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Icaristics: The Full Frontal

Bruce Goldsmith brings us up to date on paraglider behaviour during full frontals
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Wild country: paragliding in Aragon is measured in vultures, not kilometres. All photos: Jerome Maupoint

Paragliding in Spain: Aragon the Wild Country

Jerome Maupoint and OMG break out the hiking boots, cut their food and paragliding kit to a minimum and head for Aragon in Northern Spain to spend some time communing with the local raptors
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Paragliding in Jordan: Fire in the Desert

A Jordanian desert paragliding adventure. Words and photos by Felix Wölk
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DVD Reviews: Never Ending Thermal, The Race and The SAT Team

Three of the latest flying DVD releases reviewed by Hugh Miller
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St Hilaire Coupe Icare 2004

The Coupe Icare festival, held in the French Alps on the 17-19 September 2004, was swamped by pilots keen to celebrate the free flying culture and the end of another European season
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There I Was: Tying myself up in knots

'So, there I was, having just started a gentle left hand turn when the nice sedate little DHV 1-2 paraglider I was flying decided to enter a spin…'
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Icaristics: The Making of Instability 2

The original film 'Instability' was made in 1992 and was the first instructional paragliding film to show paraglider pilots how to cope with collapses and other possible flight incidents. Bruce Goldsmith sets the scene for the sequel
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Paragliding in Peru: Gateway to the Sun

Travelling light, Manu Bonte chases his childhood dreams in the ancient and sacred lands of the Inca in Peru
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Bob Drury in the Himalaya: High and Mighty

Bob Drury continues his search for paragliding nirvana in the Indian Himalayas
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Travel: Red Bull Air Force in Monument Valley

Othar Lawrence leads the Red Bull Air Force Huckspedition across the border to paraglide, Base jump and fly Monument Valley
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