Austria

Thomas Hofbauer wins first 2011 Bordairline adventure race

Austria's Fly Carinthia flying school and Seeadler Club are organising a paragliding festival in Goldeck, Austria, from 2-3 April 2011

The 20th Stubai Cup and Testival kicks off the 2011 Alpine paragliding season from 18 - 20 March.

This year's Super Paragliding Testival has been scheduled for 2-5 June in Kössen Austria, with 10-13 June as reserve dates.

Applications for the 2011 Red Bull X-Alps paragliding adventure race, have opened and athletes have until 30 September 2010 to apply.

Icaro Paragliders are holding a summer party at the Austrian paragliding site of Kössen to celebrate their tenth anniversary, and everyone is invited.

The European Paragliding Championships in Abtenau, Austria, will be the first major competition to feature ‘real-time’ live tracking

The Austrian Ministry of Transport's new ZLLV 2010 (decree for civil aircraft and airsport devices) is expected to be in force by May 2010. It means that non-motorised paragliders, hang gliders and parachutes no longer have to be registered in Austria.

The Nova Pilots' Team are having their annual cross country meet at Greifenburg (Austria) this May, open to all pilots, regardless of the paraglider they fly.

The Biotech Bordairline adventure races are a series of paraglider hike-and-fly races, which will be flown in four countries in 2010.