Flying Culture

People, places and adventure

The Rise of China

Théo de Blic on why China really is the next big thing in paragliding
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The UK’s Amazing May

May saw some of the best spring flying weather the UK has ever seen – two pilots share their inspirational stories
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Highland Fling

With a stellar spring forecast in the Scottish Highlands Kieran Campbell answered the call of the clan to chase the weather and big flights
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Yayamari, Peru

Flight from Yayamari

Ruth Jessop and the late Franz Schilter bond over basecamp biscuits on a trip to climb-and-fly a 6,000m mountain in Peru
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La Paralpine

Ed Ewing meets pilot and award-winning filmmaker Guillaume Funck, to chat about the film about his trans-Alpine adventure
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Jordanian Air 

Matias Nombarasco and Emilia Plak headed to Jordan for a flying tour of some of the country’s most spectacular and historic locations
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Chrigel Maurer: Artist of the Air

Der Künstler des Himmels - The Artist of the Air – is a six-minute profile of one of paragliding's greatest all time pilots
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Peter Thompson hike-and-fly Colorado

Watch: Colorado hike-and-fly

In the summer of 2019 US pilot Peter Thompson embarked on the "adventure of a lifetime" to become the first person to hike-and-fly the length of Colorado.
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Benjamin Vedrines paraglides from Broad Peak in the film Edge of Reason

Watch: Benjamin Védrines in the Edge of Reason

Edge of Reason is an insight into the world of high altitude mountaineering, which is increasingly using ultralight paragliders for descents
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Head in the Clouds on Kindle

Head in the Clouds now on Kindle

Head in the Clouds, the unique collection of free flight stories is now available as an ebook. "A seriously good read."
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