Spain

Piedrahita site record broken – 312 km

French paraglider pilot Thomas Puthod has set a new record for Piedrahita, Spain, with a flight of 312 km on 29 July.
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Gerolf Heinrichs wins European Hang Gliding Championships 2010

Austrian Gerolf Heinrichs has won the 17th FAI European Hang Gliding Championships, held in Ager, Spain, which finished on 24 July 2010.
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El Yelmo festival gets underway

The eleventh edition of Spain's popular Festival of the Air, El Yelmo, has officially opened in a hot and sunny Sierra de Segura, Andalucia. It runs until Sunday.
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Places available for European Hang Gliding Championship 2010

Further places are now available in the European Hang Gliding Championship (for Class 1, flexwings) which is to be held in Ager in July.
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Paragliding tragedies in Spain

Alex Rodriguez, brother of acro stars Raul and Felix, has sadly died after a paragliding accident in Spain.
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Women’s Paragliding Open registration starts

Registration for the first International Women’s Paragliding Open has opened. The competition will be held in Ager, Spain, 21 – 28 August 2010
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Registration open for the Pre World Paragliding Championships 2010, Piedrahita

Registration for the paragliding Pre World Championships in Piedrahita, July 2010, is open now to the top WPRS 1500 pilots.
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15 Years of Hotel California

'Hotel California' and its British / Belgian owners Tracy and Dirk have been welcoming paraglider and hang glider pilots to the Sierra Nevada in Southern Spain for 15 years.
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Xevi Bonet wins La Palma Challenge

Spain’s Xevi Bonet won the La Palma Challenge Pre-PWC and Open paragliding comp, which finished on 3 December after three valid tasks. He was flying a Gin Boomerang 6...
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Jose Abollado crowned Spanish hang gliding champion 2008

The Spanish Hang Gliding Nationals took place at Arangoiti, near the Pyrenees, from 18-26 July 2008
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