Flying Culture

People, places and adventure

Five tropical cyclones were active at one time in the southern hemisphere at the start of March. From left to right they included Honde (1) and Garance (2) in the Indian Ocean, Bianca (3) off Western Australia, and Alfred (4) and Seru (5) off Australia’s north east coastline. Alfred made landfall near Brisbane on 8 March. The false colour image shows warmer temperatures as yellow and orange, cooler as white and purple Photo: Earth Observatory

Allen Weynberg: In the grip of Alfred

Surviving tropical storm Alfred in Australia – "It’s hard to believe we are ever going to fly again"
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Always learning. Christian and son Liam Photo: Jorge Atramiz

My flying life: Christian Behrenz 

Christian Behrenz reflects on what matters most—freedom in flying and the beauty of living each moment to its fullest.
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Francois Ragolski in the Himalaya

Watch: François Ragolski’s epic Himalayan odyssey

This film, Crossing Dreams, brings François Ragolski’s remarkable Himalayan odyssey across four countries to life.
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Karakoram Gold, paragliding in Pakistan. Photo: Jake Holland

Watch: The Magic of Freedom

Watch this film of Jake Holland and friends flying, climbing and skiing remote mountains in Pakistan.
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Luke Hayman flying from Kilimanjaro

Watch: Paragliding from the summit of Kilimanjaro

Join British adventurer Luke Hayman as he paraglides from the summit of Kilimanjaro with his friend Alexis Roxburgh
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Join Aaron Durogati and Johanna Eller launch from Torre Venezia

Watch: Aaron Durogati – Torre Venezia

Join Aaron Durogati and Johanna Eller as they climb-and-fly in the Italian Dolomites, tackling the Torre Venezia
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Simon Oberrauner and the winners of the X-Pyr 2024

Watch: X-Pyr 2024 – The Documentary

The X-Pyr is one of the world's premier multi-day, hike-and-fly paragliding races. Re-live the highs and lows in this full-length film
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Ben Kellett and Georges Millet fly vol-bivouac in the Karakoram

Watch: Ben Kellett’s Karakoram vol-biv

This two-part video is the story of Benjamin Kellett and Georges Millet's 320km vol-bivouac in the Karakoram
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Mo Sheldon paramotoring in the Mamanuca Islands

Bar hopping Fiji style

Never one to overlook a beach bar opportunity, paramotoring photographer Jeff Hamann finds himself at home in the beautiful Mamanuca Islands
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Michi Maurer flies through the 66m long road tunnel on his third attempt

Tunnel Vision

If you’ve seen the videos of pilots flying through tunnels you probably thought ‘How do they do that?’ Bastienne Wentzel finds out
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