Hang Gliding

Grant Crossingham

Hanging with Grant

Grant Crossingham, 10-time British national hang-gliding champion shares his experience as a paraglider pilot.
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Steve Penfold. Photo: Babs Thompson

Steve Penfold: 1974-2025

Steve Penfold, a British team hang glider pilot, has sadly died following injuries sustained at the Hang Gliding Worlds held in July
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Action at the 2000 HG World Speed Championships

Watch: Revisit the world speed hang gliding championships

Discover the excitement of speed hang gliding as we revisit the FAI World Championship held on Mount Olympus in Greece.
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Hang-Gliding-World-Championships-2025-Hero. Photo: Flavio Tebaldi

Petr Benes Wins Hang Gliding Worlds 2025

Czech pilot crowned Hang Gliding World Champion after winning the 24th FAI Hang Gliding World Championships in Spain
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Destination: Àger, Spain

Àger, Catalonia, Spain is one of Europe’s best hang gliding destinations, home to legendary flights and numerous competitions
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My Flying Life: Malcolm Jones 

The Wallaby Ranch hang gliding legend on what matters most
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Bill Moyes in May 2007. Photo: Robert Gray, Bill’s grandson

The original Moyes Boy

Bill Moyes was one of the founding fathers of hang gliding. Tarquin Cooper looks back on his life and legacy.
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Bill Moyes, hang gliding pioneer, at the Hang Gliding World Championships in Laragne, France in 2009. Photo: James Pagram

Bill Moyes: 1932-2024

Bill Moyes, a legendary free-flight pioneer and one of the founding fathers of hang gliding, has died. He was 92.
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First hang glider flights in 40 years at Ngorongoro

After an absence of more than four decades, the first hang gliding flights have returned to Tanzania’s Ngorongoro Crater
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Jonny Durand hang gliding on the Morning Glory on 15 September 2009. Photo: Mark Watson / Red Bull Content Pool

Sky Tsunami: Flying Australia’s Morning Glory

In September 2009 Jonny Durand became the first hang glider pilot to fly the Morning Glory, a rare rolling cloud phenomenon in Australia
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