hours in Europe
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How to infinite on a paramotor

Inspired by a video of François Ragolski, Richard Dolan embarks on a journey to achieve the Infinite Tumble on a paramotor
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Opposing winds at different levels

There are various scenarios where we can encounter significantly strong wind from opposing directions just by changing altitude
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Weather: Why Storm Ciarán’s winds were so strong

"The rate at which Storm Ciarán’s pressure dropped was exceptional..." And that unleashed strong and destructive winds in France and UK
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a good looking cloud in Pancas, Brazil

How to: get good at mapping lift

How to make the most of the clouds in the flatlands. Hugh Miller explains how to develop a mental model of lift each time you fly
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A haboob – a dust-laden gust front – in Tucson, Arizona Photo: Christopher Harris

Gust fronts from afar

One of the dangers from thunderstorms are the extreme downdraughts that spill outward as a gust front. How do we predict them before they hit?
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My seven stages of mental growth

Théo de Blic on the winning mindset – and how his mental state has changed as he developed from rookie to Acro Tour Champion
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