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Ghana paragliding festival April 2010

The Ghana Paragliding Festival has become an integral part of the annual Easter celebrations at Nkawkaw since the first one in 2005, and this year it takes place from April 2-5 2010.
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Beach Blast 2010 – Florida beach party with paragliding

The second ever Beach Blast takes place from 3 - 5 May 2010 at Florida's Edgewater beach resort. Pilots are invited to come and join the fun.
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British paragliding and hang gliding under threat

British paragliding and hang gliding pilots are being urged to act quickly if they want to save their freedom to fly.
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LK8000 soaring computer, version 1.20 available to test

A new version of software, 1.20, for the LK8000 gliding / soaring pocket computer 1.20 is available to test.
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GPSDump flight software now available for Apple Mac OSX

GPS dump, Stein Sørensen's software that enables uploading and downloading of files between GPS devices and PCs is now also available for Macs.
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Aeros Winter Race 2010 video

Austrian Thomas Weissenberger won the Aeros Winter Race, which took place from 10 - 14 March 2010 in Ajdovscina and Kovk, Slovenia. See the video of the event here.
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Swing Mistral 6 EN B paraglider

Swing's new intermediate paraglider, the Mistral 6, has been certified EN B in sizes 24, 26 and 28, and is now available from your Swing dealer.
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Swing Mistralmania paraglider testing in Bassano

Swing's Mistral 6 intermediate paraglider is now out, and 40 test models are available to be flown in Bassano, Italy, from 21 - 28 March 2010.
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Icaro 2000’s Manfred Ruhmer-designed electric hang glider Pit-trike

Italian hang glider company Icaro 2000's new electric hang glider, the Pit-trike, was developed by hang gliding ex-world champion Manfred Ruhmer.
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Advance on Bruce Goldsmith joining their design team

Bob Drury interviews Advance's Valéry Chapuis about Bruce Goldsmith's recent move to join their design team
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