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Out to dinner in Omak: A tandem adventure from Chelan Butte

'Launch early if you want to go far,' according to the Chelan cognoscente. 'Early,' in XC context, means noon-ish - if you wait much later than that, especially on a paraglider, you risk running out of daylight and lift.
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Classic tales: Ninth Life by Bob Drury

'I pulled my reserve handle and ... nothing.' One of the most powerful paragliding tales of survival ever published. A lesson in luck, by Bob Drury
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Enda Murphy: Who’s afraid of the Irish wolf?

On Thursday 31 January 2002, Enda Murphy and Rhett Rockman (Aussie Paragliding Champion) broke the triple from Manilla’ Mt Borah, Australia. They flew together for 301 km
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Jonny Durand profile: Jonny be good

A profile of Jonny 'dynamite' Durand, one of hang gliding's brightest stars. By Hugh Miller.
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Paragliding and hang gliding simulator: Flight Club

Perfect your thermalling technique with Dan Burton's legendary paragliding and hang gliding simulator
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Rhett Rockman: Australian national paragliding champion 2002

Australian national paragliding champion Rhett Rockman answers the questions
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Hang gliding techniques: Speed to fly and other myths

Hang glider pilot Jay Rebbeck explains how to pick the best climbs for the day to maximise your distance or fly as fast a task time as possible
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Paragliding acro: The early days of the outcasts

Matt Gerdes goes to an acro clinic in the USA and explores the early days of paragliding acro
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The education of a thermaleer

Canada's Pete Powell reflects on his long road learning to paraglide at Point of the Mountain before heading Iquique in Chile for some serious thermalling.
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Peter Brinkeby: When nothing else matters

Paragliding and hang gliding is a head game. And nothing proves it like competition. Peter Brinkeby (SWE) was first placed pilot in the 2001 Paragliding World Cup series until the final round. And then it all started to go wrong...
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