Flying Culture

You should have been there... Forbes Flatlands turned on this year, allowing for the biggest task ever set in competition history. Ollie Chitty reports

It’s the ultimate hike-and-fly with a 5,000m top-to-bottom. Cross Country’s Charlie King flies from the summit of Kilimanjaro

‘Don’t fly in the rain’ is something we learn from day one. And with big leaps in design in paragliders and paramotor wings, that advice is more relevant than ever

Nick Greece was obsessed with the idea of flying paragliders in Iran, but as a US citizen it was almost impossible to visit. Then he got his chance

I find myself sitting at my desk at work and getting nothing done. I find myself driving in my car only to wake up and not know how I got to my destination or why I was going there in the first place. I am here, but I am not. I am lost.

Tucker Gott, 22, is a paramotoring phenomenon with over 470,000 subscribers to his YouTube channel. From New Jersey, he won this year’s Icarus Trophy Race Series in five days and flew nearly 2,500km. Matt Warren spoke to him...

An overwhelming sense of peace and tranquillity came over me once I had made the decision. I’d been flying backwards against the ridge long enough to realise I had run out of choices. The only way out was to turn and fly into the unknown, face it head on...

'How can you ever think you have the strength to get through a life-limiting injury?' A paragliding accident changed Stewart Midwinter's life forever – but not the person he is. Hugh Miller reconnects with an old friend...