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Updates from around the paragliding and free-flying world

Neville Almond

UK hang gliding record broken

Neville Almond flies hang glider 269km to new record
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A hang glider thermalling at Gourdon in the South of France

Hang gliding turns 40 – party in USA

Hang gliding's '40th birthday' is to be celebrated in California
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Luc Armant on his Ozone Mantra R11

345km across the Alps by paraglider

Luc Armant and Dav Dagault fly record distance in French Alps
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Oriol Fernandez. Photo: Red Bull X-Alps

Red Bull X-Alps 2011: New pilot added

Oriol Fernandez will replace Ramon Morillas in the X-Alps this summer
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Paragliding World Championships 2011: 60-day rule tweaked

CIVL has tweaked the rules on Open Class paragliders for the 2011 World Championships
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New XC Mag video correspondent Herminio Cordido flying a Sol SuperSonic paraglider

Herminio Cordido joins XC Mag Team

Herminio Cordido joins Cross Country magazine as a video correspondent
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Mark Hayman

Paragliding World Championships 2011: British Team pilot resigns

A British Paragliding Team member has resigned over two-line glider safety
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Paraglide from Mount Kilimanjaro with Kili20twelve

Kili20twelve: paraglide from Kilimanjaro

200 paraglider pilots set to launch from Kilimanjaro for Tanzanian charities
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Heli Eicholzer and Christoph Eder

World record triangle for Austrian pilots

Top Austrian paraglider pilots Heli Eichholzer and Christoph Eder have flown a new world record FAI triangle of 268.5km on their Ozone R10.2s.
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Luca Donini at the Montegrappa Trophy 2011

Luca and Christian win Montegrappa Trophy 2011

Five good tasks at the first big comp of the Euro season
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