Adventure and inspiration

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Zack Watkins paramotoring

5,000k across the USA

Zack Watkins spent two weeks flying more than 5,000km south to north in the USA with his paramotor breaking several records
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Solar eclipse

Totality: Photographing free flight and the eclipse

A total solar eclipse in Europe in August saw paraglider and paramotor pilots – and photographers – flying directly into the sun to capture the moment. We round up some of the best.
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Paragliding in Chelan

Addicted in Chelan

Jorge Atramiz has been visiting and flying Chelan for 15 years. He returns to tell the story of this remarkable flying community.
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Horacio Llorens flies the eclipse. Photo: Marc Marco

Flying the eclipse: Horacio Llorens in Mallorca

Ten-time Acro World Cup champion Horacio Llorens nailed the shot when the eclipse passed over Spain in Mallorca
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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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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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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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