Flying Culture

People, places and adventure

Yayamari, Peru

Flight from Yayamari

Ruth Jessop and the late Franz Schilter bond over basecamp biscuits on a trip to climb-and-fly a 6,000m mountain in Peru
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Life Lessons from the Sky

New Zealand adventure pilot Nick Neynens has written an inspirational book about his adventures on the wing
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La Paralpine

Ed Ewing meets pilot and award-winning filmmaker Guillaume Funck, to chat about the film about his trans-Alpine adventure
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My Flying Life Malcolm Jones 

The Wallaby Ranch hang gliding legend on what matters most
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Jordanian Air 

Matias Nombarasco and Emilia Plak headed to Jordan for a flying tour of some of the country’s most spectacular and historic locations
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Chrigel-Maurer-by-Matteo-Pavana

Chrigel Maurer: Artist of the Air

Der Künstler des Himmels - The Artist of the Air – is a six-minute profile of one of paragliding's greatest all time pilots
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Peter Thompson hike-and-fly Colorado

Watch: Colorado hike-and-fly

In the summer of 2019 US pilot Peter Thompson embarked on the "adventure of a lifetime" to become the first person to hike-and-fly the length of Colorado.
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Benjamin Vedrines paraglides from Broad Peak in the film Edge of Reason

Watch: Benjamin Védrines in the Edge of Reason

Edge of Reason is an insight into the world of high altitude mountaineering, which is increasingly using ultralight paragliders for descents
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Head in the Clouds on Kindle

Head in the Clouds now on Kindle

Head in the Clouds, the unique collection of free flight stories is now available as an ebook. "A seriously good read."
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Kinga Masztalerz

Watch: SOAR – a girls’ paragliding roadtrip

Watch SOAR, a film that chronicles nine female paraglider pilots as they hike and fly their way around the UK
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