Pilots and profiles

Interviews with paraglider pilots and other free flight gurus from around the world

Abel at launch

Abel Varga

Ed Ewing chats to Abel Varga about his recent record flight flying border to border across the flatlands of Hungary
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Timo Leonetti was a star of the international cross-country paragliding scene Photo: Stéphane Boulenger

Obituary: Timo Leonetti

Timo Leonetti was one of the brightest young stars in the international paragliding scene. Timo tragically died on 14 June 2024.
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On launch with: Chigwon Won

Chigwon Won took home the gold in the FAI Asian-Oceanic Paragliding Championships held in South Korea in June
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Tanguy Renaud-Goud climbed and flew an 800m hill 22 times to complete 17,534m in 23 hours Photos: Tanguy RG

Tanguy feels the burn

France’s Tanguy Renaud-Goud set a new hike-and-fly world record for elevation gain over 24 hours hike-and-flying 17,534m in April
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Fabi Buhl in the Karakoram in June 2022 Photo: Jake Holland

Fabi Buhl: ‘An Infinite Energy’

Fabi Buhl has gone from rock-rat to sky-god in super-quick time. Tarquin Cooper found out more about this talented multi-sports pilot
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Honorin Hamard

Inside the head of Honorin Hamard

Honorin Hamard sat down with Ruth Jessop to dissect the paragliding competition scene, his own performance and the sport's future
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PWC Interlaken

The Long Game: Stand Down

Gavin McClurg writes about one of the best – and then one of the worst days – of his life from the Swiss round of the PWC
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Haydon Gray

My Flying Life: Haydon Gray

"I hope our flying scene develops even more as a community" Tandem pilot and art teacher Hayden Gray on what matters most to him.
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Hono’s superfinal masterclass

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On the couch ... Dylan Mansley in Colombia. Photo: Fredrik Gustafsson

On Launch With: Dylan Mansley

"My first Paragliding World Cup was a real eye-opener. I saw the speeds you could fly and thought: Okay, there’s another level"
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