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Smoke from Canadian wildfires reached Europe

The Long Game: ‘Frankly, it’s making me feel guilty’

“The world is experiencing its hottest days in recorded history” Gavin McClurg ponders how he can cut his carbon footprint
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Flying from Mount Tamborine

Allen Weynberg: Hazy shade of winter

As I lean against a gum tree behind launch, relaxing, the foliage begins to rustle on the ridge over the back
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My flying life: Rudy Gotés

"I was 14 years old, and that’s when I learned to fly big air." The owner of hang glider manufacturer Wills Wing on what matters most to him
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Passenger Simon Holland on tandem with his son Jake in Chamonix. Photo: Jake Holland

‘Flying around Mont Blanc – With my Dad!’

"This is just madness!" Join Jake Holland and his dad Simon Holland as they fly a tandem paraglider around Mont Blanc in the Alps
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FAI hang Gliding European Championships 2022 podium

Interview with a champion: Alex Ploner

Alex Ploner has won the FAI Hang Gliding World Championships three times and is the current FAI Hang Gliding European Champion
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Damien Lacaze, top-landing Dôme des Ecrins, July 2023

Damien Lacaze: Ecrins Magic

Damien Lacaze top-landed Pelvoux (4,102m) and then the Dôme de Neige des Ecrins (4,105m) in one magical day's flying from Vallouise
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Magic in the Air with Fred Souchon

Miage in the Air: Hike and fly in the French Alps

There is magic in the air... it's summer in the mountains and Fred Souchon heads off for a beautiful hike-and-fly tour in the French Alps
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Tom Cruise launches his speed glider in the Lake District for Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part 1. Photo: Mission Impossible

What is speed flying and how can I do it like Tom Cruise?

What is speed flying and how do I get into speed flying like Tom Cruise? Here's the lowdown...
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Eli Egger prepares to launch from the Paternkofel, Italy on June 20, 2023. Photo: Lukas Pilz / Red Bull Content Pool

The evolution of the Red Bull X-Alps

Race watcher and former Red Bull X-Alps athlete Tom Payne on how the race has changed – and why that's not a bad thing
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Tommy Friedrich. Photo: Marcus King

Red Bull X-Alps: Tommy Friedrich

Tommy Friedrich is literally the posterboy of the 2023 Red Bull X-Alps – what can we learn from one of the youngest pilots in the race?
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