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Paragliding in Kyrgyzstan. Photo: Ralf Heuber

Cross Country 191: July 2018

The July 2018 issue of Cross Country Magazine is out now. Here’s a taste of what’s inside.
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Paramotor in Thailand

Parapente Moncho in Thailand

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Paramotor Rescue

Paul Kilburn: Racing the Tide

Paul Kilburn was a hero – but didn't want anyone to know it. We look back at the remarkable day when he saved seven people's lives
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Interview with Hannes Papesh

Designer Q&A: Interview with Hannes Papesh

Hannes Papesh has been designing paragliders for 30 years and has recently set up new company, Phi. Ed Ewing met him
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Cross Country 190 (June 2018_

Cross Country 190: June 2018

Great flights and personal bests ... Cross Country can’t guarantee you get into the air on every epic day, but we can help you make the most of the flights you do make. Here's what's in issue 190
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Q&A With Michael Sigel: Superfinal Superhero

'Pilots are getting more aggressive. It’s not only aggressive flying, it’s also turning in the wrong direction or coming straight into the thermal. Crazy.'
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Honza Rejmanek in the Red Bull X-Alps 013. Photo: Vitek Ludvik / Red Bull Content Pool

’10 Years of What I Know about the Weather’

After 10 years Honza Rejmanek reveals his 10 weather concepts that pilots need to know - number nine will amaze you...
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Cross Country 189: May 2018

Free flight is about exploration in all its forms. In issue 189 we celebrate the pure joy of flying new skies – and doing it better every time
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Cross Country 188: April 2018

Whatever level you’re at in free flight, we take a good look at how you can keep progressing in our sports – and have heaps of fun while you’re doing it.
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Copperton-Paragliding

‘My 300k Day’: Paragliding in Copperton

Dry, high, and the sky goes on forever... Kelvin van Baalen takes us with him on a 300km flight from Copperton, South Africa
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