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Carol Binder and Wesley Ian Hill report from the Australian flatlands hang gliding aerotow meet in 2001

Jaco Wolmarans reports from South Africa on a 265 km declared distance to goal paragliding world record, set at the height of the season in 2000

'Today is a good day to be alive.' Peter Wild shakes out his paraglider and flies the north face of the Eiger

Xavier Murillo meets David Barish, the true father of paragliding and the paraglider

Hugh Miller meets Brazil's Frank Brown and gets some flatland flying paragliding secrets. Published in November 2000

On 19 July 2000, Dave Sharp became the first person to fly over 500 km on a hang glider. He flew his Air Atos north out of a small unknown town in Texas, USA. Only a few weeks later, Davis Straub reset the record at 347 miles, also out of Zapata. This is the story of Dave Sharp's flight

We're gearing up to smash more world records at the annual big distance event in Brazil, this November 2000. Organiser Chico Santos reports.

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

Tiki Mashy tells the story of Davis Straub's US East Coast record hang gliding flight, flown from Wallaby Ranch, Florida in 2000

Thomas Rauch takes Manfred Ruhmer's finely tuned mylar Laminar ST hang glider for a spin