Flying Culture

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Ariel Zlatkovski. Photo: Jorge Atramiz

Project 100: Ariel Zlatkovski’s incredible XC challenge

Imagine flying one-hundred 100km flights in 12 months – that's a 100k flight every three or four days. Ariel Zlatkovski set out to do just that
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Julian Andres Carreño

On Launch With: Julian Andres Carreño 

The Colombian competition pilot and guide talks about his paragliding career from the early days to becoming an instructor
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Joanna Di Grigoli

My Flying Life: Joanna Di Grigoli

The Venezuelan competition and cross-country pilot on what matters most
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Chrigel Maurer flying out from the Barrhorn July 2025. Photo: Tobi Dimmler

Climb (and fly) every mountain

Before Aaron Durogati won Red Bull X-Alps the joke used to be that before you could win the race you first had to come from Switzerland.
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Nico Aubert paramotors across Andalucia

Trans-Andalusian Express

Paramotor pilot Nico Aubert has successfully completed the Andalusian chapter of his World Arcs project in southern Spain.
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Tom de Dorlodot and Horacio Llorens flying in Tanzania. Photo: Jake Holland

Watch: Tom and Horacio fly 3,000m volcano

Adventure pilot Tom de Dorlodot stars in a new TV series with larger-than-life YouTuber Beau Miles about his Tanzania volcano flight
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Rachelle McEwen speedriding. Photo: Hugo Lami / SkiAndFly

Women of Speedflying

From Instagram to IRL – Women of Speedflying is championing female pilots in this male-dominated sport. By Jack Sheard
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Henry Hauck film maker

Vintage free-filght films restored

Filmmaker and pilot Henry Hauck has digitally restored and released online his archive of early free-flight films from the mid-80s and 90s
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Paragliding Valle de Bravo Nicole Holmes 3

Learning to fly in Temascaltepec

"This was not just a community but a thriving ecosystem." Hanna Klingbeil Canale explores how free flight has transformed a community
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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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