Flying Culture

People, places and adventure

Tom de Dorlodot above the Pyramids of Giza at night. Photo: Marc Marco

Flight of the Pharaohs

Tom de Dorlodot and Horacio Llorens reunite for a night flight over the Pyramids of Giza and Valley of the Kings in Egypt
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Paragliding wave. The smooth cloud indicates the top of the rising air in the wave. Unlike a cumulus which forms and dissipates quickly from convection, wave clouds can “stand” in the same place for a long time. Clouds form on the crests of the waves due to cooling and dissipate in the troughs due to warming. Photo: Adi Geisegger

Winter Wave: High altitude, high mountain flying

Adi Geisegger experienced the flight of his life on a winter’s day in the Alps, when he connected with wave – “Spectacular”
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Paragliding and skiing in Annecy with Joanna Di Grigoli

Adventure Mode: Ski-and-fly off-season Annecy

Off-season is the ideal time to visit Annecy in France and explore a less crowded version of this paragliding mecca
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View from the tow, Brazil

500k days: Big distance in Brazil

The season in Brazil was a good one in 2025, with Seb Benz recording the longest flight in the country – almost touching 600k
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Sunset in Feltre. Photo: Kinga Masztalerz

Adventure Mode: Flying vol-biv from Feltre

"With my groups, if we’re feeling bold we might start in Feltre – or even further west in Levico Terme – and go east to Slovenia"
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Paramotor Patagonia

Paramotoring Patagonia

Pilot and photographer Jeff Hamann braved epic logistics, officialdom and the region’s notorious bad weather to pull off a spectacular flight over the San Rafael Glacier in Chilean Patagonia
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Paragliding with Seb Ospina in Colombia. Photo: Seb Ospina

Adventure Mode: Exploring mountain culture in Colombia

Most XC pilots know about Roldanillo in Colombia, but Jericó and Fredonia is an area further north – and the conditions are different
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Paragliding in Kenya with Convergence Paragliding. Photo: Photos: Shaun Mousley / Convergence PG

Adventure Mode: Free-flight safari in Kenya

From the well known Kerio Valley to heli-paragliding in the northern Highlands there is huge potential in Kenya
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Fabi Buhl in full flow. Photo: Jake Holland

The Long Game: Making friends with the invisible

What skills can other adventure sports give us for flying? And what skills can pilots take back to those sports? Gavin McClurg explains
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Soaring at the beach in Albania

Living the Dream

Ed Ewing meets Michael Gebert, the adventure pilot who's done it all from hangliding to hike-and-fly racing to teaching and guiding paragliding
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