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Red Bull X-Alps 2013: Athletes announced

The team at Red Bull X-Alps have made their selection of athletes for next year’s event. Here is the press release in full…

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La Salina Full Moon fly-in, Baja California

The sixth annual La Salina Full Moon Fly-in takes place from 3-8 May 2012

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Carl Wallbank takes British flexwing record to 266km

Carl Wallbank broke the British flexwing open distance record on Sunday 15 April 2012

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Proposed new parachute drop zone near Andover in southern England

New threat to free flying in southern England

A new parachute dropzone could affect free flying activity in the south of England. Concerns need to be raised by 27 April 2012

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Syride Sys’ky: lightweight vario/GPS flight logger

Sys’ky is a small, light and inexpensive GPS/vario and flight logger for paraglider pilots

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Coupe Icare festival 2012: dates announced

The Coupe Icare free flight festival 2012 takes place from 20 – 23 September at St Hilaire du Touvet, France.

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Moyes Litespeed RX competition hang gliders for smaller pilots

Moyes’ new Litespeed RX3 and RX3.5 competition hang liders are for pilots of 50kg upwards.

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Wings of Kilimanjaro: apply now

Want to paraglide from Kilimanjaro, while raising money for good causes? Wings of Kilimanjaro’s registration is open

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X-Pyr 2012: Pyrenees paraglide and fly race route revealed

The route for the very first X-Pyr paraglide and hike race across the Pyrenees has been revealed.

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Moyes remember David Seib

Moyes remember David Seib, a very close friend who died in a hang gliding accident at the Brazilian Nationals

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Airwave's website announces, Airwave Alive!

Bruce Goldsmith back at Airwave

Bruce Goldsmith has taken the helm of Airwave, alongside Brazilian distributor Roberto Galera

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Cross Country test Sup’Air’s Base reserve

Marcus King took a detour to Lake Annecy last week, to test out Sup’Air’s new cutaway paraglider reserve system.

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World Hang Gliding Championships 2013

The World Class 1 Hang Gliding Championships take place in Forbes, Australia in January 2013

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Women’s Paragliding Open 2012: date and venue set

The second Women’s Paragliding Open is to take place in Italy from 24-29 September 2012.

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British Paragliding Opens 2012: Registration open

Register now for the two rounds of the British Paragliding Championships 2012

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Hang gliding training in Italy with Dennis Pagen

Dennis Pagen is running a hang glider cross country training week in Monte Cucco, Italy, in August 2012

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SuSi is AirDesign's new multi-purpose mini paraglider

AirDesign’s Super-Simple paraglider: SuSi

SuSi is AirDesign’s new multi-purpose mini paraglider

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X-Pyr: race across the Pyrenees by foot and paraglider

The X-Pyr is a paraglider hike-and-fly race across the Pyrenees from west to east. It starts on 5 August 2012

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Babu Sunuwar and Lakpa Tsheri Sherpa's ultimate descent from Everest by paraglider, won them the National Georgraphic 2011 Adventurers of the Year award

Babu and Lakpa: National Geographic Adventurers of the Year

Babu and Lakpa: National Geographic Adventurers of the Year

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The popular hang gliding and paragliding site of Bambi in South Africa is for sale

‘Slightly used mountain’ for sale, South Africa

The hang gliding and paragliding site of Bambi in South Africa is up for sale

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