Comps and Events

This year the Kendal Mountain Festival in England's Lake District is to have a dedicated free-flight evening, so come along to socialise and enjoy the flying-related films and lectures.

The Long Mynd soaring club in England are hosting a winter’s day of paragliding films and talks on 4 December in Shrewsbury in aid of the local air ambulance.

Applications are open for Australia's Corryong Open 2011 paragliding competition, which takes place at Mount Elliot, Victoria, next February.

Paragliding competitions could be revolutionised following the decision of the Paraglider Manufacturers Association to support Serial Class for FAI Cat 1 competition, effectively banning Open Class paragliders

Ozone must be biting its nails as Aljaz Valic sneaks ahead on his Niviuk Icepeak to lead the Paragliding World Cup Superfinal after five tasks

Task 5 on Monday was a 72.4 km elapsed time task, with conditions most favourable at the start of the window

Tasks of 62.6 km and 107.6 km were set for Friday and Saturday in Denizli, with Sunday being a rest day. Seiko Fukuoka Naville continued her domination of the women, winning both of the tasks to make it four out of four so far. Joachim Oberhauser (IT) and Alex Hofer (CH) won overall in tasks three and four, both on Ozone R10.2s.

Ozone's Luc Armant won task two of the Superfinal in Denizli, a short, racy task of 63 km that saw 88 pilots in goal. Seiko Fukuoka Naville was again the first woman.

South African Andre Rainsford has won the first task of the Paragliding World Cup Superfinal in Denizli, Turkey. Seiko Fukuoka Naville was the first-placed woman.

The second edition of the hang gliding Atlantique Delta Race takes place near Naujac sur Mer in France on Saturday 13 November 2010.