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Archive for September, 2004

DVD Reviews: Never Ending Thermal, The Race and The SAT Team

Sunday, September 26th, 2004
XC

Three of the latest flying DVD releases reviewed by Hugh Miller

St Hilaire Coupe Icare 2004

Wednesday, September 22nd, 2004
XC

The Coupe Icare festival, held in the French Alps on the 17-19 September 2004, was swamped by pilots keen to celebrate the free flying culture and the end of another European season

There I Was: Tying myself up in knots

Tuesday, September 21st, 2004
XC

‘So, there I was, having just started a gentle left hand turn when the nice sedate little DHV 1-2 paraglider I was flying decided to enter a spin…’

Icaristics: The Making of Instability 2

Friday, September 17th, 2004
XC

The original film ‘Instability’ was made in 1992 and was the first instructional paragliding film to show paraglider pilots how to cope with collapses and other possible flight incidents. Bruce Goldsmith sets the scene for the sequel