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Horacio Llorens in Guatemala. Photo: John Stapels, Red Bull Content Pool

In issue 146: Horacio Llorens

New gliders, new plans, new adventures. If you ever wondered how to become a professional pilot and actually make a living out of simply flying, then Horacio is your man
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The Advance Pi. Photo: Advance

In issue 146: Advance Pi reviewed

There has been an explosion of usable lightweight wings in recent years, and the Advance Pi is one of the latest.
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Daniel Gravier, at home in Aberdeen. Photo: Daniel Gravier

In issue 146: Far from help

Wilderness medicine expert Baz Roberts explains exactly what to do in case the worst should happen and you've got to manage an emergency when you're far from help
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Gliders at the Superfinal in Colombia. Photo: Federico Rios

In issue 146: Yassen Savov On Fire

If it's there, pilots will flirt with it. And on this day boy did they have some fun! Off-the-scale lift measured at 19m/s as pilots flew into 'fire thermals'. Yassen Savov relives his reserve ride through the inferno
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How clouds form, from the Met Office

Finding, tracking and flying thermals in mountains

Predicting where a thermal will travel after releasing isn't a skill that requires a missile guidance system, some simple 3D terrain analysis is enough
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Competition gliders at the PWC in Sun Valley, Idaho. Photo: Nick Greece

CIVL Votes for new Competition Class from 2015

A new competition class of paraglider is to be introduced from 2015, following a meeting of CIVL over the weekend of 16-17 February.
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How clouds form, from the Met Office

Video: How Clouds Form

This short video from the Met Office in the UK is a good guide to how clouds form
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Nova and Advance are to work together

Advance and Nova join forces

Advance and Nova have announced that they are going to work together
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Thermal Flying by Burkhard Martens

Thermal Flying: New edition out now

A new edition of Thermal Flying has been published. The long-awaited second edition has been revised and updated and is now nearly 300 pages long.
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Burkhard Martens, author of Thermal Flying

Thermal Flying: Burki Martens Q&A

Author, pilot and publisher Burkhard Martens has updated the English edition of Thermal Flying. We asked him about the book, and himself
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