Stan Radzikowski is one of 25 pilots competing in this year’s X-Pyr – the X-Alps-style hike-and-fly race across the Spanish Pyrenees. A tandem pilot and vol bivouac pilot whose first love is flying in Nepal, Stan is typical of the lower-key X-Pyr racers. No sponsored vehicle and high-gloss for him, oh no: The support vehicle is […]
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The wonder of free flight never wears off. Goals might change, distances might increase, and our horizons expand, but the magic of taking off from a hillside and flying cross country remains the same. In Cross Country issue 154 Hugh Miller touches down after a 200km flight across the English countryside and puts pen to […]
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“There’s this one place in Tapalpa, Mexico…” Ask any pilot who’s travelled where their favourite place to stay is – the place that ticks all the boxes of being close to launch (on launch…), laid-back, nice food, easy on the wallet, perfect weather, beautiful thermals… – and you’ll send them into raptures about their secret spots. In issue […]
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In the latest issue of Cross Country magazine Andy Pag goes for a spin on the G-Force Trainer – a fairground like device that spins you round at speed that is designed to help you understand and deal with high-G situations in paragliding. He writes: As the motor spins up again, every muscle I have is […]
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Jon Chambers lives and flies in the Alps where he is as happy flying a 30km vol-visa tour as he is planning out a 200km triangle to make the best of the epic days. His mountain flying column is essential reading for those who want to fly further, higher, faster and for longer in mountains […]
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The day was dying and I was unable to climb high enough on the last mountain before Krimml. In desperation I tried to just go for it but it was late and the day was almost dead, with no valley wind it was a long shot. Cross country flying is aerial chess: you have to […]
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In Cross Country issue 154 we went deep undercover, sending in a French-speaking bi-lingual spy to the French Team Training Camp to find out what makes the top tier of France’s paragliding pilots so good. Le answer? Mathurin. Didier Mathurin is the professional coach helping to drive the success of some of Team France’s best […]
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Armin Harich set a new German flatland record in April at 302.9km and is the subject of our My Line spread in the latest issue of Cross Country. My Line is exactly that – it’s an insight into how pilots fly, what little tricks they know, what insights they’ve won over their years flying. Armin, […]
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“Competitions are great for learning fast and seeing what is possible on any given day,” says Jonny Durand, multiple Australian hang gliding champion and winner of numerous comps around the world. “You get to fly with lots of pilots and learn from watching others.” The old adage that you’ll learn more in a week […]
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“Thermal flying was difficult but the soaring was amazing, although taking off and landing in such strong wind proved to be very technical,” explains Tom de Dorlodot about flying the islands of French Polynesia. He, Horacio Llorens and a film and photography crew spent several months flying and sailing through the region, hiking up […]
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