If you are planning to visit Cuba but your Spanish leaves something to be desired, you might like to call on the services of translator, Ernesto Alfonso Pérez. His contact details can be found at http://freenet-homepage.de/bayamo/

The 2009 Canadian Nationals (hang gliding) will take place at Sun Peaks, British Columbia, during the week of 15 – 23 August. The resort’s Burfield chair lift will be open for the event, and its timetable will be tailored to meet the needs of the competition (ie will run late morning) http://www.goflyxc.com/2009/canadian_hang_gliding_nationals

On 14 December 2008 Nevil Hulett lined up his knowledge of the South African sky with his even greater paragliding experience and had his girlfriend tow him out of a dusty track with his 4X4 truck. Seven and a half hours later he landed with the world’s first 500 km paraglider flight beneath his belt, and two world records

The Annecy authorities and the FFVL have created an information sheet advising what you should do, should you ever come a cropper and need the emergency services. It also has a list of safety equipment that it recommends all pilots to carry. You can download a PDF of the flyer here: http://www.xcmag.com/downloads/annecy-security-flyer.pdf