USA

Othar Lawrence leads the Red Bull Air Force Huckspedition across the border to paraglide, Base jump and fly Monument Valley

'Launch early if you want to go far,' according to the Chelan cognoscente. 'Early,' in XC context, means noon-ish - if you wait much later than that, especially on a paraglider, you risk running out of daylight and lift.

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.

Kari Castle on flying the women's hang gliding world record in Zapata, Texas USA

Paragliding and hang gliding can be dangerous, we all know and accept that. But, when you look deep in to the motives of most of us, it is that very danger that gives us the thrill and excitement that makes our sport so special to us

Tiki Mashy tells the story of Davis Straub's US East Coast record hang gliding flight, flown from Wallaby Ranch, Florida in 2000