Five world records and a 400 km convergence line are just rewards for French record breaker Gil Souviron as he finds the answers to his calling in the deserts of Africa

Part 3: Cloud streets over flatlands. A series of choice cuts from Burkhard Martens’ new technique book on everything you need to know about cross country flying
Cloud streets over flatlands
If the conditions are right, cloud streets may even form over flatlands. Just as in the mountains these are the days when the lucky pilot […]

Bigger and busier, the industry’s shop window looks better than ever

A series of choice cuts from Burkhard Martens’ new technique book on everything you need to know about cross country flying
I often see pilots searching around for thermals in what I consider unlikely places, and pilots also often ask me why I have flown to a particular spot to search. Whenever the latter happens I […]

Visualising thermals
Sadly, air is invisible, cold as well as warm. So to get the most of the conditions we need to be able to build a mental picture of the thermal we’re circling in, to visualise it in our minds, see picture 1.4. Some thermals are very large and may even be kilometres long, for […]

Stefan Bocks takes us on one of the most sought after vol bivouac routes in the world

Jocky Sanderson talks us through the most accessible and effective way of burning off height quickly

French vol bivouac duo, Philippe Nodet and Julien Wirtz, redefine adventure flying over ten incredible days in the heart of the Karakorum in Northern Pakistan.

The first time your risers go slack, and your leading edge lurches down towards and tries to slap you in the face…

There’s no room for naked fear tackling the first paraglider circumnavigation of 8,126 m Nanga Parbat - the naked mountain