Updates from around the paragliding and free-flying world
Paragliding and hang gliding can be dangerous, we all know and accept that. But, when you look deep in to the motives of most of us, it is that very danger that gives us the thrill and excitement that makes our sport so special to us
Read moreTiki Mashy tells the story of Davis Straub’s US East Coast record hang gliding flight, flown from Wallaby Ranch, Florida in 2000
Read moreThomas Rauch takes Manfred Ruhmer’s finely tuned mylar Laminar ST hang glider for a spin
Read moreThe first Cross Country Classic breaks two records! Chico Santos reports from the paragliding and hang gliding heaven of Ceara in Brazil
Read moreRob Whittall, world champion in both hang gliding and paragliding, wrote this tribute to friendship for Cross Country issue 67 in 2000
Read more‘I am an eternal optimist with a lust for life, not some psycho with an urge to die.’ Paraglider pilot Bob Drury tells the story behind his recent BBC filming trip in Nepal
Read moreAccording to ancient Greek mythology, Daedalus and his son Icarus were put in prison by King Minos of Crete because Daedalus helped kill the Minotaur and escape with the king’s daughter, the beautiful Ariadne
Read moreIn April 1999, paraglider pilot John Silvester arrived in western Nepal with cameraman Al Hughes to attempt the first-ever paragliding crossing of western Nepal…
Read moreHugh Miller reviews the Freex Oxygen, a paraglider designed to win you gold and the blushes of Britney Spears, or whichever pop kitten was top of the pops back when this was published, a hundred years ago in 1999…
Read moreBob Drury reviews the Bonanza from Gin Gliders. On paper, the perfect paraglider…
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