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Air Turquoise refuse to test EN D competition wings

Alain Zoller and the team at Air Turquoise have issued a statement saying that they have made a ‘decision to stop immediately certification of “Gun” competition gliders’.

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Flymaster announce new firmware

Flymaster have announced the availability of the new firmware for the Live, Nav and soon GPS instruments in their range

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In Issue 140…

Open publication – Free publishing – More flying Stubai It marks the start of the alpine season. We round up what was hot at Stubai Flying the Alps ‘Some people get intimidated.’ From flow of the day to bridge theory, master alpine flying with Kelly Farina El Superfinal Joerg Ewald interviews the winner and we [...]

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Tandem Infinite Tumbling with Pal Takats at Stubai

Cross Country’s Marcus King goes tandem Infinite Tumbling with Pal Takats at the 2012 Stubai Paragliding Festival

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In Issue 139…

GALLERY: JODY MACDONALD MEXICAN WAVE “We fly nine months of the year.” Ed Ewing heads down Mexico way WINTER RENDEZ-VOUS Jérôme Maupoint takes us on a tour of La Réunion on a perfect winter getaway THE DHARMA BUMS Ant Green and Verity Sowden go looking for enlightenment in New Zealand DESOLATION ANGELS Erick Angles packs [...]

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Top Ten Christmas presents for hang glider and paraglider pilots

Top Ten Christmas presents for hang glider and paraglider pilots

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Accident halts EN D paraglider development

Testing bodies stop testing EN D gliders in wake of accident

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In Issue 138…

Everest It’s the ultimate hike-and-fly. Babu Sunuwar and Lakpa Sherpa share their story K2 Breaking new ground on a 280km vol-bivouac through the Karakoram 8-0-0-0-m Three pilots go altitude-chasing in the mountains of Pakistan Olympic Spirit Flatland expert Olympio Faissol lets us in on Brasilia’s secrets Between the Sheets Air Design’s Pure (EN D), Aircross’s [...]

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Reader wins FREE Ozone paraglider

Australian Roderick Matthews wins Ozone Mojo 3

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In Issue 137…

GALLERY Tom de Dorlodot’s aerial eye RED BULL X-ALPS 2011 Chrigel the maestro did it again in superb style. We relive the highs and lows HANG GLIDING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS Jeff O’Brien braves rainclouds and the rulebook and eventually gets to fly Monte Cucco PARAGLIDING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS Paragliding’s bleakest hour. We look at how we got [...]

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British paragliding record smashed

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Richard Carter breaks British paragliding distance record with 253km on Serial wing

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Paraglider maillons safety notice

SAFETY NOTICE: over-tightened maillons can become weaker

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Paragliding World Cup 2011: Turkey: Day 6

Craig Morgan blows it, Luc Armant crashes and speculation again hangs over the safety of Open Class

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Exclusive Interview: Chrigel Maurer

Exclusive interview with Chrigel Maurer and Thomas Theurillat immediately after they won the Red Bull X-Alps 2011

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Paragliding World Cup 2011: Turkey: Day 6

Craig Morgan hangs on to an 11 point lead after the penultimate task of the Paragliding World Cup 2011 in Turkey

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Paragliding World Cup 2011: Turkey: Day 4

Blog: Craig Morgan blasts it around Task 2 in Turkey

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Paragliding World Cup 2011: Turkey: Day 3

British Paragliding Champion Craig Morgan blogs about Task two of the Paragliding World Cup in Turkey

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Paragliding World Cup 2011: Turkey: Task 1

Paragliding World Cup 2011 in Turkey. British PWC pilot Craig Morgan blogs on task 1

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Red Bull X-Alps 2011 DVD

Pre-order the Red Bull X-Alps 2011 DVD and SAVE 15%!

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PMA reiterate they want Serial Class only in FAI Cat 1 events

PMA confirm their Serial position

PMA statement reiterates their pro-Serial class position for FAI Cat1 events

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