Flying Culture

People, places and adventure

Matt Henzi and his dog Oso at home

My flying life: Matt Henzi

The sensei of American paragliding on what matters most
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Serge Durrant. Photo: Tarquin Cooper

On launch with: Serge Durrant

Serge Durrant won the Sports-class Racing Series 2024 season and also competed in the X-Pyr 2024
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Nathan Longhurst

NZ’S 100 Great Peaks climb-and-fly challenge

Nathan Longhurst set out in November 2024 to solo climb-and-fly every summit on The New Zealand Alpine Club’s 100 Great Peaks list
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Looking across to the Aiguille Verte

A new puzzle to play

Jake Holland and Fred Souchon tackle a classic Alpine route by paraglider – and offer their top tips on how to launch in high mountains
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Paramotor

Mission air to air

Bastienne Wentzel speaks to those involved in a remarkable partnership between international botanists and paramotor pilots in Peru
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Ollie Carr flying in the Karakoram

The Karakoram, my way

What does it take to fly in the Karakoram if you’re not Aaron Durogati, Tom de Dorlodot or Damien Lacaze? Ollie Carr finds out
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Valerie Burk, deep in the Dolomites

A trip that changed me

Flying trips can change you in profound ways as a pilot and also as a person. We asked pilots to tell us about “a trip that changed them”
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Paramotoring the pyramids in Egypt. Photo: Matias Nombarasco

How to: Fly the Egyptian pyramids

For those visiting Egypt the pyramids are a must-see – but for those of us drawn to the skies on a paramotor, it is even more magnificent
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A tracklog showing a 500km flight in Brazil

“The best bit was flying wing-to-wing at 500k”

Hugo Hadaš and Stanislav Klikar flew 503km straight line on 20 October 2024, from Carnaubas in northeast Brazil
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Hiking and speedflying the Cherry Canyon logging trail during a Speedmo event last year in Utah, USA. Photo: Mack Lambert

Welcome to: the new world of speedmo

Race up, fly down ... Like skimo is ski mountaineering, speedmo is speedfly-mountaineering. Jack Sheard gets an insight
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