Hang Gliding

How clouds form, from the Met Office

Finding, tracking and flying thermals in mountains

Predicting where a thermal will travel after releasing isn't a skill that requires a missile guidance system, some simple 3D terrain analysis is enough
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Above the crops. Photo: Jamie Shelden

Santa Cruz Flats Race 2012: Robin Hamilton Wins

Robin Hamilton (Moyes RS4) won the US Nationals at the 2012 Santa Cruz Flats
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Jonny Durand mid-flight while breaking the distance to goal world record. Photo: Jonny Durand

‘I could do with a margarita’ – Jonny Durand sets new distance-to-goal world record

Jonny Durand has broken the hang gliding distance to goal record, flying over 560km in Texas on 17 July
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Carl Wallbank on Weymouth Beach

Carl Wallbank takes British flexwing record to 266km

Carl Wallbank broke the British flexwing open distance record on Sunday 15 April 2012
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David Seib remembered

Moyes remember David Seib

Moyes remember David Seib, a very close friend who died in a hang gliding accident at the Brazilian Nationals
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World Hang Gliding Championships 2013

The World Class 1 Hang Gliding Championships take place in Forbes, Australia in January 2013
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Hang gliding training in Italy with Dennis Pagen

Dennis Pagen is running a hang glider cross country training week in Monte Cucco, Italy, in August 2012
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FAI Hang Gliding Pre-Worlds Forbes 2012 podium

Hang Gliding Pre-Worlds Forbes 2012: Rohan Holtkamp wins

Australian Rohan Holtkamp has won the Forbes Hang Gliding Pre-Worlds 2012
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Packing uo in the dark: Carlos Pugnet (ES) and Patrick Chopard (FR) after their record-breaking 372km flight in Namibia

World Hang gliding record falls – twice – in Namibia

The World hang gliding out-and-return record was broken twice on Monday 9 January 2011
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Guatemala Maya Open 2011

Guatemala Maya Open hang gliding competition

The Guatemala Maya Open takes place from 4-10 March 2012
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