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In Issue 139…

Monday, January 9th, 2012
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GALLERY: JODY MACDONALD MEXICAN WAVE “We fly nine months of the year.” Ed Ewing heads down Mexico way WINTER RENDEZ-VOUS JĂ©rĂŽme Maupoint takes us on a tour of La RĂ©union 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 [...]

In Issue 138…

Wednesday, November 9th, 2011
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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 [...]

In Issue 137…

Tuesday, September 6th, 2011
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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 [...]

In Issue 136…

Monday, July 4th, 2011
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HOW TO FLY PIEDRAHITA The Paragliding World Championships site offers booming climbs and agonising sink in equal measure. Steve Ham reveals its secrets GARDEN OF EDEN Soco-where? Philipp Medicus heads to the Indian Ocean to fly one of the world’s most unique islands ISLANDS IN THE STREAM Beer, barnacles and Little Clouds. The grown up guide [...]

In Issue 135…

Tuesday, May 3rd, 2011
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Hello Rio! Nader Couri takes us on a tour of his home city plus Red Bull X-Alps 2011 and the future of the paraglider

In Issue 134…

Tuesday, March 1st, 2011
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The Adventure issue. Paragliding and hang gliding adventures from the Himalaya, Afghanistan, Madagascar, the Altai and Lanzarote. Free poster

In Issue 133…

Monday, January 3rd, 2011
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Everything you need to know to fly 200km: Bob Drury speaks to the masters of flatland flying to bring you the ultimate guide to making sense of the far horizon

In Issue 132…

Monday, November 1st, 2010
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The Acro issue: Pal Takats reveals how to plan your acro learning curve and how you’ll know you’re ready for the big stuff.

In Issue 131…

Friday, August 27th, 2010
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Mountains and how to fly them. Your complete guide to flying the mountains, with advice from some of the best in the sport

In Issue 130…

Wednesday, July 14th, 2010
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It rained and stormed but the champions rose above it. Luca Donini and Petra Silvova reveal what went right at the European Paragliding Championships. Comes with FREE DVD

In Issue 129…

Monday, May 10th, 2010
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‘Norway is a rock.’ Nordic stars reveal how to go big in the wilds of Finland, Sweden and Norway. PLUS FREE 100-page travel guide

In issue 128…

Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010
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‘Burgsdorf is not even on the map.’ Empty desert, 6,000 m base, and 300 km out-and-returns, but tinged with tragedy. Vianney Tisseau returned with incredible images from this season’s Namibian Record Encampment

In Issue 127…

Monday, January 4th, 2010
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‘It’s endless summer, we can fly every day,’ says Frank Brown. With hundreds of site, thousands of pilots and sunshine year round Brazil has it all – and in spades

In Issue 126…

Monday, November 9th, 2009
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‘Back in the game!’ Or is he? Hang gliding superstar Manfred Ruhmer came back to comp flying this year after five years away. Ed Ewing meets the most decorated man in hang gliding

In Issue 125…

Friday, September 4th, 2009
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‘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

In Issue 124…

Monday, July 13th, 2009
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Since his first flights Indian pilot Adie Kumar had a dream: to fly across the Indian Himalaya…

In Issue 123…

Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009
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When the rain starts to fall in the next Red Bull X-Alps, one man will be smiling. Bob Drury meets the Romanian endurance fiend Toma Coconea

In Issue 122…

Thursday, March 12th, 2009
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Ten tasks over twelve days made the 2009 Paragliding World Championships in Mexico the most demanding, and the fairest, FAI event in the history of the sport

In Issue 121…

Wednesday, January 7th, 2009
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On 14 December 2008 Nevil Hulett lined up his knowledge of the South African sky with his even greater paragliding experience and had his girlfriend tow him out of a dusty track with his 4X4 truck. Seven and a half hours later he landed with the world’s first 500 km paraglider flight beneath his belt, and two world records

In Issue 120…

Tuesday, November 25th, 2008
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Nerves of steel, the reactions of a Jedi and the mind of a scientist: Marcus King visits Paratest on the shores of Lake Geneva to discover if he’s got what it takes to be a professional test pilot