Flying Culture

People, places and adventure

The Head Game: Understanding free-flight psychology

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Sunset take-off in Australia. Photo: Tex Beck

The Plan of a Lifetime: By Allen Weynberg

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competition paragliders

How fast is it? How we test paraglider speeds

Measuring the performance characteristics of a paraglider, including paraglider speed, has always been notoriously difficult. But it can be done...
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Landing a paramotor in a tight spot

Tips for landing paramotors in tight spots

We asked five PPG experts for their top tips for landing paramotors in tight spots 
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Understanding Chile's Coastal XC

Understanding Chile’s Coastal XC

Honza Rejmanek explains how it'sactually possible to free-fly 200km without ever getting higher than 1,200m ASL, while in the marine layer
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paraglider in stall

Brake Dynamics

Knowing the subtleties of when and how to use the brakes on a paraglider is an important factor in what separates a good pilot from the crowd. Bruce Goldsmith walks us through some of the finer details
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The Toll Road

Jury Service: On the panel at the Coupe Icare

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Gelvenor Textiles for paragliding

Material news: All you didn’t know you needed to know

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Paragliding in Quixada. Photo: Felix Woelk

The Big Trip: Breaking personal bests in Quixada

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XC Tracer review

On review: XC Tracer and XC Tracer Mini

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