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Archive for September, 2003

Mike Kung crosses the English Channel by paraglider

Tuesday, September 30th, 2003
XC

Limits? What limits? Matt Gerdes shakes his head in disbelief at Mike Kung’s latest feat: crossing the English Channel by paraglider

Hang gliding and paragliding: Politics of insurance

Tuesday, September 23rd, 2003
XC

Are we as hang glider and paraglider pilots an endangered species? Ian Blackmore investigates one of the main threats to our continued existence

Hang gliding techniques: Fly faster

Friday, September 19th, 2003
XC

In the second part of his series on cross country and competition hang gliding, Christian Ciech lifts the veil on some of the strategies and techniques needed for flying faster