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Godfrey Wenness
How to thermal a paraglider, part 2
Bob Drury picks up some tips from some of the best paraglider and hang glider pilots in the world about how they thermal, in the final part of Cross Country magazine's definitive guide to thermalling
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What happened next? Collapse analysis
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CIVL Plenary 2012: Polish propose ‘Open XC’ world championship title
Poland lobbies for 'open distance' paragliding to get its own space at the CIVL table
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Manilla XC Camp 2011: Battle hots up
It's hot in Manilla as temperatures reach 40C and distances go to 200km and beyond
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Craig Collings wins Australian Paragliding Open 2001
Godfrey Wenness reports from the 2001 Australian Paragliding Open
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World record paragliding flight: 335 km on Big Monday
Godfrey Wenness describes his momentous 335 km paragliding world record from Manilla, Australia
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Godfrey Wenness breaks paragliding world record
Will Gadd's paragliding world record was smashed by Australian pilot Godfrey Wenness on 16 November 1998...
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