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Paragliding in Bir: Chaos and clarity in the Indian Himalaya

Ian Blackmore goes flying in Billing, India one of the wildest paragliding sites in the world
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Classic Tales: Cloudsucked on a hang glider

Hang gliding on a sunny day, the climbs got better and better until suddenly, Ozzie Haines was in cloud. A classic tale of cloudsuck and getting away with it
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Paraglider review: Sky Atis

Ian Blackmore tests the latest (2002) intermediate from the Czech Republic's great rising star, Sky Paragliders
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How to fly cross country: The basics

Over-whelmed by conflicting advice on how to go XC on your paraglider or hang glider? Ian Blackmore clarifies the basic do'’s and don'’ts of XC flying so you can exert your mental energy on getting the most out of your flying day
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Icaristics: Twists

Twists have become the number one danger for paragliding competition pilots. Bruce Goldsmith explains why
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Mike Cavanagh questions the CEN standard: CENsless?

Ozone's managing director Mike Cavanagh questions the sanity of the proposed new CEN testing standards. Published in 2002
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Hang glider review: Avian Cheetah 150

Avian's new performer prove that the British hang gliding manufacturing industry is not only alive, but also kicking, says Richard Sheppard
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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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