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Archive for April, 2005

Chris Muller: A Tribute

Tuesday, April 26th, 2005

Last Friday, Chris Muller died while flying a low-level grab the bag stunt at the end of the Flytec Championships, writes Hugh Miller. The news has left many in the free flying world reeling. Chris was an exceptionally gifted hang gliding and paragliding pilot and a warm, generous, kind soul with maturity well beyond those of his 29-years of age.

Operation Nazca

Monday, April 25th, 2005

Jerome Maupoint takes part in Operation Nazca. The aim: to be the first to fly paragliders over the famous etchings of Nazca, Peru

The Road to Victory

Monday, April 25th, 2005

Carol Binder reports on the 15th World Hang Gliding championships in Hay, NSW. In her words “Hay, it’s both heaven and hell. You’ll either love it, or never come back.”

Will Gadd embarks on the glide of his life…I’m scared, scared enough to taste metal in my mouth and have a hard time keeping my feet on the bucking struts of Chris Santacroce’s Cosmos trike as we toss through the thermals over the Arizona desert.