Al Wilson

Class War 2014: UK HGs and PGs go head-to-head

UK’s hang glider and paraglider pilots hug out their differences in the first known hang gliding Vs paragliding team competition, held 23-24 August (with two days’ notice!). Hugh Miller reports The banter and friendly rivalry had been building all summer. “Guys just look how many 100k flights the paragliders are doing, get out there and […]
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Records fall on UK’s Super Sunday

Two pilots smashed the UK open distance paragliding record on Sunday 3 August 2014, with record flights that took them past the 250km mark and across England to the coast. Former GB Champion Mark Watts flew a record-breaking 275.5km to grab the open distance record, while sports class pilot Al Wilson flew just shy of […]
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