Skills and learning

Helping you fly better with expert advice

How to Hike-and-Fly from Mont Blanc, 4,810m

Charlie King explains how to prepare for an alpine hike-and-fly from the summit of Western Europe’s highest peak, Mont Blanc
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Hang gliding: A beginner’s guide

Hang gliding and hang gliders explained in this easy-to-read beginner’s guide to the sport of free flight
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The difference between spins and spirals on a paraglider

Former Paragliding World Champion Bruce Goldsmith explains the difference between a spin and a spiral on a paraglider.
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Red Bull X-Alps: Blood, Sweat and Fear

What was it like to compete in the Red Bull X-Alps more than a decade ago? We round up some archive interviews with athletes
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How to break a hang gliding record

Hang gliding guru Christian Ciech takes a look at the strategies involved in breaking records
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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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My instructor the vulture

Itamar Neuner learns to thermal his paraglider from a natural…Essential reading for any hang glider or paraglider pilot
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