33 pilots answered the XC Open survey, which asked participating pilots where they would like the 2010 series events to be held, how many events there should be, dates and their perceived suitability of Sopot for an event. The conclusions were that three events were favoured over four, and Manilla, Piedrahita and Araxá were the [...]

The North Yorkshire Sailing Club (UK) sites officer, John Lewis, has asked us to urgently call upon all paramotorists who fly in the area of Carlton Bank, a popular paragliding site in North Yorkshire, England, and pass on the following information: John says, On Saturday 12 September 09 I received a telephone call from a [...]

The 2009 Open Desafio La Palma will be held from 28 November – 3 December. As well as having a whole lot of fun, competitors stand to win a share in the 6,000 € prizes, plus all-important rankings points in this Pre-World Cup and FAI cat II event. For more information or to register, see [...]

The Madeira Paragliding Championship 2009 takes place from 1 – 5 October, with various events being organised around the competition which is held on the Saturday and Sunday afternoons (3 and 4 Oct). Other activities include diving, snorkelling, kayaking, climbing, paintballing and canyoning, subject to weather and additional fees – please mention when booking any [...]

French Sol importer, Altimo, will be at the Coupe Icare, St Hilaire du Touvet this weekend (17 – 20 September).They will have stands H25 – H30 in the second exhibition tent (see plan below). They are offering a massive 45 % discount on Snake boots while stocks last (100 Euros instead of the usual 180) [...]

Skywalk have been in touch with us to pass on their congratulations to German pilots who have flown Skywalk wings to the top of their country’s league table: Reiner Braun topped the serial class aboard a Poison 2, and Robert Hauser and Arne Wehrlin took 3rd and 7th places on the Cayenne 3. www.skywalk.info

If you were planning to enter Nova’s photo / viedo competition and haven’t yet got your entry in, then today (16 September) is the last day, so hurry up! There are great prizes up for grabs, including a Nova glider (your choice), paragliding trip with Flugschule Flight Connection, lightweight reversible Charly one harness and many [...]

You can now download the video from this year’s HG World Championship in Laragne from www.chabre2009.com, and relive the event in the comfort of your own home, or use it to show your friends and family what this competition hang gliding lark is all about. The film, ‘Loin des yeux, près du coeur’ (‘Far from [...]

Adrian Thomas won the British Paragliding Championship after a final week of great competition flying in the southern French Alps in August…

A Novel based on real life experiences, by Granger Banks Episode 6 of 6 A race to find the third prototype leads to a remote lakeside in the USA The story so far… A total line failure aboard a Pegasus Mystic leaves John Lawley fighting for his life in the USA. The DHV investigate and [...]

Ozone pilots Charles Cazaux (FR) and Russell Ogden (GB) took first and second places in the PWC Superfinal, with Italy’s Luca Donini (Gin) in third. Keiko Hiraki (JP, Axis) was top woman, 72 points ahead of France’s Elisa Houdry (Niviuk). Charles and Russell were both in team Kortel, which took the top team prize, and [...]

Babadag and the famous blue lagoon of Oludeniz in Turkey await pilots and guests for the 10th international Oludeniz Air Games, to be held 14-18 october 2009. Organiser Kadri Tuglu of Cloud 9 cafe invites you to join hundreds of pilots from more than 35 countries, and countless non-flying participants for flying, fun and the [...]

Read Part 1 here>> Camila Antonorsi flew 120 km to set a new Venezuelan women’s distance record I’m 28 and have been flying since I was 17 I’ve been competing internationally for the last two years at competitions like La Monarca 2008 where I was second woman, the pre-Worlds in Mexico (fourth) and World Cup [...]

Records tumble with promise of big days ahead The upcoming season in Venezuela looks set to be a good one following the discovery of a new, record-beating site in the east of the country. Flying at the tail end of last season and just days before the onset of the rainy season, Micky Von Wachter [...]

The PWC superfinal at Poggio Bustone is nearly over. With only two flying days left, France’s Charles Casaux (Ozone Mantra R) is currently on top, ahead of fellow Ozone pilot Russell Ogden (GB). Italy’s Luca Donini is in third (Gin proto). Keiko Hiraki (JP) is curently ahead of Elisa Houdry (FR) in the women’s results [...]

Italian Nicole Fedele has done it again with another record (ratification pending) – this time the women’s out and return. Nicole flew an impressive 164 km between Sorica (Slovenia) and Piombada (Italy), smashing the previous 100.6 km record held by Karin Wimmer (AT). The flight took place on 19 August, the same day that eleven [...]

One of the great innovators and flying devotees of our time, and an essential piece of the jigsaw that enabled our sports to come about, Francis Rogallo died on 1 September, aged 97. An aeronutical engineer and Nasa employee for more than thirty years, Francis was passionate about aviation, and wanted to make flying possible [...]

‘It was windy all the time – and turbulent.’ Hugh Miller gets the inside scoop on winner Chrigel Maurer and the incredible Alpine flying that gripped the free-flight world this summer