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It's a strange time – to help out with a bit of light relief, we’re putting together lots of free content for pilots everywhere
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Ozone Roadrunner

Ozone Roadrunner groundhandling wing

Ozone have launched a new 14m² groundhandling wing called the Roadrunner. It's for ground-training only, for pilots of any level
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Coeur de Savoie, France. Photo: Maxime Bellemin

PWC France 2020 cancelled

The first round of the 2020 PWC that was to have taken place in Passy, France at the end of May, has been cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic
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FAI Pre-World Paragliding Championships cancelled

The Pre-World Paragliding Championships, due to be held in France from 23-29 May this year have been cancelled.
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Syride chart shows lockdown impact on paragliding

A chart from Syride shows how the French and international flying scenes have crashed since the coronavirus lockdown started
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Ben Nevis

XC writer ‘climbs’ UK’s Ben Nevis indoors during lockdown

Cross Country Mag's Matt Warren takes on epic charity challenge inside his own home to raise £1,000
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Woody Valley XR-7 safety note

Woody Valley safety notice on X-R7

Woody Valley have issued a “critical” safety notice about the X-R7 harness – it affects the reserve deployment system
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Naviter Oudie 5

Live Weather for Naviter Oudie 5

Naviter have released a new software version, 9.21, for the Oudie 5, which enables it to receive live weather updates
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Sky Zoe

Sky Zoe: “mini wing, maxi fun”

Sky unveiled their new mini wing at the Stubai testival: it's called the Zoe, and it's made for hike-and-fly, coastal soaring and mountain flying
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AirDesign Soar

AirDesign’s superlight EN-B Soar

AirDesign unveiled the Soar at the Stubai testival in March 2020. It's the superlight version of the EN-B Rise 4, a vol-bivouac and adventure wing
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