Comp Class comeback: Report clears ‘dangerous paragliders’ and focuses on pilot education

What’s the difference between GPS altitude and barometric altitude? Mark Graham explains

Following the suspension of Open Class paragliders during the Paragliding World Championships 2011 in Piedrahita, Spain, CIVL have issued the following statement.

In the aftermath of the 2011 Paragliding World Championships being cancelled Mads Syndergaard comments on where things went wrong and how to right them

The 2011 Paragliding World Championships has been cancelled after two tasks

The Paragliding World Championships 2011 have been temporarily stopped

The organisers of the Paragliding World Championships 2011 in Piedrahita have released a further statement

The morning meeting is just over, and as expected most teams were for continuing the event.

Mads Syndergaard reports from Piedrahita, where two pilots died during task 2 on Wednesday 6 July

Two die in separate incidents. Next of kin have been informed

Charles Cazaux (FR) wins first task but 32 pilots score zero for busting airspace

Keen readers will have worked out that I didn’t make goal today, writes Mads Syndergaard

Sweden’s Matts Eliasson has provisionally won the first task of the 2011 Paragliding World Championships

Mads Syndergaard reports from the test task at the the Worlds

Mads Syndergaard keeps cool at the four-hour check in – first task is today

The 2011 Paragliding World Championships kicks off today, Sunday 3 July, in Spain’s legendary Piedrahita.

Mads Syndergaard and Bob Drury are in Spain reporting live on the Paragliding Wor;d Championships 2011

The Paragliding World Championships start in Piedrahita in two days time. Mads Syndergaard is making his way to Spain, and deliberating the concept of ‘more safety’ in paragliding competitions.

CIVL has tweaked the rules on Open Class paragliders for the 2011 World Championships

A British Paragliding Team member has resigned over two-line glider safety